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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 | 15,228 | 9,813 | 62.7 | 61.6-63.7 | 2,216 | 15.7 | 14.9-16.5 | 3,199 | 21.7 | 20.8-22.6 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,588 | 5,555 | 62.7 | 61.3-64.1 | 1,267 | 15.6 | 14.6-16.6 | 1,766 | 21.7 | 20.5-23.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,105 | 1,867 | 59.7 | 57.3-62.0 | 575 | 17.8 | 16.2-19.6 | 663 | 22.5 | 20.5-24.7 |
Female | 5,483 | 3,688 | 65.7 | 64.0-67.3 | 692 | 13.4 | 12.2-14.6 | 1,103 | 21.0 | 19.6-22.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 6,688 | 4,407 | 64.2 | 62.6-65.7 | 967 | 15.7 | 14.5-16.9 | 1,314 | 20.2 | 18.8-21.5 |
African American | 1,359 | 854 | 63.0 | 59.5-66.4 | 233 | 17.5 | 15.0-20.3 | 272 | 19.5 | 16.8-22.5 |
Other Minorities | 505 | 271 | 51.6 | 45.5-57.6 | 60 | 10.8 | 8.1-14.3 | 174 | 37.6 | 31.9-43.7 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 501 | 277 | 54.5 | 48.4-60.4 | 61 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.2 | 163 | 35.6 | 30.0-41.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,082 | 5,278 | 63.7 | 62.2-65.1 | 1,205 | 16.2 | 15.1-17.3 | 1,599 | 20.1 | 18.9-21.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 390 | 202 | 53.1 | 46.7-59.4 | 78 | 17.9 | 13.9-22.8 | 110 | 29.0 | 23.5-35.2 |
25-34 | 1,242 | 738 | 58.1 | 54.6-61.6 | 217 | 17.5 | 15.1-20.2 | 287 | 24.4 | 21.4-27.6 |
35-44 | 1,757 | 1,107 | 62.1 | 59.2-64.9 | 312 | 17.7 | 15.7-20.0 | 338 | 20.2 | 17.9-22.6 |
45-54 | 1,642 | 1,173 | 71.0 | 68.2-73.7 | 212 | 12.8 | 10.9-15.0 | 257 | 16.1 | 14.0-18.5 |
55-64 | 1,503 | 1,061 | 70.1 | 67.2-72.9 | 165 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.0 | 277 | 18.1 | 15.9-20.6 |
65-74 | 1,121 | 763 | 68.3 | 65.0-71.4 | 135 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.7 | 223 | 20.3 | 17.6-23.2 |
75+ | 890 | 488 | 54.9 | 50.9-58.8 | 136 | 16.4 | 13.5-19.7 | 266 | 28.7 | 25.3-32.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,308 | 660 | 51.1 | 46.8-55.4 | 209 | 14.5 | 12.1-17.2 | 439 | 34.5 | 30.5-38.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,438 | 1,514 | 59.6 | 56.8-62.3 | 399 | 17.9 | 15.9-20.1 | 525 | 22.5 | 20.2-25.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,043 | 1,410 | 66.5 | 63.6-69.4 | 268 | 14.3 | 12.3-16.5 | 365 | 19.2 | 16.8-21.9 |
College Graduate | 2,784 | 1,964 | 68.4 | 66.1-70.5 | 388 | 15.2 | 13.5-17.0 | 432 | 16.5 | 14.8-18.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 899 | 521 | 57.1 | 52.1-61.9 | 140 | 15.8 | 12.6-19.6 | 238 | 27.1 | 22.8-31.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,434 | 879 | 56.2 | 52.1-60.2 | 209 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.5 | 346 | 29.9 | 26.2-34.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,014 | 634 | 60.9 | 56.7-65.0 | 168 | 17.0 | 14.2-20.3 | 212 | 22.1 | 18.8-25.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,119 | 741 | 63.7 | 59.8-67.5 | 157 | 15.8 | 13.0-19.0 | 221 | 20.5 | 17.4-23.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,180 | 828 | 68.7 | 65.2-72.1 | 151 | 13.5 | 11.2-16.2 | 201 | 17.7 | 15.0-20.8 |
$75,000+ | 1,673 | 1,192 | 70.4 | 67.6-73.0 | 249 | 15.5 | 13.5-17.8 | 232 | 14.1 | 12.2-16.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,494 | 1,570 | 61.8 | 59.1-64.4 | 382 | 16.4 | 14.5-18.5 | 542 | 21.8 | 19.6-24.2 |
No | 6,016 | 3,944 | 62.9 | 61.2-64.6 | 874 | 15.4 | 14.2-16.7 | 1,198 | 21.7 | 20.2-23.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 996 | 607 | 60.2 | 56.1-64.2 | 174 | 16.8 | 14.2-19.8 | 215 | 23.0 | 19.5-26.9 |
Non-Veteran | 7,588 | 4,947 | 63.1 | 61.5-64.6 | 1,092 | 15.4 | 14.3-16.6 | 1,549 | 21.5 | 20.2-22.9 |
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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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