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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 | 15,261 | 13,018 | 84.4 | 83.6-85.2 | 1,138 | 7.5 | 6.9- 8.1 | 1,105 | 8.1 | 7.5- 8.8 |
-Wake County | 768 | 668 | 86.6 | 83.3-89.4 | 51 | 7.0 | 5.0- 9.5 | 49 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 298 | 261 | 87.7 | 82.7-91.5 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.9 | 15 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.5 |
Female | 470 | 407 | 85.4 | 80.8-89.0 | 29 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.8 | 34 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 574 | 516 | 90.4 | 87.1-93.0 | 35 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.9 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.6 |
Other | 185 | 146 | 78.1 | 69.7-84.7 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.3 | 25 | 14.9 | 9.5-22.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 379 | 328 | 86.2 | 81.6-89.8 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.7 | 23 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 |
45+ | 387 | 338 | 87.4 | 82.5-91.1 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.9 | 26 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 193 | 154 | 82.3 | 75.1-87.8 | 14 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.5 | 25 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.5 |
Some College + | 573 | 513 | 88.5 | 84.6-91.5 | 36 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.3 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 304 | 254 | 82.7 | 76.3-87.7 | 26 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.5 | 24 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.2 |
$50,000+ | 363 | 331 | 90.2 | 85.9-93.3 | 17 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.0 | 15 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 |
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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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