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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,237 | 2,979 | 16.6 | 15.9-17.4 | 14,258 | 83.4 | 82.6-84.1 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,675 | 1,728 | 17.2 | 16.2-18.2 | 7,947 | 82.8 | 81.8-83.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,524 | 586 | 16.4 | 14.8-18.0 | 2,938 | 83.6 | 82.0-85.2 |
Female | 6,151 | 1,142 | 18.0 | 16.8-19.2 | 5,009 | 82.0 | 80.8-83.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,516 | 1,510 | 20.0 | 18.9-21.3 | 6,006 | 80.0 | 78.7-81.1 |
African American | 1,575 | 167 | 11.3 | 9.3-13.7 | 1,408 | 88.7 | 86.3-90.7 |
Other Minorities | 544 | 43 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.1 | 501 | 93.6 | 90.9-95.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 554 | 40 | 6.0 | 4.0- 8.9 | 514 | 94.0 | 91.1-96.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,115 | 1,688 | 18.4 | 17.4-19.5 | 7,427 | 81.6 | 80.5-82.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 439 | 51 | 12.0 | 8.5-16.6 | 388 | 88.0 | 83.4-91.5 |
25-34 | 1,360 | 232 | 15.5 | 13.4-18.0 | 1,128 | 84.5 | 82.0-86.6 |
35-44 | 1,891 | 402 | 19.3 | 17.4-21.5 | 1,489 | 80.7 | 78.5-82.6 |
45-54 | 1,842 | 446 | 24.0 | 21.7-26.5 | 1,396 | 76.0 | 73.5-78.3 |
55-64 | 1,731 | 343 | 20.6 | 18.4-23.0 | 1,388 | 79.4 | 77.0-81.6 |
65-74 | 1,299 | 175 | 13.3 | 11.2-15.6 | 1,124 | 86.7 | 84.4-88.8 |
75+ | 1,064 | 75 | 6.8 | 5.3- 8.7 | 989 | 93.2 | 91.3-94.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,511 | 83 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.4 | 1,428 | 94.2 | 91.6-96.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,754 | 344 | 12.3 | 10.8-14.1 | 2,410 | 87.7 | 85.9-89.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,301 | 427 | 17.4 | 15.5-19.4 | 1,874 | 82.6 | 80.6-84.5 |
College Graduate | 3,090 | 874 | 27.0 | 25.1-29.0 | 2,216 | 73.0 | 71.0-74.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,044 | 87 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.8 | 957 | 91.9 | 89.2-94.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,642 | 163 | 8.0 | 6.4- 9.9 | 1,479 | 92.0 | 90.1-93.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,139 | 177 | 15.4 | 12.7-18.6 | 962 | 84.6 | 81.4-87.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,261 | 251 | 18.0 | 15.6-20.7 | 1,010 | 82.0 | 79.3-84.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,313 | 329 | 23.6 | 20.8-26.6 | 984 | 76.4 | 73.4-79.2 |
$75,000+ | 1,812 | 536 | 27.6 | 25.2-30.1 | 1,276 | 72.4 | 69.9-74.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,843 | 381 | 14.0 | 12.2-16.0 | 2,462 | 86.0 | 84.0-87.8 |
No | 6,565 | 1,339 | 19.0 | 17.8-20.2 | 5,226 | 81.0 | 79.8-82.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,149 | 188 | 18.2 | 15.2-21.6 | 961 | 81.8 | 78.4-84.8 |
Non-Veteran | 8,514 | 1,539 | 17.1 | 16.1-18.2 | 6,975 | 82.9 | 81.8-83.9 |
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*Derived from 6 stroke questions.
^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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