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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 16,689 | 716 | 4.4 | 4.0- 4.9 | 11,157 | 67.5 | 66.5-68.4 | 3,491 | 20.5 | 19.7-21.4 | 172 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.2 | 1,153 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.1 |
| -Western NC | 1,948 | 124 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.8 | 1,354 | 70.0 | 67.2-72.6 | 321 | 16.5 | 14.4-18.9 | 21 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.8 | 128 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 697 | 48 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.2 | 495 | 69.7 | 65.0-74.0 | 108 | 17.0 | 13.5-21.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 43 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.5 |
| Female | 1,251 | 76 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.9 | 859 | 70.2 | 66.8-73.3 | 213 | 16.0 | 13.6-18.8 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 | 85 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,739 | 110 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.9 | 1,231 | 72.3 | 69.6-74.9 | 278 | 15.3 | 13.4-17.5 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.8 | 104 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.4 |
| African American | 87 | 5 | 7.9 | 2.3-23.6 | 49 | 47.4 | 32.2-63.1 | 21 | 30.6 | 16.1-50.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.3 | 9 | 11.6 | 4.8-25.6 |
| Other Minorities | 121 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.8 | 73 | 57.6 | 44.4-69.8 | 22 | 20.9 | 11.8-34.2 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.9 | 15 | 15.0 | 7.7-27.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 78 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.1-17.6 | 42 | 52.6 | 37.8-66.9 | 15 | 23.0 | 12.3-39.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.4 | 14 | 16.5 | 8.6-29.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,869 | 119 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.8 | 1,311 | 71.4 | 68.6-73.9 | 306 | 16.0 | 13.9-18.3 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.9 | 114 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 96 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.7-15.4 | 66 | 69.2 | 56.5-79.6 | 16 | 17.5 | 9.6-29.9 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.3-14.2 |
| 25-34 | 262 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.4 | 178 | 68.0 | 60.8-74.5 | 52 | 19.7 | 14.4-26.2 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.5- 5.8 | 14 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.6 |
| 35-44 | 306 | 22 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.1 | 208 | 67.2 | 60.4-73.3 | 56 | 18.9 | 14.1-24.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.2 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.9 |
| 45-54 | 343 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 235 | 71.4 | 65.6-76.7 | 65 | 15.3 | 11.6-20.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 | 22 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.3 |
| 55-64 | 370 | 20 | 6.0 | 3.6-10.0 | 257 | 71.4 | 65.7-76.5 | 55 | 13.8 | 10.2-18.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.6 | 34 | 7.5 | 5.1-11.0 |
| 65-74 | 299 | 22 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.4 | 213 | 72.2 | 66.1-77.6 | 41 | 14.6 | 10.5-19.9 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.4 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.8 |
| 75+ | 265 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.2-13.7 | 192 | 72.3 | 65.6-78.1 | 34 | 12.6 | 8.7-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 333 | 38 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.3 | 227 | 66.9 | 59.1-73.8 | 45 | 14.6 | 9.6-21.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 597 | 41 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.1 | 422 | 68.0 | 62.5-73.0 | 86 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.5 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5- 3.9 | 41 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 466 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.6 | 341 | 76.4 | 71.3-80.8 | 68 | 11.8 | 8.8-15.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 30 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.1 |
| College Graduate | 544 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.2 | 360 | 68.7 | 64.0-73.0 | 120 | 22.4 | 18.5-26.8 | 10 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 35 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 266 | 19 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.5 | 161 | 58.6 | 50.0-66.6 | 44 | 19.1 | 12.9-27.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.6 | 38 | 14.6 | 9.4-22.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 407 | 30 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.1 | 272 | 67.6 | 61.3-73.3 | 71 | 15.3 | 11.4-20.2 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.3 | 28 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 265 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.6 | 188 | 73.8 | 66.3-80.2 | 41 | 15.3 | 10.1-22.7 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.9 | 12 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 288 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.4 | 207 | 69.4 | 62.5-75.5 | 49 | 18.9 | 14.1-25.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.9 | 16 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 211 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.8 | 161 | 79.5 | 72.4-85.1 | 33 | 12.8 | 8.6-18.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.4 |
| $75,000+ | 224 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.4 | 157 | 74.5 | 67.8-80.2 | 46 | 18.4 | 13.5-24.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 647 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.8-11.3 | 451 | 71.8 | 67.3-76.0 | 97 | 13.0 | 10.2-16.3 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 47 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.1 |
| No | 1,261 | 69 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.0 | 879 | 69.2 | 65.7-72.6 | 219 | 18.2 | 15.4-21.4 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.4 | 78 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 262 | 21 | 9.0 | 5.3-14.8 | 202 | 74.6 | 67.5-80.6 | 27 | 12.2 | 8.0-18.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,686 | 103 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.4 | 1,152 | 69.3 | 66.2-72.2 | 294 | 17.1 | 14.8-19.8 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.1 | 117 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.2 |
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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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