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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 | 13,018 | 84.4 | 83.6-85.2 | 1,138 | 7.5 | 6.9- 8.1 | 1,105 | 8.1 | 7.5- 8.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,606 | 7,390 | 84.8 | 83.6-85.9 | 615 | 7.0 | 6.4- 7.7 | 601 | 8.2 | 7.3- 9.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,114 | 2,621 | 83.7 | 81.8-85.5 | 275 | 7.7 | 6.6- 8.8 | 218 | 8.6 | 7.1-10.3 |
Female | 5,492 | 4,769 | 85.8 | 84.5-87.0 | 340 | 6.4 | 5.6- 7.3 | 383 | 7.8 | 6.9- 8.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,700 | 5,909 | 88.8 | 87.8-89.8 | 438 | 6.3 | 5.6- 7.1 | 353 | 4.8 | 4.2- 5.6 |
African American | 1,364 | 1,120 | 81.7 | 78.8-84.3 | 123 | 9.0 | 7.3-11.1 | 121 | 9.3 | 7.3-11.7 |
Other Minorities | 506 | 332 | 60.2 | 54.0-66.0 | 50 | 8.5 | 6.2-11.7 | 124 | 31.3 | 25.6-37.6 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 502 | 318 | 59.7 | 53.6-65.5 | 52 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.8 | 132 | 31.6 | 26.0-37.8 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,099 | 7,068 | 87.6 | 86.6-88.6 | 563 | 6.8 | 6.2- 7.6 | 468 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 305 | 78.0 | 72.2-82.8 | 35 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 | 51 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.9 |
25-34 | 1,242 | 1,031 | 82.4 | 79.6-85.0 | 98 | 7.9 | 6.3-10.0 | 113 | 9.6 | 7.7-12.0 |
35-44 | 1,759 | 1,564 | 88.1 | 86.0-89.9 | 107 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.5 | 88 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.6 |
45-54 | 1,644 | 1,488 | 89.6 | 87.5-91.5 | 94 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.6 | 62 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.1 |
55-64 | 1,506 | 1,325 | 87.3 | 85.1-89.3 | 93 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.3 | 88 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.8 |
65-74 | 1,124 | 954 | 84.8 | 82.1-87.1 | 81 | 7.9 | 6.2-10.1 | 89 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.2 |
75+ | 897 | 691 | 76.9 | 73.3-80.1 | 102 | 12.1 | 9.7-15.0 | 104 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,312 | 951 | 70.2 | 66.2-74.0 | 138 | 9.3 | 7.5-11.5 | 223 | 20.5 | 17.1-24.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,445 | 2,068 | 83.5 | 81.3-85.5 | 207 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.9 | 170 | 8.2 | 6.7-10.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,046 | 1,830 | 88.3 | 85.9-90.4 | 127 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 | 89 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.3 |
College Graduate | 2,788 | 2,529 | 90.6 | 89.1-91.9 | 142 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.3 | 117 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 900 | 708 | 75.7 | 70.9-79.9 | 82 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.2 | 110 | 14.4 | 10.9-18.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,439 | 1,172 | 75.6 | 71.6-79.2 | 128 | 8.6 | 6.9-10.7 | 139 | 15.7 | 12.4-19.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,016 | 887 | 85.3 | 82.2-88.0 | 68 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.6 | 61 | 6.6 | 4.9- 9.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,122 | 990 | 88.8 | 86.4-90.9 | 85 | 7.0 | 5.4- 8.9 | 47 | 4.2 | 3.0- 6.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,064 | 89.5 | 87.1-91.5 | 72 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 44 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,674 | 1,553 | 93.2 | 91.6-94.5 | 74 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.2 | 47 | 2.8 | 2.0- 4.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,497 | 2,093 | 83.4 | 81.1-85.5 | 194 | 7.7 | 6.5- 9.2 | 210 | 8.9 | 7.2-10.9 |
No | 6,018 | 5,230 | 85.4 | 84.0-86.6 | 410 | 6.8 | 6.0- 7.6 | 378 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,000 | 836 | 85.2 | 82.3-87.6 | 100 | 9.5 | 7.5-12.0 | 64 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.1 |
Non-Veteran | 7,602 | 6,553 | 84.8 | 83.5-85.9 | 514 | 6.7 | 6.0- 7.5 | 535 | 8.5 | 7.5- 9.6 |
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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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