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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,075 | 1,352 | 21.5 | 20.1-23.0 | 1,366 | 22.0 | 20.6-23.5 | 2,157 | 36.2 | 34.6-38.0 | 721 | 11.8 | 10.8-12.9 | 479 | 8.4 | 7.4- 9.6 |
-Piedmont NC | 3,488 | 748 | 20.8 | 19.0-22.8 | 821 | 23.0 | 21.1-24.9 | 1,262 | 36.5 | 34.3-38.8 | 403 | 12.3 | 10.8-13.9 | 254 | 7.4 | 6.2- 8.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,605 | 356 | 21.9 | 19.3-24.8 | 380 | 22.6 | 20.1-25.3 | 544 | 34.7 | 31.6-37.9 | 207 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.6 | 118 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.8 |
Female | 1,883 | 392 | 19.2 | 17.0-21.5 | 441 | 23.6 | 21.0-26.3 | 718 | 39.2 | 36.3-42.1 | 196 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.8 | 136 | 7.2 | 5.9- 8.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,865 | 600 | 20.7 | 18.7-22.9 | 657 | 22.4 | 20.4-24.5 | 1,066 | 37.7 | 35.3-40.2 | 341 | 12.6 | 11.0-14.4 | 201 | 6.6 | 5.5- 7.9 |
African American | 462 | 115 | 20.7 | 16.5-25.7 | 114 | 23.9 | 18.9-29.7 | 152 | 33.4 | 27.5-39.9 | 47 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.3 | 34 | 11.1 | 6.4-18.8 |
Other Minorities | 144 | 31 | 23.4 | 14.3-35.9 | 43 | 28.6 | 20.0-39.1 | 39 | 28.0 | 19.1-39.1 | 14 | 12.0 | 6.5-21.1 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.4-13.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 129 | 27 | 20.2 | 11.5-32.9 | 29 | 24.7 | 15.7-36.5 | 40 | 29.4 | 20.1-40.8 | 17 | 14.7 | 8.5-24.3 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.1-19.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,355 | 720 | 20.9 | 19.0-22.8 | 792 | 22.9 | 21.1-24.9 | 1,220 | 36.9 | 34.7-39.2 | 385 | 12.1 | 10.7-13.7 | 238 | 7.2 | 5.9- 8.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 216 | 37 | 18.0 | 12.0-26.1 | 47 | 20.6 | 14.8-28.1 | 76 | 37.7 | 29.7-46.4 | 30 | 11.7 | 7.5-18.0 | 26 | 11.9 | 7.0-19.4 |
25-34 | 631 | 123 | 20.0 | 16.5-24.0 | 162 | 25.3 | 21.3-29.7 | 235 | 36.8 | 32.2-41.6 | 74 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.3 | 37 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.1 |
35-44 | 868 | 178 | 20.0 | 17.0-23.4 | 211 | 22.7 | 19.5-26.2 | 334 | 39.4 | 35.5-43.4 | 95 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.3 | 50 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.7 |
45-54 | 737 | 164 | 23.5 | 19.8-27.6 | 178 | 24.2 | 20.6-28.2 | 253 | 31.6 | 27.7-35.7 | 90 | 13.6 | 10.6-17.2 | 52 | 7.2 | 5.2-10.0 |
55-64 | 549 | 140 | 25.0 | 20.9-29.6 | 117 | 22.3 | 18.2-27.0 | 193 | 35.4 | 30.8-40.3 | 55 | 8.9 | 6.6-12.0 | 44 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.9 |
65-74 | 328 | 72 | 19.8 | 15.3-25.1 | 73 | 21.2 | 16.4-26.8 | 117 | 37.5 | 31.6-43.9 | 37 | 12.6 | 8.8-17.8 | 29 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.2 |
75+ | 148 | 30 | 21.4 | 14.0-31.4 | 32 | 19.8 | 13.6-27.9 | 49 | 33.6 | 25.0-43.5 | 21 | 17.5 | 10.7-27.3 | 16 | 7.7 | 4.5-12.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 277 | 68 | 20.5 | 14.0-29.1 | 68 | 23.5 | 16.7-32.1 | 80 | 33.7 | 25.4-43.0 | 25 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.2 | 36 | 12.2 | 6.3-22.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 843 | 211 | 21.4 | 18.0-25.3 | 199 | 25.6 | 21.5-30.1 | 279 | 32.2 | 28.0-36.8 | 81 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.4 | 73 | 8.5 | 6.2-11.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 811 | 175 | 21.8 | 17.8-26.3 | 201 | 22.4 | 18.9-26.2 | 276 | 36.1 | 31.3-41.2 | 92 | 11.0 | 8.5-14.2 | 67 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 |
College Graduate | 1,556 | 294 | 20.1 | 17.6-22.7 | 353 | 21.8 | 19.4-24.4 | 626 | 39.7 | 36.8-42.8 | 205 | 13.5 | 11.5-15.7 | 78 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 204 | 56 | 22.9 | 15.1-33.3 | 41 | 17.3 | 11.6-25.0 | 54 | 38.4 | 28.1-49.9 | 28 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.3 | 25 | 11.4 | 6.7-18.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 419 | 96 | 19.0 | 14.1-25.2 | 97 | 23.6 | 18.0-30.3 | 137 | 34.0 | 27.5-41.1 | 40 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.1 | 49 | 11.8 | 8.0-17.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 412 | 89 | 22.2 | 16.6-29.2 | 107 | 25.3 | 20.2-31.2 | 134 | 32.2 | 26.5-38.5 | 50 | 12.1 | 8.5-16.9 | 32 | 8.2 | 5.1-13.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 515 | 108 | 19.0 | 15.0-23.6 | 135 | 25.4 | 20.9-30.6 | 190 | 36.0 | 30.6-41.7 | 54 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.6 | 28 | 8.9 | 4.3-17.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 588 | 123 | 21.9 | 17.9-26.5 | 141 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.3 | 230 | 39.8 | 34.4-45.4 | 55 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.2 | 39 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 |
$75,000+ | 972 | 197 | 20.8 | 17.7-24.2 | 220 | 23.2 | 20.1-26.8 | 377 | 36.9 | 33.3-40.7 | 133 | 14.7 | 12.0-17.8 | 45 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 600 | 148 | 22.0 | 17.9-26.9 | 146 | 25.5 | 20.7-31.0 | 173 | 30.8 | 25.6-36.5 | 69 | 11.1 | 8.2-15.0 | 64 | 10.6 | 7.7-14.3 |
No | 2,823 | 588 | 20.9 | 18.8-23.1 | 661 | 22.8 | 20.8-24.9 | 1,065 | 37.1 | 34.7-39.6 | 326 | 12.6 | 10.9-14.4 | 183 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 438 | 91 | 19.5 | 15.1-24.6 | 99 | 22.1 | 17.4-27.6 | 150 | 33.8 | 28.0-40.1 | 60 | 16.7 | 11.9-23.0 | 38 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.0 |
Non-Veteran | 3,049 | 657 | 21.0 | 19.1-23.1 | 722 | 23.1 | 21.1-25.2 | 1,111 | 36.9 | 34.5-39.3 | 343 | 11.7 | 10.2-13.3 | 216 | 7.3 | 6.0- 9.0 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous activities at least 10 minutes at a time.
^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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