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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 | 15,246 | 14,091 | 90.8 | 90.0-91.5 | 419 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 | 736 | 6.0 | 5.4- 6.6 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,597 | 7,963 | 90.4 | 89.3-91.4 | 232 | 3.3 | 2.7- 3.9 | 402 | 6.3 | 5.5- 7.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,108 | 2,823 | 88.4 | 86.5-90.1 | 122 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.4 | 163 | 7.3 | 6.0- 9.0 |
Female | 5,489 | 5,140 | 92.3 | 91.2-93.2 | 110 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 239 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,693 | 6,388 | 95.4 | 94.7-96.0 | 128 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 177 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.2 |
African American | 1,361 | 1,211 | 87.3 | 84.1-89.9 | 63 | 5.3 | 3.6- 8.0 | 87 | 7.4 | 5.5- 9.7 |
Other Minorities | 507 | 334 | 58.8 | 52.7-64.7 | 39 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.2 | 134 | 31.9 | 26.4-38.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 502 | 308 | 55.8 | 49.7-61.7 | 53 | 11.3 | 8.1-15.5 | 141 | 32.9 | 27.3-39.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,090 | 7,652 | 94.3 | 93.5-95.0 | 179 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 259 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 327 | 81.2 | 75.4-85.9 | 21 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.5 | 43 | 12.5 | 8.7-17.7 |
25-34 | 1,243 | 1,116 | 89.1 | 86.6-91.1 | 41 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.3 | 86 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.4 |
35-44 | 1,757 | 1,660 | 92.6 | 90.6-94.1 | 43 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.2 | 54 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.1 |
45-54 | 1,643 | 1,581 | 94.2 | 92.1-95.7 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 | 35 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 |
55-64 | 1,503 | 1,433 | 95.1 | 93.5-96.4 | 27 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 43 | 2.7 | 1.9- 4.0 |
65-74 | 1,124 | 1,060 | 93.3 | 91.2-95.0 | 23 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 41 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.9 |
75+ | 893 | 748 | 82.3 | 78.9-85.3 | 48 | 5.2 | 3.7- 7.3 | 97 | 12.5 | 9.9-15.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,312 | 1,017 | 71.9 | 67.8-75.6 | 92 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.8 | 203 | 20.0 | 16.8-23.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,440 | 2,272 | 91.2 | 89.4-92.7 | 64 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.1 | 104 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,044 | 1,965 | 94.5 | 92.0-96.3 | 32 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.0 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.6 |
College Graduate | 2,786 | 2,699 | 96.2 | 95.1-97.1 | 43 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.7 | 44 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 900 | 774 | 79.0 | 74.2-83.2 | 44 | 7.9 | 5.2-11.9 | 82 | 13.1 | 9.9-17.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,437 | 1,269 | 81.5 | 77.6-84.8 | 59 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 | 109 | 13.7 | 10.6-17.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,014 | 935 | 88.8 | 85.6-91.4 | 33 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | 46 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,119 | 1,073 | 96.0 | 94.3-97.1 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,156 | 96.5 | 93.3-98.2 | 13 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.4 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,674 | 1,640 | 97.4 | 96.0-98.3 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.0 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,494 | 2,280 | 90.2 | 88.3-91.9 | 74 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.2 | 140 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.4 |
No | 6,018 | 5,612 | 90.6 | 89.3-91.7 | 150 | 3.2 | 2.6- 4.0 | 256 | 6.2 | 5.3- 7.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 997 | 918 | 91.8 | 89.0-93.9 | 34 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 45 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.0 |
Non-Veteran | 7,596 | 7,043 | 90.2 | 89.1-91.3 | 198 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.1 | 355 | 6.4 | 5.5- 7.4 |
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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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