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| Total Respond.^ |
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 | 15,235 | 12,698 | 81.9 | 81.0-82.8 | 943 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.2 | 1,594 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.2 |
| -Piedmont NC | 8,591 | 7,193 | 82.0 | 80.8-83.2 | 520 | 6.6 | 5.8- 7.4 | 878 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 3,106 | 2,558 | 80.7 | 78.6-82.7 | 242 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.3 | 306 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.3 |
| Female | 5,485 | 4,635 | 83.3 | 81.9-84.6 | 278 | 5.3 | 4.5- 6.3 | 572 | 11.4 | 10.2-12.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 6,689 | 5,815 | 87.6 | 86.4-88.6 | 341 | 5.2 | 4.5- 6.0 | 533 | 7.2 | 6.5- 8.1 |
| African American | 1,360 | 1,063 | 76.0 | 72.5-79.2 | 115 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.0 | 182 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.7 |
| Other Minorities | 506 | 286 | 51.7 | 45.6-57.7 | 62 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.0 | 158 | 36.3 | 30.5-42.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 502 | 269 | 48.9 | 42.9-54.9 | 70 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.2 | 163 | 37.2 | 31.4-43.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 8,084 | 6,921 | 85.8 | 84.7-86.8 | 450 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.6 | 713 | 8.4 | 7.7- 9.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 391 | 296 | 73.6 | 67.4-79.1 | 31 | 8.3 | 5.2-12.9 | 64 | 18.1 | 13.5-23.8 |
| 25-34 | 1,243 | 993 | 78.7 | 75.6-81.6 | 83 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.7 | 167 | 14.6 | 12.2-17.4 |
| 35-44 | 1,757 | 1,525 | 85.0 | 82.7-87.1 | 99 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.9 | 133 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.7 |
| 45-54 | 1,642 | 1,458 | 87.5 | 85.3-89.5 | 82 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.7 | 102 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.3 |
| 55-64 | 1,503 | 1,322 | 88.2 | 86.1-90.1 | 65 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.3 | 116 | 7.0 | 5.7- 8.7 |
| 65-74 | 1,121 | 935 | 84.3 | 81.6-86.7 | 65 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.9 | 121 | 9.8 | 7.9-12.0 |
| 75+ | 891 | 632 | 69.2 | 65.3-72.8 | 93 | 10.3 | 8.1-13.0 | 166 | 20.5 | 17.4-24.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,309 | 848 | 60.8 | 56.5-65.0 | 148 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.5 | 313 | 26.8 | 23.2-30.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,439 | 1,990 | 80.2 | 77.9-82.3 | 181 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.3 | 268 | 12.0 | 10.3-14.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,044 | 1,786 | 86.4 | 83.7-88.7 | 102 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.1 | 156 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.7 |
| College Graduate | 2,784 | 2,560 | 91.1 | 89.6-92.4 | 88 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.7 | 136 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 899 | 660 | 69.8 | 65.0-74.2 | 91 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.7 | 148 | 19.1 | 15.4-23.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,435 | 1,091 | 70.4 | 66.3-74.2 | 121 | 8.7 | 6.8-11.0 | 223 | 20.9 | 17.4-24.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,014 | 836 | 79.2 | 75.4-82.5 | 63 | 7.3 | 5.3- 9.8 | 115 | 13.6 | 10.9-16.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,120 | 989 | 87.9 | 85.0-90.3 | 56 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.2 | 75 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 1,068 | 89.1 | 86.1-91.5 | 48 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.2 | 64 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.4 |
| $75,000+ | 1,673 | 1,554 | 92.5 | 90.6-93.9 | 50 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.7 | 69 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2,494 | 2,004 | 80.1 | 77.7-82.2 | 175 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.6 | 315 | 12.8 | 10.9-14.9 |
| No | 6,018 | 5,135 | 82.9 | 81.4-84.3 | 335 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.2 | 548 | 10.9 | 9.7-12.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 996 | 835 | 85.9 | 83.1-88.3 | 72 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.6 | 89 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 7,591 | 6,356 | 81.6 | 80.2-82.9 | 448 | 6.6 | 5.8- 7.5 | 787 | 11.8 | 10.7-13.0 |
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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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