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1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/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 | 16,771 | 2,743 | 15.4 | 14.7-16.2 | 11,206 | 66.5 | 65.5-67.5 | 1,844 | 11.5 | 10.9-12.2 | 101 | 0.6 | 0.5- 0.8 | 877 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.5 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,435 | 1,558 | 15.3 | 14.4-16.3 | 6,399 | 67.9 | 66.6-69.2 | 991 | 10.9 | 10.0-11.8 | 50 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.8 | 437 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 3,442 | 475 | 12.9 | 11.5-14.5 | 2,337 | 68.0 | 65.8-70.1 | 417 | 11.9 | 10.6-13.4 | 28 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | 185 | 6.5 | 5.3- 7.8 |
Female | 5,993 | 1,083 | 17.6 | 16.4-18.9 | 4,062 | 67.7 | 66.2-69.3 | 574 | 9.9 | 8.9-10.9 | 22 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.6 | 252 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 7,358 | 1,228 | 15.7 | 14.6-16.8 | 5,063 | 69.4 | 68.0-70.8 | 721 | 10.0 | 9.2-11.0 | 42 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.8 | 304 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.1 |
African American | 1,510 | 246 | 15.0 | 12.8-17.4 | 952 | 61.5 | 58.0-64.8 | 221 | 16.1 | 13.6-18.9 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 | 83 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.7 |
Other Minorities | 530 | 71 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.2 | 364 | 68.4 | 62.7-73.6 | 47 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 48 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 547 | 79 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.6 | 377 | 67.3 | 61.6-72.5 | 52 | 9.8 | 7.1-13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 39 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,882 | 1,476 | 15.6 | 14.6-16.6 | 6,019 | 68.0 | 66.6-69.3 | 939 | 11.0 | 10.1-11.9 | 50 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.9 | 398 | 4.9 | 4.3- 5.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 432 | 55 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.1 | 267 | 64.3 | 58.5-69.8 | 69 | 14.3 | 10.9-18.5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.9 | 36 | 10.2 | 6.9-14.8 |
25-34 | 1,340 | 181 | 14.8 | 12.4-17.6 | 904 | 64.5 | 61.1-67.7 | 169 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.2 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 81 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 |
35-44 | 1,864 | 276 | 14.2 | 12.4-16.2 | 1,325 | 71.8 | 69.2-74.2 | 194 | 9.4 | 8.0-11.1 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 59 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.3 |
45-54 | 1,810 | 317 | 16.4 | 14.4-18.5 | 1,245 | 70.2 | 67.6-72.7 | 187 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.8 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 | 51 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.1 |
55-64 | 1,695 | 317 | 17.8 | 15.8-20.1 | 1,175 | 71.3 | 68.7-73.8 | 151 | 8.3 | 6.9-10.0 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 43 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
65-74 | 1,258 | 204 | 16.2 | 13.9-18.7 | 863 | 68.3 | 65.2-71.3 | 115 | 9.0 | 7.3-11.0 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 68 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 |
75+ | 992 | 198 | 20.8 | 17.8-24.1 | 594 | 59.2 | 55.4-62.9 | 103 | 10.6 | 8.4-13.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 94 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,420 | 143 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.4 | 890 | 64.7 | 60.8-68.5 | 224 | 13.8 | 11.5-16.6 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 150 | 11.0 | 8.6-14.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,685 | 373 | 13.8 | 12.1-15.7 | 1,774 | 63.1 | 60.5-65.7 | 364 | 14.8 | 13.0-16.7 | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 | 151 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,261 | 390 | 15.2 | 13.4-17.2 | 1,572 | 69.8 | 67.1-72.3 | 217 | 10.8 | 9.1-12.8 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 76 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.2 |
College Graduate | 3,055 | 647 | 19.4 | 17.7-21.1 | 2,156 | 72.0 | 70.0-73.9 | 184 | 6.2 | 5.2- 7.3 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.7 | 60 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 991 | 129 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.5 | 607 | 64.6 | 60.2-68.8 | 157 | 16.0 | 12.8-19.7 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 86 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,589 | 204 | 13.3 | 11.0-16.1 | 1,060 | 65.0 | 61.3-68.5 | 209 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.2 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 111 | 9.4 | 7.2-12.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,119 | 164 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.5 | 750 | 62.2 | 58.0-66.2 | 139 | 15.2 | 12.4-18.5 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 57 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,247 | 219 | 15.3 | 13.0-17.9 | 850 | 69.1 | 65.7-72.3 | 130 | 11.3 | 9.2-13.7 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.9 | 40 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,301 | 235 | 16.5 | 14.2-19.2 | 933 | 71.0 | 67.7-74.1 | 97 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.6 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 32 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,797 | 378 | 18.9 | 16.8-21.2 | 1,296 | 73.5 | 70.9-76.0 | 100 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.8 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 20 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,740 | 394 | 13.0 | 11.5-14.6 | 1,769 | 66.1 | 63.7-68.5 | 355 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.5 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 | 200 | 7.4 | 6.1- 8.9 |
No | 6,502 | 1,137 | 16.2 | 15.1-17.4 | 4,504 | 68.5 | 66.9-70.1 | 616 | 10.2 | 9.3-11.3 | 24 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.6 | 221 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,121 | 182 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.3 | 763 | 68.4 | 64.7-71.9 | 117 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.9 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.0 | 52 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 |
Non-Veteran | 8,310 | 1,374 | 15.2 | 14.2-16.2 | 5,634 | 67.8 | 66.4-69.2 | 874 | 10.8 | 10.0-11.8 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.8 | 385 | 5.6 | 4.9- 6.5 |
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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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