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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 |
-Wake County | 768 | 548 | 69.1 | 64.6-73.3 | 70 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.6 | 150 | 20.3 | 16.9-24.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 298 | 209 | 67.4 | 60.0-74.0 | 29 | 12.8 | 7.9-20.0 | 60 | 19.8 | 14.9-25.8 |
Female | 470 | 339 | 71.0 | 65.9-75.7 | 41 | 8.1 | 5.7-11.4 | 90 | 20.9 | 16.7-25.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 574 | 437 | 75.3 | 70.7-79.4 | 41 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.3 | 96 | 17.3 | 13.7-21.5 |
Other | 185 | 107 | 54.9 | 44.7-64.7 | 27 | 17.6 | 9.9-29.3 | 51 | 27.5 | 20.1-36.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 379 | 268 | 68.5 | 62.0-74.4 | 39 | 11.4 | 7.3-17.5 | 72 | 20.0 | 15.5-25.4 |
45+ | 387 | 279 | 70.1 | 64.4-75.3 | 30 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 78 | 20.8 | 16.3-26.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 193 | 103 | 50.9 | 40.9-60.8 | 21 | 14.5 | 7.9-25.3 | 69 | 34.6 | 26.4-43.9 |
Some College + | 573 | 444 | 76.6 | 71.8-80.8 | 48 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.8 | 81 | 14.5 | 11.2-18.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 304 | 187 | 58.3 | 50.2-66.0 | 40 | 14.6 | 9.2-22.5 | 77 | 27.1 | 20.9-34.3 |
$50,000+ | 363 | 297 | 79.6 | 73.5-84.5 | 22 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.2 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.4 |
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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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