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| Total Respond.^ |
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 | 15,283 | 7,745 | 46.3 | 45.2-47.4 | 4,826 | 34.9 | 33.9-36.0 | 2,712 | 18.8 | 17.9-19.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,755 | 965 | 51.3 | 48.2-54.3 | 503 | 32.0 | 29.1-35.1 | 287 | 16.7 | 14.6-19.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 619 | 266 | 42.8 | 37.8-47.8 | 236 | 39.8 | 34.9-44.9 | 117 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.5 |
| Female | 1,136 | 699 | 58.5 | 54.8-62.2 | 267 | 25.4 | 22.2-28.9 | 170 | 16.1 | 13.4-19.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,560 | 899 | 54.7 | 51.5-57.9 | 438 | 31.1 | 28.1-34.2 | 223 | 14.2 | 12.2-16.5 |
| African American | 79 | 37 | 39.9 | 25.6-56.2 | 24 | 38.8 | 23.1-57.1 | 18 | 21.3 | 11.9-35.1 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 29 | 23.6 | 13.8-37.3 | 40 | 36.7 | 24.9-50.3 | 46 | 39.7 | 27.6-53.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 74 | 18 | 28.4 | 16.0-45.2 | 26 | 34.4 | 21.9-49.6 | 30 | 37.2 | 24.0-52.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,680 | 947 | 53.2 | 50.1-56.2 | 476 | 31.8 | 28.9-34.9 | 257 | 15.0 | 13.1-17.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 97 | 42 | 41.6 | 30.2-53.9 | 40 | 44.1 | 32.5-56.4 | 15 | 14.3 | 7.7-24.9 |
| 25-34 | 243 | 103 | 40.8 | 33.8-48.2 | 91 | 37.4 | 30.2-45.1 | 49 | 21.9 | 16.1-29.0 |
| 35-44 | 286 | 147 | 51.3 | 44.2-58.3 | 91 | 33.2 | 27.0-40.1 | 48 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.9 |
| 45-54 | 307 | 185 | 57.2 | 50.4-63.7 | 85 | 30.1 | 24.2-36.7 | 37 | 12.7 | 9.0-17.8 |
| 55-64 | 320 | 209 | 60.6 | 54.0-66.9 | 66 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.7 | 45 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.6 |
| 65-74 | 259 | 157 | 61.2 | 54.2-67.7 | 64 | 25.5 | 19.8-32.2 | 38 | 13.3 | 9.5-18.4 |
| 75+ | 237 | 118 | 52.8 | 45.5-60.0 | 64 | 25.0 | 19.3-31.7 | 55 | 22.2 | 16.9-28.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 118 | 35.6 | 28.4-43.5 | 95 | 33.6 | 26.4-41.8 | 82 | 30.7 | 23.7-38.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 525 | 281 | 47.8 | 42.2-53.5 | 162 | 37.8 | 32.2-43.8 | 82 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 264 | 61.2 | 55.0-67.0 | 110 | 25.9 | 20.9-31.7 | 58 | 12.9 | 9.5-17.4 |
| College Graduate | 496 | 297 | 56.6 | 51.3-61.8 | 135 | 30.0 | 25.3-35.3 | 64 | 13.3 | 10.2-17.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 238 | 121 | 41.6 | 33.3-50.5 | 69 | 37.7 | 28.7-47.5 | 48 | 20.7 | 14.8-28.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 366 | 191 | 45.7 | 38.7-52.8 | 109 | 31.9 | 25.5-39.0 | 66 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 133 | 52.2 | 44.2-60.1 | 71 | 34.5 | 26.9-43.0 | 37 | 13.3 | 9.1-19.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 262 | 144 | 52.5 | 45.0-59.9 | 85 | 35.5 | 28.6-43.0 | 33 | 12.0 | 8.0-17.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 193 | 114 | 58.9 | 50.5-66.8 | 58 | 30.2 | 23.1-38.4 | 21 | 10.9 | 6.8-16.9 |
| $75,000+ | 205 | 136 | 65.0 | 57.1-72.1 | 42 | 21.8 | 15.9-29.0 | 27 | 13.3 | 8.8-19.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 580 | 313 | 50.2 | 44.7-55.7 | 162 | 32.1 | 27.1-37.7 | 105 | 17.7 | 14.1-21.9 |
| No | 1,156 | 646 | 52.0 | 48.2-55.7 | 334 | 31.9 | 28.4-35.7 | 176 | 16.1 | 13.5-19.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 227 | 109 | 45.1 | 37.6-52.8 | 79 | 37.5 | 30.3-45.3 | 39 | 17.4 | 12.3-24.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,528 | 856 | 52.1 | 48.7-55.4 | 424 | 31.3 | 28.1-34.6 | 248 | 16.6 | 14.3-19.2 |
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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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