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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 | 15,243 | 10,637 | 68.7 | 67.6-69.7 | 1,466 | 10.2 | 9.5-11.0 | 3,140 | 21.1 | 20.2-22.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,598 | 6,041 | 68.8 | 67.4-70.2 | 814 | 10.1 | 9.2-11.1 | 1,743 | 21.0 | 19.8-22.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,109 | 2,157 | 68.0 | 65.6-70.2 | 361 | 11.7 | 10.1-13.4 | 591 | 20.4 | 18.4-22.5 |
Female | 5,489 | 3,884 | 69.7 | 68.0-71.2 | 453 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.7 | 1,152 | 21.7 | 20.3-23.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,693 | 4,907 | 73.3 | 71.8-74.7 | 572 | 8.8 | 7.9- 9.8 | 1,214 | 17.9 | 16.7-19.2 |
African American | 1,362 | 864 | 63.6 | 59.8-67.2 | 176 | 14.8 | 11.8-18.4 | 322 | 21.6 | 18.9-24.6 |
Other Minorities | 507 | 244 | 44.5 | 38.6-50.5 | 62 | 11.8 | 8.8-15.7 | 201 | 43.7 | 37.8-49.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 503 | 238 | 44.8 | 38.8-50.8 | 72 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.3 | 193 | 42.0 | 36.2-48.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,090 | 5,800 | 71.5 | 70.2-72.9 | 742 | 9.8 | 8.9-10.8 | 1,548 | 18.6 | 17.5-19.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 391 | 248 | 61.1 | 54.6-67.2 | 51 | 13.2 | 9.1-18.7 | 92 | 25.8 | 20.6-31.8 |
25-34 | 1,243 | 843 | 66.9 | 63.5-70.1 | 125 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.5 | 275 | 22.0 | 19.3-25.1 |
35-44 | 1,758 | 1,256 | 70.1 | 67.4-72.8 | 164 | 9.1 | 7.6-10.8 | 338 | 20.7 | 18.4-23.3 |
45-54 | 1,643 | 1,257 | 75.3 | 72.5-77.9 | 133 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.3 | 253 | 16.4 | 14.2-18.8 |
55-64 | 1,503 | 1,138 | 75.4 | 72.6-78.0 | 119 | 8.9 | 7.2-11.0 | 246 | 15.6 | 13.5-18.0 |
65-74 | 1,124 | 790 | 70.2 | 66.9-73.3 | 101 | 9.3 | 7.4-11.6 | 233 | 20.6 | 17.9-23.5 |
75+ | 893 | 482 | 53.6 | 49.6-57.5 | 114 | 13.1 | 10.6-16.0 | 297 | 33.3 | 29.7-37.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,312 | 651 | 50.0 | 45.7-54.3 | 212 | 16.1 | 13.0-19.6 | 449 | 34.0 | 30.2-38.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,441 | 1,573 | 61.7 | 59.0-64.4 | 272 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.5 | 596 | 25.8 | 23.4-28.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,044 | 1,550 | 74.6 | 71.6-77.4 | 160 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.5 | 334 | 17.0 | 14.6-19.7 |
College Graduate | 2,786 | 2,260 | 79.9 | 77.9-81.8 | 167 | 6.5 | 5.4- 7.8 | 359 | 13.6 | 12.0-15.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 900 | 522 | 56.5 | 51.6-61.3 | 125 | 13.7 | 11.0-17.1 | 253 | 29.7 | 25.4-34.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,437 | 886 | 57.2 | 53.2-61.2 | 176 | 12.2 | 10.0-14.8 | 375 | 30.5 | 26.8-34.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,014 | 696 | 66.8 | 62.7-70.7 | 107 | 12.5 | 9.9-15.7 | 211 | 20.7 | 17.6-24.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,120 | 847 | 72.3 | 68.1-76.2 | 92 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.3 | 181 | 17.4 | 14.6-20.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 918 | 75.9 | 72.3-79.2 | 84 | 8.3 | 6.1-11.1 | 178 | 15.8 | 13.2-18.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,674 | 1,382 | 81.4 | 78.9-83.7 | 95 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.4 | 197 | 12.0 | 10.2-14.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,494 | 1,619 | 65.1 | 62.5-67.6 | 299 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.3 | 576 | 23.3 | 21.1-25.8 |
No | 6,019 | 4,370 | 70.1 | 68.4-71.7 | 504 | 9.7 | 8.6-10.9 | 1,145 | 20.3 | 18.9-21.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 997 | 696 | 70.5 | 66.7-74.1 | 112 | 10.2 | 8.2-12.7 | 189 | 19.2 | 16.2-22.7 |
Non-Veteran | 7,597 | 5,343 | 68.6 | 67.1-70.1 | 702 | 10.1 | 9.1-11.2 | 1,552 | 21.2 | 19.9-22.6 |
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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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