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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 13,711 | 11,218 | 79.9 | 79.0-80.8 | 1,390 | 11.0 | 10.3-11.7 | 736 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.5 | 367 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 |
| -Northeastern Partnership | 946 | 781 | 80.2 | 76.4-83.4 | 87 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.0 | 58 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.9 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 315 | 259 | 77.1 | 70.1-82.9 | 26 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | 20 | 9.4 | 5.3-16.2 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.3 |
| Female | 631 | 522 | 82.7 | 79.1-85.9 | 61 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.2 | 38 | 6.3 | 4.4- 8.9 | 10 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 574 | 448 | 74.4 | 69.2-79.0 | 62 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.8 | 47 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 | 17 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 |
| African American | 340 | 308 | 91.2 | 86.9-94.2 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| Other Minorities | 27 | 20 | 75.3 | 52.9-89.3 | 3 | 10.9 | 2.9-33.9 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.6-29.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.6-25.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 12 | 11 | 97.0 | 79.5-99.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-20.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 934 | 770 | 79.9 | 76.1-83.2 | 86 | 9.6 | 7.5-12.2 | 58 | 7.8 | 5.5-11.1 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 10 | 67.8 | 40.9-86.6 | 2 | 11.6 | 2.8-37.7 | 4 | 20.5 | 6.9-47.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 75 | 54 | 63.8 | 47.4-77.5 | 14 | 20.6 | 11.7-33.6 | 4 | 11.7 | 2.8-37.3 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.5 |
| 35-44 | 132 | 103 | 81.1 | 72.5-87.4 | 15 | 8.3 | 4.7-14.2 | 10 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.2 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.4-12.4 |
| 45-54 | 216 | 163 | 74.9 | 67.6-81.0 | 28 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.6 | 19 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.6 |
| 55-64 | 215 | 183 | 84.2 | 77.5-89.2 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.4 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.9-13.5 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 |
| 65-74 | 161 | 149 | 93.2 | 87.9-96.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.1 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.4 |
| 75+ | 128 | 117 | 92.3 | 85.4-96.0 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.6-12.8 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 173 | 155 | 90.1 | 84.0-94.1 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.6-12.8 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 5.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 339 | 277 | 75.2 | 67.6-81.5 | 33 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.4 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.2-19.1 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 213 | 178 | 82.5 | 75.4-87.9 | 18 | 9.6 | 5.7-16.0 | 14 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.8 |
| College Graduate | 221 | 171 | 78.6 | 71.6-84.2 | 24 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.9 | 20 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.8 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 162 | 152 | 93.0 | 85.9-96.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 9.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 171 | 142 | 78.8 | 69.4-85.9 | 15 | 10.0 | 5.4-17.9 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.1-16.5 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 123 | 100 | 78.1 | 62.4-88.4 | 15 | 8.8 | 4.7-15.7 | 6 | 10.8 | 3.0-31.8 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 115 | 96 | 82.6 | 72.9-89.4 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.9-16.1 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.1 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.5-16.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 108 | 81 | 73.9 | 62.9-82.5 | 18 | 17.9 | 10.8-28.1 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.5-16.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 |
| $75,000+ | 120 | 88 | 75.2 | 65.8-82.7 | 10 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.3 | 17 | 12.7 | 7.7-20.5 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 407 | 356 | 85.0 | 78.4-89.9 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.3 | 15 | 5.7 | 2.3-13.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 6.0 |
| No | 517 | 403 | 76.0 | 71.2-80.3 | 57 | 11.7 | 8.7-15.5 | 43 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 146 | 123 | 76.9 | 64.3-86.1 | 9 | 7.6 | 3.6-15.2 | 11 | 13.3 | 5.8-27.6 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 7.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 794 | 652 | 80.7 | 77.1-83.9 | 78 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.9 | 47 | 6.4 | 4.6- 9.0 | 17 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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