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1 or more times/day | 1 or more times/week | 1 or more times/month | 1 or more times/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,819 | 1,162 | 62.2 | 59.3-65.0 | 411 | 22.7 | 20.3-25.2 | 92 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.3 | 31 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.4 | 123 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 972 | 622 | 63.7 | 59.8-67.4 | 216 | 21.1 | 18.1-24.4 | 58 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.9 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 | 64 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 386 | 228 | 59.3 | 53.0-65.3 | 94 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.4 | 33 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.2 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.7 | 24 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.3 |
Female | 586 | 394 | 68.0 | 63.3-72.4 | 122 | 19.3 | 15.8-23.3 | 25 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.9 | 40 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 711 | 449 | 61.9 | 57.4-66.3 | 162 | 22.6 | 19.1-26.6 | 44 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.8 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 | 45 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.5 |
African American | 232 | 159 | 69.9 | 61.6-77.0 | 46 | 17.9 | 12.4-25.0 | 11 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 15 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.1 |
Other Minorities | 25 | 12 | 52.6 | 30.4-73.8 | 6 | 13.7 | 4.9-32.8 | 3 | 15.5 | 4.5-41.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 18.2 | 6.3-42.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 20 | 11 | 57.0 | 31.9-79.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 4.2-36.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.6-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 24.9 | 8.7-53.8 |
Non-Hispanic | 950 | 610 | 63.9 | 60.0-67.7 | 211 | 21.2 | 18.2-24.6 | 57 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.0 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.9- 3.1 | 60 | 5.7 | 4.3- 7.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 3 | 1 | 20.2 | 2.2-74.0 | 2 | 79.8 | 26.0-97.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 25 | 12 | 62.2 | 36.9-82.2 | 4 | 11.5 | 3.5-31.3 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.5-28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 19.0 | 7.4-40.7 |
35-44 | 62 | 34 | 59.6 | 43.6-73.7 | 14 | 19.2 | 9.6-34.9 | 7 | 10.9 | 4.9-22.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.3 | 6 | 8.4 | 3.2-20.2 |
45-54 | 168 | 95 | 59.9 | 50.3-68.8 | 43 | 22.6 | 16.0-31.0 | 15 | 8.9 | 5.0-15.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.2 | 13 | 7.0 | 3.7-12.9 |
55-64 | 289 | 188 | 64.7 | 57.7-71.1 | 67 | 21.3 | 16.2-27.5 | 13 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.7 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.2 | 17 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 |
65-74 | 256 | 185 | 70.2 | 62.7-76.7 | 48 | 19.1 | 14.0-25.4 | 12 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.1 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.2 |
75+ | 167 | 105 | 61.8 | 52.2-70.5 | 38 | 23.3 | 16.2-32.4 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.1-15.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.6 | 13 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 241 | 170 | 69.6 | 61.4-76.7 | 40 | 15.5 | 10.8-21.7 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.4-12.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.1 | 20 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 312 | 203 | 66.0 | 59.3-72.1 | 71 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.7 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 211 | 127 | 58.6 | 50.2-66.6 | 54 | 25.8 | 18.9-34.1 | 15 | 8.2 | 4.7-14.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 5.1 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.3 |
College Graduate | 205 | 121 | 59.0 | 50.5-67.0 | 49 | 23.5 | 17.2-31.2 | 19 | 10.3 | 6.1-16.9 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.9 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.2-10.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 183 | 136 | 76.8 | 68.9-83.2 | 26 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 205 | 131 | 63.0 | 54.1-71.0 | 48 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.5 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.6-12.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 13 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 121 | 79 | 71.4 | 61.1-79.9 | 28 | 18.1 | 11.9-26.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.8-13.7 | 7 | 4.5 | 2.0- 9.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 104 | 65 | 64.1 | 52.8-74.0 | 26 | 21.1 | 13.7-31.1 | 9 | 11.3 | 5.7-21.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.3 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 96 | 51 | 56.2 | 43.9-67.8 | 23 | 23.8 | 15.2-35.3 | 12 | 11.3 | 5.9-20.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.4 | 9 | 7.6 | 3.6-15.3 |
$75,000+ | 82 | 51 | 61.9 | 48.8-73.4 | 19 | 23.4 | 14.3-35.9 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.7 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.4 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.7-16.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 556 | 379 | 68.3 | 63.3-72.8 | 104 | 17.0 | 13.7-20.9 | 31 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.3 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.1 | 35 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.6 |
No | 401 | 237 | 57.9 | 51.6-63.9 | 106 | 26.0 | 20.9-31.8 | 27 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.3 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.7 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 181 | 116 | 63.3 | 54.4-71.3 | 41 | 25.2 | 18.1-33.9 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.7 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 |
Non-Veteran | 791 | 506 | 63.8 | 59.5-68.0 | 175 | 20.0 | 16.9-23.5 | 44 | 7.8 | 5.5-10.9 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.6 | 57 | 7.1 | 5.3- 9.6 |
^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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