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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,723 | 3,485 | 22.2 | 21.3-23.1 | 13,238 | 77.8 | 76.9-78.7 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,397 | 1,894 | 21.7 | 20.5-22.9 | 7,503 | 78.3 | 77.1-79.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,430 | 689 | 21.3 | 19.4-23.3 | 2,741 | 78.7 | 76.7-80.6 |
Female | 5,967 | 1,205 | 22.0 | 20.6-23.5 | 4,762 | 78.0 | 76.5-79.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,338 | 1,323 | 18.7 | 17.5-20.0 | 6,015 | 81.3 | 80.0-82.5 |
African American | 1,492 | 406 | 29.1 | 25.8-32.5 | 1,086 | 70.9 | 67.5-74.2 |
Other Minorities | 528 | 157 | 31.0 | 25.8-36.7 | 371 | 69.0 | 63.3-74.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 542 | 149 | 29.4 | 24.3-35.0 | 393 | 70.6 | 65.0-75.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,849 | 1,744 | 20.8 | 19.6-22.0 | 7,105 | 79.2 | 78.0-80.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 417 | 141 | 31.7 | 26.3-37.7 | 276 | 68.3 | 62.3-73.7 |
25-34 | 1,306 | 334 | 25.4 | 22.5-28.5 | 972 | 74.6 | 71.5-77.5 |
35-44 | 1,829 | 385 | 20.4 | 18.3-22.8 | 1,444 | 79.6 | 77.2-81.7 |
45-54 | 1,803 | 385 | 20.5 | 18.3-23.0 | 1,418 | 79.5 | 77.0-81.7 |
55-64 | 1,701 | 340 | 19.3 | 17.2-21.7 | 1,361 | 80.7 | 78.3-82.8 |
65-74 | 1,268 | 197 | 16.8 | 14.3-19.5 | 1,071 | 83.2 | 80.5-85.7 |
75+ | 1,026 | 105 | 10.7 | 8.6-13.3 | 921 | 89.3 | 86.7-91.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,455 | 297 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.1 | 1,158 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,664 | 541 | 22.6 | 20.4-25.0 | 2,123 | 77.4 | 75.0-79.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,246 | 439 | 20.3 | 18.1-22.6 | 1,807 | 79.7 | 77.4-81.9 |
College Graduate | 3,016 | 613 | 20.2 | 18.5-22.1 | 2,403 | 79.8 | 77.9-81.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,008 | 251 | 27.4 | 23.5-31.7 | 757 | 72.6 | 68.3-76.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,585 | 335 | 23.6 | 20.6-26.9 | 1,250 | 76.4 | 73.1-79.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,115 | 236 | 25.4 | 21.7-29.4 | 879 | 74.6 | 70.6-78.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,234 | 219 | 18.8 | 15.4-22.7 | 1,015 | 81.2 | 77.3-84.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,287 | 253 | 20.0 | 17.3-23.0 | 1,034 | 80.0 | 77.0-82.7 |
$75,000+ | 1,770 | 348 | 19.7 | 17.4-22.1 | 1,422 | 80.3 | 77.9-82.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,798 | 634 | 24.3 | 22.1-26.6 | 2,164 | 75.7 | 73.4-77.9 |
No | 6,545 | 1,254 | 20.9 | 19.5-22.4 | 5,291 | 79.1 | 77.6-80.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,119 | 199 | 17.8 | 15.1-20.9 | 920 | 82.2 | 79.1-84.9 |
Non-Veteran | 8,274 | 1,694 | 22.2 | 20.9-23.5 | 6,580 | 77.8 | 76.5-79.1 |
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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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