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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 13,711 | 11,218 | 79.9 | 79.0-80.8 | 1,390 | 11.0 | 10.3-11.7 | 736 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.5 | 367 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,577 | 1,270 | 78.4 | 75.7-80.9 | 171 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.3 | 86 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.1 | 50 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 543 | 427 | 75.7 | 70.8-79.9 | 61 | 13.0 | 9.7-17.2 | 32 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.1 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.9 |
| Female | 1,034 | 843 | 80.6 | 77.5-83.4 | 110 | 11.2 | 9.0-13.7 | 54 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.6 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,446 | 1,162 | 78.2 | 75.3-80.8 | 161 | 12.1 | 10.1-14.4 | 81 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.6 | 42 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.4 |
| African American | 57 | 48 | 79.9 | 60.6-91.2 | 5 | 11.6 | 4.1-28.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 3 | 7.3 | 1.6-27.3 |
| Other Minorities | 74 | 60 | 81.3 | 65.6-90.8 | 5 | 10.9 | 3.6-28.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.5 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.8-12.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 28 | 23 | 78.9 | 50.7-93.1 | 1 | 9.2 | 1.3-43.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.9 | 3 | 11.1 | 2.5-37.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,547 | 1,245 | 78.3 | 75.6-80.9 | 170 | 12.1 | 10.1-14.4 | 85 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.3 | 47 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 40 | 27 | 70.6 | 51.3-84.5 | 6 | 15.6 | 6.0-35.1 | 6 | 10.3 | 4.3-22.8 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-21.3 |
| 25-34 | 132 | 88 | 66.7 | 56.8-75.3 | 28 | 22.5 | 15.2-31.9 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.2 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.4-10.7 |
| 35-44 | 229 | 152 | 64.8 | 56.9-71.9 | 37 | 16.1 | 11.1-22.7 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.3 | 18 | 10.0 | 6.0-16.1 |
| 45-54 | 294 | 211 | 73.6 | 67.3-79.0 | 43 | 13.4 | 9.6-18.5 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.3 |
| 55-64 | 348 | 302 | 86.4 | 81.4-90.2 | 27 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.1 |
| 65-74 | 287 | 261 | 91.2 | 86.7-94.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.7 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.6 |
| 75+ | 239 | 222 | 93.7 | 89.6-96.2 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.0- 6.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 5.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 246 | 214 | 86.5 | 80.3-90.9 | 15 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.7 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.4 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.9-11.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 464 | 367 | 76.8 | 71.4-81.4 | 52 | 12.7 | 9.2-17.3 | 28 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | 17 | 5.1 | 2.9- 8.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 381 | 305 | 75.9 | 69.7-81.2 | 48 | 16.4 | 11.7-22.5 | 15 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.4 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.1 |
| College Graduate | 478 | 377 | 77.8 | 73.0-81.9 | 56 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.4 | 34 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.6 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 213 | 184 | 84.7 | 77.1-90.1 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.3 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.1 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.1-13.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 287 | 227 | 74.5 | 66.8-80.9 | 30 | 14.1 | 8.9-21.6 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.1 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 213 | 162 | 75.3 | 67.6-81.7 | 29 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.6 | 16 | 8.8 | 5.0-15.0 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.5- 9.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 239 | 182 | 70.5 | 62.7-77.2 | 27 | 13.8 | 9.1-20.3 | 18 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.0 | 12 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 193 | 159 | 81.0 | 72.8-87.1 | 20 | 12.7 | 7.6-20.6 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.4- 6.9 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.2- 8.3 |
| $75,000+ | 199 | 156 | 79.9 | 73.2-85.3 | 28 | 12.5 | 8.3-18.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 4.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 559 | 474 | 84.4 | 80.1-87.9 | 45 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.2 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.6 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.5 |
| No | 979 | 766 | 75.3 | 71.7-78.6 | 122 | 14.2 | 11.6-17.3 | 57 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.9 | 34 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 240 | 209 | 85.3 | 78.7-90.1 | 20 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.2 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.7 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,336 | 1,060 | 77.0 | 74.0-79.8 | 151 | 12.4 | 10.3-14.9 | 78 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.8 | 47 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 |
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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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