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Past month | Past year | Past 2 years | 2+ years ago | 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 | 1,811 | 367 | 20.3 | 18.0-22.9 | 957 | 51.4 | 48.5-54.3 | 260 | 15.1 | 13.1-17.3 | 179 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.7 | 48 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 969 | 186 | 18.4 | 15.4-21.9 | 525 | 52.8 | 48.8-56.8 | 133 | 14.6 | 12.0-17.7 | 98 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.5 | 27 | 4.1 | 2.4- 7.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 382 | 72 | 19.4 | 14.6-25.4 | 199 | 49.8 | 43.5-56.2 | 58 | 15.9 | 11.9-21.0 | 42 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.7 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.1 |
Female | 587 | 114 | 17.4 | 14.1-21.3 | 326 | 55.6 | 50.7-60.5 | 75 | 13.5 | 10.3-17.4 | 56 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.6 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 708 | 138 | 19.0 | 15.5-23.1 | 379 | 51.9 | 47.2-56.5 | 96 | 14.3 | 11.4-17.8 | 80 | 11.1 | 8.6-14.1 | 15 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.9 |
African American | 233 | 45 | 17.9 | 12.2-25.5 | 127 | 53.5 | 45.3-61.6 | 35 | 16.0 | 10.7-23.4 | 16 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.7 | 10 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.4 |
Other Minorities | 23 | 3 | 12.2 | 3.1-37.9 | 15 | 64.3 | 39.3-83.4 | 2 | 12.0 | 2.5-42.1 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.8-31.9 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.3-22.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 19 | 3 | 13.1 | 2.9-43.0 | 9 | 53.7 | 28.7-77.0 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.8 | 1 | 7.2 | 1.0-37.4 | 5 | 23.2 | 8.7-49.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 948 | 183 | 18.6 | 15.6-22.1 | 515 | 52.8 | 48.7-56.8 | 132 | 15.0 | 12.3-18.2 | 96 | 10.0 | 7.9-12.5 | 22 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 3 | 1 | 30.7 | 3.6-84.0 | 1 | 20.2 | 2.2-74.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 49.1 | 7.9-91.5 |
25-34 | 26 | 4 | 12.0 | 3.9-31.2 | 10 | 27.9 | 12.4-51.4 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.6-29.3 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.4-25.9 | 7 | 44.0 | 19.4-72.0 |
35-44 | 60 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.7-23.5 | 33 | 56.0 | 40.5-70.4 | 11 | 18.5 | 8.4-36.1 | 8 | 12.5 | 6.0-24.1 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.6-12.1 |
45-54 | 165 | 22 | 19.0 | 11.0-30.9 | 91 | 51.1 | 41.2-61.0 | 25 | 15.9 | 10.1-24.1 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.7 |
55-64 | 287 | 58 | 18.0 | 13.2-24.0 | 142 | 49.2 | 42.2-56.3 | 46 | 17.1 | 12.4-23.1 | 34 | 12.4 | 8.4-18.0 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.8 |
65-74 | 259 | 60 | 22.4 | 16.9-29.1 | 153 | 60.0 | 52.7-66.9 | 27 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.5 | 17 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 3.2 |
75+ | 167 | 35 | 18.6 | 13.0-25.9 | 95 | 56.9 | 47.5-65.8 | 21 | 13.9 | 8.3-22.4 | 14 | 9.8 | 5.3-17.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 243 | 38 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.2 | 126 | 51.8 | 43.3-60.1 | 32 | 13.7 | 9.1-20.2 | 32 | 11.5 | 7.7-16.9 | 15 | 11.1 | 5.4-21.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 304 | 67 | 23.1 | 17.1-30.5 | 151 | 46.7 | 39.8-53.7 | 48 | 16.3 | 11.7-22.2 | 28 | 10.3 | 6.7-15.5 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 212 | 41 | 18.0 | 12.7-25.0 | 121 | 56.0 | 47.6-64.0 | 28 | 16.9 | 10.8-25.4 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 |
College Graduate | 207 | 40 | 20.2 | 13.8-28.6 | 126 | 59.5 | 50.8-67.6 | 23 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.7 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 183 | 38 | 19.6 | 13.5-27.6 | 88 | 46.2 | 37.5-55.1 | 27 | 15.7 | 10.1-23.6 | 23 | 13.1 | 8.1-20.7 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 205 | 39 | 15.1 | 10.2-21.7 | 108 | 52.2 | 43.0-61.2 | 27 | 13.0 | 8.1-20.3 | 26 | 12.5 | 8.1-18.8 | 5 | 7.3 | 2.1-22.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 121 | 18 | 19.0 | 10.5-31.7 | 72 | 58.6 | 47.0-69.3 | 20 | 12.4 | 7.5-19.8 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.5-17.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 102 | 19 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.3 | 64 | 59.5 | 47.8-70.1 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.1-21.6 | 9 | 10.7 | 5.4-20.3 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.3-12.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 95 | 20 | 22.9 | 13.4-36.3 | 47 | 48.1 | 35.9-60.6 | 17 | 19.6 | 11.7-31.1 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.5-14.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.3 |
$75,000+ | 85 | 17 | 23.2 | 12.7-38.4 | 52 | 55.8 | 42.5-68.4 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.5-24.7 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 557 | 110 | 18.5 | 14.7-23.0 | 299 | 52.5 | 47.1-57.7 | 72 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.6 | 62 | 11.6 | 8.8-15.3 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.8 |
No | 397 | 72 | 18.1 | 13.5-24.0 | 221 | 53.5 | 47.1-59.7 | 59 | 17.0 | 12.7-22.3 | 33 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.5 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 182 | 43 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.2 | 101 | 53.2 | 44.3-61.9 | 27 | 16.4 | 10.7-24.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 9.1 |
Non-Veteran | 787 | 143 | 16.6 | 13.4-20.2 | 424 | 52.7 | 48.1-57.2 | 106 | 14.1 | 11.3-17.5 | 89 | 11.9 | 9.4-15.0 | 25 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 |
^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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