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Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,271 | 13,943 | 90.3 | 89.6-91.0 | 711 | 4.9 | 4.5- 5.4 | 617 | 4.8 | 4.3- 5.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,610 | 7,865 | 90.2 | 89.2-91.1 | 402 | 5.0 | 4.4- 5.7 | 343 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,115 | 2,792 | 88.9 | 87.2-90.4 | 200 | 6.1 | 5.1- 7.3 | 123 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.4 |
Female | 5,495 | 5,073 | 91.5 | 90.4-92.4 | 202 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.8 | 220 | 4.5 | 3.8- 5.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,703 | 6,291 | 94.5 | 93.8-95.2 | 256 | 3.6 | 3.0- 4.2 | 156 | 1.9 | 1.6- 2.3 |
African American | 1,364 | 1,196 | 86.9 | 84.2-89.2 | 88 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 | 80 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.5 |
Other Minorities | 507 | 347 | 63.8 | 57.7-69.5 | 55 | 12.8 | 9.3-17.4 | 105 | 23.4 | 18.5-29.1 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 502 | 310 | 58.3 | 52.3-64.1 | 71 | 15.2 | 11.4-20.0 | 121 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,103 | 7,551 | 93.8 | 93.1-94.4 | 331 | 3.9 | 3.4- 4.5 | 221 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 335 | 84.6 | 79.4-88.7 | 27 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 29 | 9.3 | 6.1-14.0 |
25-34 | 1,242 | 1,117 | 89.1 | 86.7-91.2 | 48 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.2 | 77 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.5 |
35-44 | 1,760 | 1,658 | 92.1 | 90.2-93.7 | 55 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.8 |
45-54 | 1,644 | 1,553 | 93.5 | 91.8-94.9 | 60 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.7 | 31 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.4 |
55-64 | 1,506 | 1,414 | 94.1 | 92.6-95.4 | 54 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.0 | 38 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
65-74 | 1,126 | 1,014 | 89.8 | 87.6-91.7 | 66 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.5 | 46 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.1 |
75+ | 898 | 739 | 81.9 | 78.6-84.8 | 90 | 10.9 | 8.6-13.8 | 69 | 7.2 | 5.4- 9.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,312 | 994 | 72.1 | 68.2-75.7 | 131 | 11.0 | 8.6-13.9 | 187 | 16.9 | 14.0-20.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,448 | 2,224 | 89.7 | 87.9-91.3 | 131 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.1 | 93 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,047 | 1,941 | 94.5 | 92.6-95.9 | 78 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.2 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.5 |
College Graduate | 2,788 | 2,694 | 96.5 | 95.5-97.3 | 61 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.1 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 901 | 752 | 79.0 | 74.5-82.9 | 72 | 10.2 | 7.5-13.7 | 77 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,439 | 1,248 | 81.0 | 77.2-84.3 | 104 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.6 | 87 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,016 | 931 | 89.1 | 86.2-91.5 | 48 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.4 | 37 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,122 | 1,061 | 95.5 | 94.0-96.7 | 43 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.6 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,141 | 96.7 | 95.3-97.7 | 31 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.1 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.2 |
$75,000+ | 1,675 | 1,632 | 97.3 | 96.2-98.2 | 28 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.2 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,499 | 2,230 | 89.9 | 88.2-91.3 | 147 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 122 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.7 |
No | 6,020 | 5,565 | 90.5 | 89.3-91.6 | 240 | 4.6 | 3.9- 5.4 | 215 | 4.9 | 4.0- 5.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,002 | 908 | 92.0 | 89.9-93.8 | 65 | 5.9 | 4.4- 8.0 | 29 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.0 |
Non-Veteran | 7,604 | 6,955 | 90.0 | 88.9-91.0 | 336 | 4.9 | 4.2- 5.6 | 313 | 5.1 | 4.4- 6.0 |
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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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