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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,332 | 5,928 | 79.3 | 77.9-80.6 | 1,020 | 14.9 | 13.8-16.0 | 154 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.8 | 230 | 3.6 | 2.9- 4.3 |
| -Western NC | 781 | 635 | 79.1 | 74.8-82.8 | 97 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.6 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | 34 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 228 | 170 | 72.7 | 64.2-79.9 | 34 | 16.5 | 10.8-24.3 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.6 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.9 |
| Female | 553 | 465 | 83.5 | 79.3-87.0 | 63 | 12.0 | 9.0-15.8 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.5 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 701 | 572 | 79.8 | 75.4-83.6 | 83 | 13.1 | 10.0-17.1 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.3 | 32 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.6 |
| African American | 34 | 28 | 76.3 | 50.6-91.0 | 6 | 23.7 | 9.0-49.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 46 | 35 | 73.4 | 49.9-88.5 | 8 | 15.5 | 6.3-33.5 | 1 | 9.7 | 1.4-44.4 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.2- 7.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 30 | 19 | 66.4 | 41.5-84.6 | 9 | 23.3 | 9.4-47.3 | 1 | 9.2 | 1.3-43.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 8.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 751 | 616 | 80.3 | 76.2-83.8 | 88 | 12.9 | 10.0-16.5 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 33 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 29 | 69.9 | 49.5-84.6 | 10 | 20.6 | 9.0-40.3 | 2 | 9.4 | 2.2-32.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 |
| 25-34 | 154 | 122 | 77.4 | 68.4-84.4 | 27 | 18.1 | 11.9-26.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0-10.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.9 |
| 35-44 | 181 | 148 | 80.5 | 72.5-86.6 | 18 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.2 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.9 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.2-12.9 |
| 45-54 | 217 | 177 | 81.9 | 74.7-87.3 | 23 | 11.5 | 6.9-18.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.2 |
| 55-64 | 142 | 119 | 83.2 | 72.9-90.1 | 16 | 9.0 | 4.5-17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.8 |
| 65-74 | 34 | 31 | 95.2 | 79.2-99.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.3 | 0.7-21.6 |
| 75+ | 8 | 8 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 68 | 46 | 67.0 | 48.4-81.5 | 16 | 21.4 | 10.4-38.9 | 1 | 7.1 | 1.0-35.8 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 219 | 159 | 68.6 | 59.5-76.4 | 41 | 20.8 | 14.3-29.2 | 7 | 5.3 | 2.2-12.2 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 218 | 184 | 83.2 | 75.6-88.7 | 24 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.6 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.0 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.3 |
| College Graduate | 275 | 245 | 90.8 | 86.5-93.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 3.4- 9.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 | 10 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 44 | 32 | 72.3 | 52.9-85.8 | 6 | 16.0 | 6.0-36.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 5 | 10.5 | 3.9-25.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 139 | 104 | 65.4 | 52.3-76.5 | 27 | 23.9 | 14.8-36.2 | 3 | 7.1 | 2.0-22.0 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | 99 | 85.2 | 75.9-91.3 | 16 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.8 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.1-13.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 155 | 126 | 80.1 | 70.8-87.0 | 18 | 11.6 | 6.9-19.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 119 | 97 | 81.2 | 71.0-88.4 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.4-22.3 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.2 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.5 |
| $75,000+ | 146 | 135 | 93.9 | 88.3-96.9 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.9-10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 153 | 118 | 79.9 | 71.5-86.4 | 24 | 13.5 | 8.4-20.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.9 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.1 |
| No | 622 | 514 | 79.4 | 74.4-83.6 | 71 | 13.5 | 10.1-17.9 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.3 | 24 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 51 | 44 | 86.8 | 70.6-94.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 | 4 | 10.9 | 3.6-28.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 730 | 591 | 78.5 | 74.0-82.5 | 96 | 14.8 | 11.5-18.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.7 | 30 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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