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1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,689 | 716 | 4.4 | 4.0- 4.9 | 11,157 | 67.5 | 66.5-68.4 | 3,491 | 20.5 | 19.7-21.4 | 172 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.2 | 1,153 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.1 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,400 | 358 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.1 | 6,310 | 67.8 | 66.5-69.1 | 1,989 | 20.6 | 19.5-21.8 | 102 | 1.1 | 0.9- 1.4 | 641 | 6.8 | 6.1- 7.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 3,433 | 146 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 2,395 | 70.7 | 68.6-72.7 | 647 | 18.4 | 16.8-20.2 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 214 | 6.1 | 5.1- 7.3 |
Female | 5,967 | 212 | 3.5 | 3.0- 4.1 | 3,915 | 65.0 | 63.4-66.6 | 1,342 | 22.8 | 21.4-24.2 | 71 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 | 427 | 7.5 | 6.7- 8.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 7,333 | 287 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.2 | 5,090 | 70.1 | 68.7-71.5 | 1,447 | 19.5 | 18.3-20.7 | 77 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.5 | 432 | 5.7 | 5.1- 6.4 |
African American | 1,497 | 44 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 | 834 | 56.0 | 52.5-59.5 | 445 | 29.1 | 26.0-32.3 | 22 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.0 | 152 | 10.1 | 8.2-12.2 |
Other Minorities | 533 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.1 | 359 | 71.6 | 66.3-76.4 | 88 | 14.0 | 10.8-17.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.5 | 57 | 9.6 | 6.5-14.1 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 547 | 27 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 378 | 71.6 | 66.2-76.4 | 86 | 14.8 | 11.4-19.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 54 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,848 | 331 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.1 | 5,928 | 67.4 | 66.1-68.7 | 1,902 | 21.3 | 20.1-22.5 | 100 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 | 587 | 6.6 | 5.9- 7.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 425 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 262 | 64.8 | 59.0-70.3 | 106 | 23.5 | 18.9-28.9 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 3.9 | 34 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.4 |
25-34 | 1,337 | 52 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.8 | 870 | 66.7 | 63.4-69.7 | 306 | 21.9 | 19.3-24.8 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 96 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.2 |
35-44 | 1,855 | 59 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.8 | 1,209 | 66.9 | 64.3-69.5 | 443 | 22.0 | 19.9-24.3 | 19 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.1 | 125 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.8 |
45-54 | 1,804 | 61 | 3.6 | 2.6- 4.9 | 1,184 | 66.6 | 63.8-69.2 | 412 | 21.1 | 18.9-23.4 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 | 118 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 |
55-64 | 1,679 | 46 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.5 | 1,122 | 69.5 | 66.9-72.1 | 351 | 18.8 | 16.7-21.2 | 17 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.3 | 143 | 8.4 | 6.9-10.0 |
65-74 | 1,256 | 54 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.6 | 896 | 72.0 | 68.8-74.9 | 222 | 17.3 | 14.9-20.1 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 67 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 |
75+ | 1,002 | 65 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.6 | 737 | 74.2 | 70.8-77.4 | 143 | 14.0 | 11.6-16.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 55 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,448 | 93 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.3 | 993 | 70.4 | 66.7-73.9 | 229 | 14.6 | 12.2-17.4 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 123 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,665 | 118 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.2 | 1,785 | 66.4 | 63.8-68.8 | 562 | 21.8 | 19.7-24.1 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 167 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,243 | 65 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.1 | 1,557 | 70.4 | 67.7-72.9 | 473 | 20.3 | 18.1-22.7 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.5 | 133 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.8 |
College Graduate | 3,031 | 81 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.5 | 1,968 | 66.0 | 63.8-68.1 | 721 | 22.9 | 21.1-24.8 | 44 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.3 | 217 | 6.9 | 5.9- 8.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,000 | 51 | 5.0 | 3.3- 7.4 | 646 | 65.6 | 61.2-69.8 | 200 | 19.1 | 15.7-22.9 | 13 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.6 | 90 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,589 | 80 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.2 | 1,090 | 70.6 | 67.2-73.8 | 312 | 17.4 | 14.9-20.2 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.7 | 91 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,113 | 45 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.0 | 724 | 63.4 | 59.2-67.4 | 253 | 22.8 | 19.5-26.6 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.9 | 81 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,246 | 45 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.9 | 818 | 66.9 | 63.4-70.1 | 294 | 22.4 | 19.6-25.4 | 15 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.1 | 74 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,293 | 34 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 887 | 69.5 | 66.1-72.7 | 290 | 21.9 | 19.1-25.1 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 71 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 |
$75,000+ | 1,777 | 40 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.6 | 1,196 | 68.3 | 65.6-70.9 | 390 | 21.3 | 19.1-23.7 | 25 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 | 126 | 6.9 | 5.7- 8.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,738 | 128 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 1,800 | 65.9 | 63.4-68.3 | 562 | 20.1 | 18.1-22.3 | 40 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.9 | 208 | 7.5 | 6.3- 9.0 |
No | 6,463 | 220 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 | 4,382 | 68.6 | 67.0-70.1 | 1,381 | 20.8 | 19.5-22.1 | 61 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 | 419 | 6.5 | 5.7- 7.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,113 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.0 | 796 | 73.6 | 70.0-76.9 | 194 | 16.4 | 13.6-19.6 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 70 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.2 |
Non-Veteran | 8,283 | 310 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.2 | 5,513 | 67.1 | 65.7-68.5 | 1,794 | 21.2 | 20.0-22.4 | 96 | 1.2 | 0.9- 1.6 | 570 | 6.9 | 6.1- 7.6 |
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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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