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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 | 15,275 | 9,192 | 60.5 | 59.4-61.5 | 3,481 | 22.8 | 21.9-23.8 | 2,602 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,755 | 1,071 | 61.1 | 58.0-64.1 | 363 | 21.4 | 18.9-24.3 | 321 | 17.5 | 15.3-20.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 619 | 373 | 60.6 | 55.4-65.5 | 143 | 23.6 | 19.4-28.3 | 103 | 15.9 | 12.5-20.0 |
| Female | 1,136 | 698 | 61.5 | 57.7-65.2 | 220 | 19.6 | 16.6-23.0 | 218 | 18.9 | 16.1-22.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,560 | 985 | 64.5 | 61.4-67.5 | 308 | 20.3 | 17.7-23.2 | 267 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.4 |
| African American | 79 | 40 | 41.5 | 27.2-57.4 | 23 | 31.9 | 17.2-51.3 | 16 | 26.6 | 14.7-43.3 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 46 | 38.5 | 26.7-51.9 | 32 | 27.1 | 17.2-39.8 | 37 | 34.4 | 22.4-48.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 74 | 30 | 36.6 | 23.3-52.2 | 18 | 23.2 | 13.5-37.0 | 26 | 40.2 | 26.1-56.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,680 | 1,041 | 63.1 | 60.0-66.1 | 344 | 21.3 | 18.6-24.1 | 295 | 15.6 | 13.7-17.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 97 | 54 | 54.7 | 42.4-66.5 | 25 | 28.6 | 18.5-41.6 | 18 | 16.6 | 9.6-27.3 |
| 25-34 | 243 | 155 | 59.7 | 51.8-67.1 | 47 | 21.3 | 15.3-28.9 | 41 | 19.0 | 13.5-26.0 |
| 35-44 | 286 | 186 | 65.4 | 58.1-72.0 | 53 | 18.2 | 13.3-24.3 | 47 | 16.5 | 11.5-23.1 |
| 45-54 | 307 | 218 | 72.6 | 66.6-78.0 | 50 | 14.7 | 10.9-19.5 | 39 | 12.7 | 8.9-17.6 |
| 55-64 | 320 | 196 | 61.8 | 55.3-67.9 | 65 | 21.1 | 16.2-27.1 | 59 | 17.1 | 12.8-22.4 |
| 65-74 | 259 | 149 | 57.6 | 50.6-64.3 | 61 | 25.1 | 19.4-31.8 | 49 | 17.3 | 12.8-22.9 |
| 75+ | 237 | 107 | 48.2 | 40.9-55.5 | 62 | 25.3 | 19.6-32.1 | 68 | 26.5 | 20.7-33.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 132 | 46.2 | 38.3-54.2 | 81 | 27.3 | 20.6-35.2 | 82 | 26.5 | 19.8-34.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 525 | 303 | 58.3 | 52.5-63.8 | 120 | 25.3 | 20.3-30.9 | 102 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 287 | 68.7 | 62.6-74.2 | 90 | 19.8 | 15.1-25.6 | 55 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.7 |
| College Graduate | 496 | 346 | 67.8 | 62.7-72.6 | 71 | 14.3 | 10.9-18.5 | 79 | 17.9 | 14.1-22.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 238 | 119 | 50.9 | 41.9-59.9 | 59 | 28.8 | 20.9-38.1 | 60 | 20.3 | 14.6-27.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 366 | 219 | 57.0 | 49.6-64.0 | 76 | 19.9 | 14.7-26.4 | 71 | 23.1 | 17.2-30.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 146 | 61.5 | 53.5-68.9 | 48 | 22.4 | 16.2-30.2 | 47 | 16.1 | 11.4-22.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 262 | 170 | 67.6 | 60.3-74.1 | 53 | 21.1 | 15.5-28.1 | 39 | 11.3 | 7.9-16.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 193 | 131 | 70.0 | 62.0-76.9 | 38 | 16.6 | 11.6-23.1 | 24 | 13.4 | 8.6-20.4 |
| $75,000+ | 205 | 153 | 75.7 | 68.7-81.6 | 25 | 12.3 | 8.0-18.3 | 27 | 12.0 | 8.1-17.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 580 | 328 | 59.8 | 54.2-65.1 | 133 | 21.3 | 17.0-26.3 | 119 | 18.9 | 15.0-23.6 |
| No | 1,156 | 736 | 61.9 | 58.1-65.5 | 224 | 21.3 | 18.2-24.8 | 196 | 16.8 | 14.1-19.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 227 | 137 | 63.0 | 55.5-70.0 | 54 | 24.5 | 18.5-31.7 | 36 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,528 | 934 | 60.8 | 57.4-64.1 | 309 | 21.0 | 18.2-24.1 | 285 | 18.2 | 15.7-20.9 |
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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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