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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 | 15,262 | 4,588 | 31.9 | 30.8-32.9 | 6,336 | 40.4 | 39.4-41.5 | 4,338 | 27.7 | 26.7-28.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,752 | 469 | 29.3 | 26.4-32.3 | 730 | 40.6 | 37.6-43.6 | 553 | 30.2 | 27.5-33.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 617 | 163 | 29.4 | 24.8-34.4 | 262 | 40.9 | 36.0-45.9 | 192 | 29.7 | 25.4-34.5 |
| Female | 1,135 | 306 | 29.1 | 25.7-32.8 | 468 | 40.3 | 36.8-44.0 | 361 | 30.5 | 27.2-34.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,557 | 413 | 29.9 | 27.0-33.0 | 663 | 41.4 | 38.4-44.5 | 481 | 28.7 | 26.0-31.5 |
| African American | 79 | 30 | 34.5 | 19.9-52.9 | 25 | 31.3 | 18.5-47.8 | 24 | 34.1 | 20.9-50.4 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 26 | 20.0 | 11.5-32.6 | 42 | 37.9 | 25.9-51.7 | 47 | 42.0 | 29.5-55.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 74 | 19 | 20.3 | 11.0-34.3 | 20 | 28.8 | 16.9-44.7 | 35 | 50.9 | 35.9-65.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,677 | 450 | 30.0 | 27.1-33.1 | 709 | 41.5 | 38.5-44.6 | 518 | 28.5 | 25.9-31.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 97 | 39 | 40.4 | 29.0-52.8 | 38 | 39.6 | 28.5-51.9 | 20 | 20.0 | 11.9-31.8 |
| 25-34 | 243 | 84 | 33.4 | 26.7-40.8 | 79 | 32.9 | 26.3-40.3 | 80 | 33.8 | 27.0-41.3 |
| 35-44 | 286 | 87 | 32.4 | 25.9-39.6 | 125 | 42.7 | 35.9-49.8 | 74 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.2 |
| 45-54 | 307 | 81 | 25.4 | 20.1-31.4 | 128 | 38.7 | 32.6-45.1 | 98 | 36.0 | 29.5-42.9 |
| 55-64 | 318 | 78 | 25.1 | 20.0-31.1 | 139 | 45.3 | 38.9-51.9 | 101 | 29.6 | 24.0-35.8 |
| 65-74 | 259 | 52 | 22.7 | 17.1-29.5 | 116 | 44.0 | 37.2-51.0 | 91 | 33.3 | 27.2-40.1 |
| 75+ | 236 | 44 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.7 | 104 | 47.6 | 40.3-54.9 | 88 | 35.0 | 28.5-42.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 62 | 22.2 | 15.8-30.2 | 112 | 36.1 | 29.0-43.9 | 121 | 41.7 | 34.0-49.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 523 | 139 | 27.1 | 22.2-32.6 | 214 | 43.1 | 37.5-48.8 | 170 | 29.8 | 25.1-35.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 135 | 37.1 | 31.1-43.5 | 174 | 36.9 | 31.2-43.0 | 123 | 26.0 | 21.2-31.5 |
| College Graduate | 495 | 132 | 29.5 | 24.8-34.8 | 226 | 44.1 | 38.9-49.4 | 137 | 26.4 | 22.1-31.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 238 | 60 | 25.4 | 18.5-33.9 | 99 | 43.6 | 34.6-53.0 | 79 | 31.0 | 23.9-39.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 366 | 105 | 28.2 | 22.1-35.2 | 126 | 33.2 | 27.0-39.9 | 135 | 38.6 | 31.8-45.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 67 | 30.5 | 23.8-38.1 | 108 | 47.1 | 39.2-55.1 | 66 | 22.5 | 16.9-29.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 262 | 66 | 27.0 | 20.8-34.3 | 121 | 45.6 | 38.3-53.1 | 75 | 27.4 | 21.4-34.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 192 | 50 | 33.1 | 25.4-41.9 | 89 | 40.3 | 32.5-48.6 | 53 | 26.6 | 19.9-34.5 |
| $75,000+ | 205 | 53 | 26.7 | 20.2-34.2 | 98 | 46.1 | 38.6-53.9 | 54 | 27.2 | 20.8-34.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 580 | 131 | 25.1 | 20.2-30.7 | 249 | 43.5 | 38.2-49.0 | 200 | 31.4 | 26.8-36.4 |
| No | 1,155 | 336 | 31.2 | 27.7-34.8 | 477 | 39.6 | 36.0-43.2 | 342 | 29.3 | 26.0-32.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 226 | 51 | 24.6 | 18.4-32.0 | 106 | 46.1 | 38.5-53.8 | 69 | 29.4 | 22.9-36.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,526 | 418 | 29.9 | 26.8-33.2 | 624 | 39.8 | 36.6-43.1 | 484 | 30.3 | 27.3-33.4 |
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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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