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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 | 15,261 | 13,213 | 84.0 | 83.1-84.9 | 1,103 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.5 | 945 | 7.2 | 6.6- 7.9 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,606 | 7,489 | 83.9 | 82.7-85.1 | 607 | 8.7 | 7.8- 9.8 | 510 | 7.3 | 6.5- 8.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,114 | 2,623 | 80.9 | 78.7-82.9 | 302 | 11.3 | 9.7-13.2 | 189 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.4 |
Female | 5,492 | 4,866 | 86.9 | 85.6-88.1 | 305 | 6.2 | 5.3- 7.2 | 321 | 6.9 | 6.0- 7.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,700 | 6,083 | 90.7 | 89.7-91.7 | 359 | 5.3 | 4.6- 6.1 | 258 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.6 |
African American | 1,364 | 1,103 | 76.6 | 73.0-79.8 | 144 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.0 | 117 | 10.5 | 8.4-13.2 |
Other Minorities | 506 | 274 | 47.3 | 41.3-53.3 | 100 | 26.1 | 20.7-32.4 | 132 | 26.6 | 21.6-32.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 502 | 247 | 42.8 | 37.0-48.7 | 109 | 27.2 | 21.7-33.5 | 146 | 30.1 | 24.8-35.8 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,099 | 7,237 | 88.6 | 87.6-89.6 | 498 | 6.6 | 5.9- 7.5 | 364 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 299 | 74.4 | 68.2-79.7 | 44 | 12.4 | 8.5-17.8 | 48 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.1 |
25-34 | 1,242 | 1,005 | 79.0 | 75.8-81.9 | 115 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.7 | 122 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.4 |
35-44 | 1,759 | 1,563 | 85.0 | 82.3-87.4 | 112 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.1 | 84 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.1 |
45-54 | 1,644 | 1,514 | 90.6 | 88.6-92.2 | 79 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.5 | 51 | 3.6 | 2.6- 4.9 |
55-64 | 1,506 | 1,387 | 91.8 | 90.0-93.4 | 65 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.7 | 54 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.3 |
65-74 | 1,124 | 991 | 88.7 | 86.5-90.7 | 84 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.7 | 49 | 4.4 | 3.2- 6.0 |
75+ | 897 | 696 | 75.5 | 71.7-78.9 | 104 | 13.3 | 10.6-16.5 | 97 | 11.2 | 8.9-14.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,312 | 913 | 61.6 | 57.2-65.9 | 184 | 19.0 | 15.4-23.3 | 215 | 19.4 | 16.2-22.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,445 | 2,107 | 83.7 | 81.5-85.7 | 191 | 8.5 | 7.1-10.1 | 147 | 7.9 | 6.4- 9.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,046 | 1,872 | 88.9 | 86.2-91.1 | 109 | 6.9 | 5.3- 9.0 | 65 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 |
College Graduate | 2,788 | 2,585 | 91.8 | 90.4-93.0 | 122 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.3 | 81 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 900 | 703 | 71.2 | 66.2-75.7 | 101 | 15.0 | 11.5-19.2 | 96 | 13.8 | 10.6-17.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,439 | 1,156 | 72.1 | 67.9-76.0 | 158 | 15.2 | 12.1-19.0 | 125 | 12.6 | 9.9-16.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,016 | 874 | 79.6 | 75.2-83.4 | 87 | 12.9 | 9.6-17.1 | 55 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,122 | 1,022 | 90.5 | 87.7-92.7 | 57 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.5 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,103 | 91.0 | 87.7-93.4 | 52 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.3 | 25 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 |
$75,000+ | 1,674 | 1,589 | 94.3 | 92.7-95.6 | 49 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 | 36 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,497 | 2,132 | 84.7 | 82.5-86.6 | 195 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.5 | 170 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.2 |
No | 6,018 | 5,290 | 84.0 | 82.5-85.4 | 399 | 8.7 | 7.6- 9.9 | 329 | 7.3 | 6.3- 8.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,000 | 864 | 87.2 | 84.5-89.5 | 87 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.4 | 49 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.5 |
Non-Veteran | 7,602 | 6,624 | 83.6 | 82.2-84.9 | 518 | 8.8 | 7.7- 9.9 | 460 | 7.7 | 6.8- 8.7 |
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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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