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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 7,339 | 6,650 | 89.2 | 88.1-90.3 | 364 | 6.0 | 5.1- 7.0 | 139 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 186 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 |
-Piedmont NC | 4,306 | 3,922 | 90.0 | 88.7-91.3 | 206 | 5.6 | 4.6- 6.7 | 79 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.3 | 99 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.4 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,510 | 1,310 | 86.5 | 84.0-88.6 | 103 | 7.7 | 6.0- 9.8 | 44 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 53 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.1 |
Female | 2,796 | 2,612 | 93.5 | 92.2-94.5 | 103 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.5 | 35 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 | 46 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 3,317 | 3,015 | 89.8 | 88.2-91.2 | 157 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 61 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.2 | 84 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 |
African American | 724 | 674 | 93.2 | 90.3-95.2 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.0 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.6 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.4 |
Other Minorities | 247 | 216 | 85.6 | 78.6-90.6 | 21 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.6- 8.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 222 | 188 | 83.4 | 75.7-89.1 | 26 | 11.2 | 6.9-17.8 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,083 | 3,733 | 90.6 | 89.2-91.8 | 180 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.2 | 74 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.2 | 96 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 206 | 180 | 87.5 | 80.5-92.2 | 17 | 8.2 | 4.4-14.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.6 |
25-34 | 805 | 722 | 86.9 | 83.2-89.8 | 41 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.0 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.7 |
35-44 | 1,213 | 1,126 | 94.0 | 92.3-95.3 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.9 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 22 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
45-54 | 1,156 | 1,042 | 88.2 | 85.4-90.5 | 65 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.7 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 | 31 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.7 |
55-64 | 743 | 686 | 92.3 | 89.7-94.3 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.0 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.7 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 |
65-74 | 136 | 122 | 91.2 | 83.8-95.4 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.0-13.2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.1 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.9 |
75+ | 26 | 23 | 91.1 | 73.4-97.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.6-26.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 296 | 246 | 80.9 | 73.5-86.6 | 33 | 11.4 | 7.4-17.2 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.2-12.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,063 | 933 | 85.5 | 81.7-88.6 | 75 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 | 28 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,089 | 993 | 91.2 | 88.8-93.2 | 55 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.2 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.2 |
College Graduate | 1,858 | 1,750 | 93.5 | 91.9-94.8 | 43 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.1 | 26 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.9 | 39 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 164 | 145 | 90.0 | 83.5-94.1 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.7 | 6 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 544 | 469 | 85.5 | 80.3-89.5 | 43 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.3 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.7 | 20 | 3.6 | 1.8- 6.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 535 | 491 | 89.0 | 84.3-92.4 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.1 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.7 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 686 | 612 | 88.4 | 84.6-91.3 | 36 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.5 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.1 | 19 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 783 | 713 | 89.0 | 85.0-92.0 | 41 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.3 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.7 |
$75,000+ | 1,220 | 1,151 | 93.6 | 91.6-95.2 | 41 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 20 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 734 | 658 | 91.3 | 88.6-93.4 | 34 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.3 | 19 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 | 23 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 |
No | 3,551 | 3,246 | 89.8 | 88.2-91.2 | 172 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.2 | 58 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.3 | 75 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 335 | 298 | 85.1 | 77.5-90.5 | 18 | 10.0 | 5.3-18.0 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.0 |
Non-Veteran | 3,969 | 3,622 | 90.5 | 89.2-91.7 | 188 | 5.2 | 4.3- 6.2 | 71 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.4 | 88 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.4 |
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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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