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Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,249 | 13,373 | 85.0 | 84.0-85.8 | 658 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.1 | 1,218 | 9.6 | 8.9-10.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,599 | 7,553 | 84.5 | 83.3-85.7 | 371 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.7 | 675 | 9.6 | 8.6-10.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,108 | 2,633 | 82.0 | 79.9-83.9 | 192 | 7.3 | 6.1- 8.9 | 283 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.4 |
Female | 5,491 | 4,920 | 87.0 | 85.6-88.3 | 179 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.4 | 392 | 8.5 | 7.5- 9.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,693 | 6,092 | 89.9 | 88.7-90.9 | 223 | 4.1 | 3.4- 4.9 | 378 | 6.0 | 5.2- 7.0 |
African American | 1,364 | 1,147 | 81.2 | 77.9-84.1 | 86 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.8 | 131 | 10.8 | 8.7-13.3 |
Other Minorities | 506 | 285 | 51.1 | 45.1-57.1 | 60 | 15.1 | 11.0-20.4 | 161 | 33.8 | 28.3-39.7 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 502 | 247 | 45.3 | 39.4-51.4 | 85 | 19.4 | 14.9-24.7 | 170 | 35.3 | 29.8-41.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,092 | 7,302 | 89.0 | 87.9-90.0 | 286 | 4.3 | 3.7- 5.1 | 504 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 294 | 71.7 | 65.4-77.3 | 36 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.2 | 61 | 17.3 | 12.9-22.8 |
25-34 | 1,243 | 1,021 | 79.3 | 76.1-82.1 | 88 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.7 | 134 | 12.3 | 10.0-15.0 |
35-44 | 1,759 | 1,597 | 88.6 | 86.4-90.5 | 64 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 98 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.8 |
45-54 | 1,642 | 1,520 | 91.0 | 88.9-92.8 | 49 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.5 | 73 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.7 |
55-64 | 1,504 | 1,383 | 91.2 | 89.2-92.9 | 36 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 | 85 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.1 |
65-74 | 1,124 | 1,014 | 88.6 | 85.9-90.9 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.6 | 69 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.0 |
75+ | 893 | 688 | 77.1 | 73.5-80.3 | 55 | 5.9 | 4.3- 8.0 | 150 | 17.0 | 14.2-20.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,311 | 887 | 61.5 | 57.2-65.7 | 124 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.4 | 300 | 25.7 | 22.2-29.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,442 | 2,120 | 83.3 | 81.0-85.4 | 123 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 | 199 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,045 | 1,903 | 89.8 | 87.0-92.1 | 54 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.1 | 88 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.4 |
College Graduate | 2,786 | 2,634 | 93.4 | 92.0-94.5 | 69 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.1 | 83 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 900 | 714 | 71.6 | 66.6-76.1 | 60 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.0 | 126 | 17.5 | 13.9-21.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,438 | 1,164 | 72.7 | 68.6-76.3 | 99 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 | 175 | 18.3 | 15.0-22.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,014 | 890 | 80.6 | 76.1-84.4 | 50 | 8.1 | 5.4-12.0 | 74 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,120 | 1,029 | 91.6 | 89.3-93.5 | 39 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.9 | 52 | 4.4 | 3.2- 6.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,127 | 93.6 | 90.7-95.7 | 27 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 | 26 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,674 | 1,600 | 94.8 | 93.2-96.0 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.2 | 49 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,493 | 2,151 | 85.5 | 83.4-87.4 | 107 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.4 | 235 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.3 |
No | 6,019 | 5,338 | 84.5 | 82.9-85.9 | 250 | 5.9 | 5.0- 7.0 | 431 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 997 | 876 | 89.4 | 87.0-91.4 | 46 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 | 75 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.9 |
Non-Veteran | 7,598 | 6,675 | 84.0 | 82.6-85.3 | 325 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.1 | 598 | 9.9 | 8.9-11.0 |
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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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