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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 7,332 | 5,928 | 79.3 | 77.9-80.6 | 1,020 | 14.9 | 13.8-16.0 | 154 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.8 | 230 | 3.6 | 2.9- 4.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 4,300 | 3,496 | 80.4 | 78.7-81.9 | 592 | 14.3 | 13.0-15.8 | 90 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.6 | 122 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.2 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,507 | 1,148 | 76.9 | 74.1-79.5 | 254 | 16.2 | 14.0-18.7 | 41 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 | 64 | 4.4 | 3.2- 6.1 |
Female | 2,793 | 2,348 | 83.7 | 81.8-85.4 | 338 | 12.5 | 10.9-14.2 | 49 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.4 | 58 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 3,316 | 2,714 | 80.9 | 79.0-82.7 | 429 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.1 | 70 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 | 103 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.7 |
African American | 721 | 585 | 80.4 | 76.3-84.0 | 109 | 15.5 | 12.4-19.3 | 15 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.2 | 12 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.8 |
Other Minorities | 245 | 180 | 74.7 | 67.0-81.1 | 53 | 19.5 | 14.0-26.6 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 6.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 223 | 154 | 71.4 | 63.1-78.5 | 59 | 23.9 | 17.4-31.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.8 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0- 9.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,076 | 3,341 | 81.1 | 79.4-82.7 | 533 | 13.5 | 12.2-15.0 | 86 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.7 | 116 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 206 | 159 | 78.6 | 71.1-84.6 | 34 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.4 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.7 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.5 |
25-34 | 804 | 623 | 74.3 | 70.1-78.1 | 134 | 18.2 | 15.0-22.0 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 | 28 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 |
35-44 | 1,208 | 997 | 84.7 | 82.2-86.9 | 168 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.8 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.2 | 25 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
45-54 | 1,157 | 952 | 80.2 | 77.1-83.0 | 145 | 14.0 | 11.6-16.8 | 25 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.9 | 35 | 3.4 | 2.3- 4.9 |
55-64 | 742 | 617 | 83.2 | 79.6-86.2 | 92 | 12.6 | 9.9-16.0 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.2 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.0 |
65-74 | 136 | 110 | 83.5 | 74.9-89.5 | 15 | 9.1 | 5.0-16.0 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.1-10.9 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.4 |
75+ | 26 | 19 | 75.6 | 54.8-88.8 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.2-19.4 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.5-24.2 | 3 | 12.7 | 4.0-33.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 296 | 198 | 66.7 | 58.9-73.7 | 73 | 23.4 | 17.6-30.4 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.4 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,064 | 791 | 72.7 | 68.6-76.4 | 202 | 20.2 | 16.9-23.9 | 34 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.5 | 37 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,089 | 876 | 79.6 | 76.3-82.6 | 162 | 15.9 | 13.3-18.9 | 22 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.8 | 29 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.6 |
College Graduate | 1,851 | 1,631 | 87.4 | 85.4-89.2 | 155 | 8.7 | 7.2-10.4 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 47 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 164 | 127 | 77.2 | 67.9-84.4 | 24 | 14.7 | 9.2-22.8 | 8 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.0 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.2- 9.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 544 | 394 | 71.3 | 65.2-76.8 | 108 | 20.8 | 16.2-26.4 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.2 | 22 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 533 | 425 | 77.1 | 71.8-81.7 | 77 | 15.8 | 11.9-20.7 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.6 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 684 | 532 | 76.3 | 71.7-80.4 | 112 | 17.2 | 13.8-21.4 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.1 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 784 | 633 | 80.4 | 76.6-83.7 | 120 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.4 | 11 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 | 20 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,218 | 1,074 | 87.1 | 84.5-89.3 | 104 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.5 | 14 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.3 | 26 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 733 | 580 | 81.1 | 77.3-84.5 | 94 | 11.6 | 8.9-14.9 | 26 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.1 | 33 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.2 |
No | 3,545 | 2,897 | 80.2 | 78.3-81.9 | 497 | 14.9 | 13.4-16.6 | 62 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.4 | 89 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 333 | 268 | 81.3 | 75.4-86.0 | 44 | 13.6 | 9.5-19.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.1 |
Non-Veteran | 3,965 | 3,226 | 80.3 | 78.5-81.9 | 548 | 14.4 | 13.0-15.9 | 81 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 | 110 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.2 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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