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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 9,134 | 7,370 | 76.3 | 75.0-77.6 | 1,764 | 23.7 | 22.4-25.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 5,262 | 4,324 | 77.9 | 76.2-79.6 | 938 | 22.1 | 20.4-23.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 2,221 | 1,514 | 67.1 | 64.4-69.7 | 707 | 32.9 | 30.3-35.6 |
Female | 3,041 | 2,810 | 92.3 | 91.1-93.4 | 231 | 7.7 | 6.6- 8.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,047 | 3,333 | 79.7 | 77.9-81.4 | 714 | 20.3 | 18.6-22.1 |
African American | 860 | 726 | 80.0 | 75.8-83.6 | 134 | 20.0 | 16.4-24.2 |
Other Minorities | 332 | 247 | 62.0 | 53.9-69.5 | 85 | 38.0 | 30.5-46.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 330 | 223 | 54.1 | 46.4-61.6 | 107 | 45.9 | 38.4-53.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,930 | 4,100 | 80.8 | 79.2-82.3 | 830 | 19.2 | 17.7-20.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 254 | 207 | 74.3 | 66.1-81.2 | 47 | 25.7 | 18.8-33.9 |
25-34 | 993 | 807 | 74.9 | 71.0-78.4 | 186 | 25.1 | 21.6-29.0 |
35-44 | 1,465 | 1,218 | 80.5 | 77.5-83.1 | 247 | 19.5 | 16.9-22.5 |
45-54 | 1,392 | 1,160 | 78.9 | 75.7-81.8 | 232 | 21.1 | 18.2-24.3 |
55-64 | 915 | 748 | 80.8 | 77.5-83.7 | 167 | 19.2 | 16.3-22.5 |
65-74 | 175 | 137 | 76.0 | 67.6-82.8 | 38 | 24.0 | 17.2-32.4 |
75+ | 42 | 26 | 65.5 | 48.4-79.3 | 16 | 34.5 | 20.7-51.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 457 | 298 | 55.7 | 48.8-62.4 | 159 | 44.3 | 37.6-51.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,388 | 1,071 | 71.3 | 67.7-74.7 | 317 | 28.7 | 25.3-32.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,330 | 1,093 | 79.4 | 76.0-82.5 | 237 | 20.6 | 17.5-24.0 |
College Graduate | 2,085 | 1,862 | 88.0 | 86.0-89.7 | 223 | 12.0 | 10.3-14.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 213 | 166 | 65.3 | 54.8-74.5 | 47 | 34.7 | 25.5-45.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 714 | 550 | 66.2 | 60.1-71.8 | 164 | 33.8 | 28.2-39.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 676 | 537 | 75.6 | 70.1-80.3 | 139 | 24.4 | 19.7-29.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 846 | 687 | 78.7 | 74.7-82.2 | 159 | 21.3 | 17.8-25.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 949 | 785 | 80.3 | 76.7-83.5 | 164 | 19.7 | 16.5-23.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,400 | 1,224 | 85.5 | 82.9-87.7 | 176 | 14.5 | 12.3-17.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 883 | 739 | 80.2 | 76.1-83.8 | 144 | 19.8 | 16.2-23.9 |
No | 4,343 | 3,561 | 77.8 | 75.9-79.6 | 782 | 22.2 | 20.4-24.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 493 | 335 | 67.6 | 61.7-73.0 | 158 | 32.4 | 27.0-38.3 |
Non-Veteran | 4,766 | 3,987 | 79.0 | 77.2-80.7 | 779 | 21.0 | 19.3-22.8 |
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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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