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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,858 | 2,144 | 21.0 | 20.0-22.0 | 300 | 4.0 | 3.5- 4.7 | 71 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.8 | 8,343 | 73.7 | 72.5-74.9 |
-Piedmont NC | 6,148 | 1,116 | 18.8 | 17.5-20.1 | 157 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 36 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 4,839 | 76.2 | 74.6-77.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 2,500 | 390 | 16.4 | 14.6-18.4 | 67 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.2 | 2,032 | 77.8 | 75.4-80.1 |
Female | 3,648 | 726 | 21.4 | 19.7-23.2 | 90 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 | 2,807 | 74.3 | 72.4-76.2 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 4,873 | 881 | 19.2 | 17.8-20.7 | 120 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.7 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 3,843 | 76.0 | 74.3-77.6 |
African American | 811 | 164 | 18.9 | 15.8-22.5 | 27 | 4.7 | 2.7- 7.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.1 | 616 | 74.8 | 70.2-78.9 |
Other Minorities | 435 | 67 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.7 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.9 | 356 | 79.2 | 73.4-84.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 459 | 66 | 16.1 | 11.9-21.3 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2- 6.4 | 384 | 80.5 | 74.9-85.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,684 | 1,049 | 19.2 | 17.9-20.5 | 150 | 4.0 | 3.2- 4.9 | 34 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 4,451 | 75.6 | 74.0-77.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 339 | 77 | 23.1 | 18.0-29.1 | 25 | 9.1 | 5.7-14.2 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.1-11.3 | 230 | 62.8 | 56.0-69.2 |
25-34 | 982 | 199 | 19.8 | 16.9-22.9 | 28 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 | 751 | 75.5 | 72.0-78.7 |
35-44 | 1,345 | 241 | 16.4 | 14.3-18.8 | 40 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 | 1,055 | 79.5 | 76.9-81.9 |
45-54 | 1,228 | 265 | 21.4 | 18.8-24.2 | 33 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.5 | 922 | 75.0 | 72.0-77.7 |
55-64 | 1,101 | 204 | 19.4 | 16.7-22.3 | 18 | 2.3 | 1.3- 3.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 | 876 | 78.1 | 75.0-80.8 |
65-74 | 747 | 97 | 14.2 | 11.4-17.6 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.6 | 637 | 84.1 | 80.7-87.1 |
75+ | 379 | 27 | 8.6 | 5.6-12.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 349 | 90.6 | 86.3-93.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 869 | 188 | 21.5 | 18.1-25.4 | 40 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.2 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.2 | 629 | 67.4 | 62.5-71.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,727 | 406 | 23.9 | 21.4-26.7 | 72 | 5.8 | 4.4- 7.6 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 | 1,241 | 69.5 | 66.4-72.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,449 | 301 | 22.9 | 20.0-26.1 | 30 | 2.8 | 1.6- 5.1 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.7 | 1,108 | 72.7 | 69.3-76.0 |
College Graduate | 2,094 | 217 | 10.3 | 8.8-12.0 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 1,856 | 88.5 | 86.7-90.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 359 | 94 | 27.1 | 21.4-33.7 | 13 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.4 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 246 | 65.3 | 58.5-71.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 869 | 196 | 22.4 | 18.8-26.4 | 36 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.5 | 631 | 70.1 | 65.6-74.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 682 | 155 | 22.0 | 18.3-26.2 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 | 500 | 73.0 | 68.4-77.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 793 | 151 | 18.5 | 15.5-22.0 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.3 | 617 | 76.3 | 71.7-80.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,014 | 193 | 20.4 | 17.2-24.0 | 13 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.4 | 805 | 76.7 | 72.7-80.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,544 | 185 | 12.9 | 10.9-15.3 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.7- 2.9 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 | 1,334 | 84.8 | 82.3-87.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,569 | 340 | 22.9 | 20.3-25.7 | 52 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.5 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 | 1,166 | 71.3 | 68.2-74.2 |
No | 4,545 | 770 | 17.6 | 16.2-19.1 | 105 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.6 | 24 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.4 | 3,646 | 77.6 | 75.8-79.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 759 | 113 | 19.5 | 15.7-24.1 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 636 | 78.8 | 74.2-82.7 |
Non-Veteran | 5,387 | 1,003 | 18.7 | 17.4-20.1 | 148 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.0 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 4,201 | 75.8 | 74.2-77.4 |
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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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