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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,087 | 15,756 | 89.5 | 88.7-90.1 | 1,331 | 10.5 | 9.9-11.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,587 | 8,803 | 88.9 | 87.9-89.8 | 784 | 11.1 | 10.2-12.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,474 | 2,951 | 83.3 | 81.5-84.9 | 523 | 16.7 | 15.1-18.5 |
Female | 6,113 | 5,852 | 94.3 | 93.3-95.1 | 261 | 5.7 | 4.9- 6.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,442 | 6,807 | 87.9 | 86.7-89.0 | 635 | 12.1 | 11.0-13.3 |
African American | 1,561 | 1,459 | 92.1 | 90.0-93.8 | 102 | 7.9 | 6.2-10.0 |
Other Minorities | 545 | 500 | 89.8 | 85.7-92.9 | 45 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 554 | 494 | 85.6 | 80.9-89.4 | 60 | 14.4 | 10.6-19.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,027 | 8,303 | 89.2 | 88.2-90.2 | 724 | 10.8 | 9.8-11.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 435 | 356 | 81.9 | 77.0-85.9 | 79 | 18.1 | 14.1-23.0 |
25-34 | 1,348 | 1,165 | 83.1 | 80.2-85.6 | 183 | 16.9 | 14.4-19.8 |
35-44 | 1,863 | 1,636 | 87.2 | 85.2-88.9 | 227 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.8 |
45-54 | 1,823 | 1,660 | 90.2 | 88.2-91.9 | 163 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.8 |
55-64 | 1,718 | 1,629 | 94.4 | 93.0-95.6 | 89 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.0 |
65-74 | 1,294 | 1,266 | 97.4 | 96.0-98.3 | 28 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 |
75+ | 1,061 | 1,047 | 98.6 | 97.5-99.3 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,495 | 1,405 | 91.3 | 88.7-93.4 | 90 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,726 | 2,536 | 90.5 | 88.7-92.1 | 190 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,278 | 2,088 | 87.7 | 85.3-89.8 | 190 | 12.3 | 10.2-14.7 |
College Graduate | 3,072 | 2,759 | 87.1 | 85.3-88.6 | 313 | 12.9 | 11.4-14.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,036 | 981 | 91.6 | 88.2-94.2 | 55 | 8.4 | 5.8-11.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,627 | 1,508 | 87.7 | 84.4-90.4 | 119 | 12.3 | 9.6-15.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,127 | 1,032 | 89.0 | 86.0-91.3 | 95 | 11.0 | 8.7-14.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,257 | 1,140 | 88.6 | 86.0-90.8 | 117 | 11.4 | 9.2-14.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,306 | 1,175 | 89.0 | 86.6-90.9 | 131 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,801 | 1,607 | 86.7 | 84.5-88.7 | 194 | 13.3 | 11.3-15.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,821 | 2,662 | 92.5 | 90.8-93.9 | 159 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.2 |
No | 6,506 | 5,902 | 87.6 | 86.4-88.8 | 604 | 12.4 | 11.2-13.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,134 | 1,039 | 90.3 | 87.7-92.4 | 95 | 9.7 | 7.6-12.3 |
Non-Veteran | 8,442 | 7,754 | 88.7 | 87.6-89.7 | 688 | 11.3 | 10.3-12.4 |
*Binge drinkers--adults having five or more drinks on one occasion.
^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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