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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 | 7,339 | 6,650 | 89.2 | 88.1-90.3 | 364 | 6.0 | 5.1- 7.0 | 139 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 186 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 |
| -Western NC | 783 | 706 | 89.1 | 85.5-91.8 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.3 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 27 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 229 | 199 | 88.2 | 81.5-92.7 | 10 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.5 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.2 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.0- 7.9 |
| Female | 554 | 507 | 89.7 | 85.4-92.8 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.8 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.4 | 15 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 703 | 636 | 89.7 | 86.4-92.3 | 27 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.4 | 25 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.7 |
| African American | 34 | 33 | 99.1 | 93.9-99.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 46 | 37 | 76.6 | 51.1-91.1 | 7 | 22.0 | 7.9-48.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.4 | 0.2- 7.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 30 | 24 | 79.3 | 52.9-92.9 | 5 | 19.6 | 6.4-46.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 8.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 753 | 682 | 90.0 | 86.9-92.5 | 30 | 3.9 | 2.5- 5.9 | 15 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.1 | 26 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 36 | 86.1 | 66.9-95.0 | 4 | 10.6 | 3.1-30.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 |
| 25-34 | 154 | 139 | 89.0 | 80.4-94.1 | 10 | 6.4 | 2.7-14.2 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9-10.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.5 |
| 35-44 | 181 | 162 | 88.5 | 80.9-93.3 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.0 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.7- 9.9 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.6 |
| 45-54 | 217 | 193 | 90.5 | 85.6-93.8 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.3 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.9 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 |
| 55-64 | 143 | 133 | 92.0 | 83.7-96.3 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 5.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.1-14.6 |
| 65-74 | 34 | 34 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 75+ | 9 | 7 | 68.4 | 29.9-91.7 | 1 | 15.2 | 2.1-59.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 16.4 | 2.3-61.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 69 | 56 | 83.5 | 68.0-92.3 | 9 | 13.8 | 5.7-30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 220 | 189 | 82.9 | 74.3-89.0 | 14 | 7.5 | 3.5-15.3 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.1-11.9 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 218 | 198 | 89.9 | 83.6-94.0 | 11 | 4.3 | 2.0- 8.9 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.2 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.3 |
| College Graduate | 275 | 262 | 96.8 | 94.2-98.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 44 | 38 | 80.8 | 60.1-92.2 | 3 | 14.6 | 4.7-37.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 140 | 117 | 84.6 | 75.8-90.6 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.0-14.3 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.4 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | 109 | 86.7 | 72.1-94.2 | 8 | 9.5 | 3.2-25.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.7-13.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 155 | 144 | 91.4 | 82.5-96.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.2-12.6 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.0-11.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 119 | 108 | 93.1 | 86.4-96.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 9.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.6 |
| $75,000+ | 146 | 140 | 96.6 | 91.8-98.6 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 153 | 136 | 90.8 | 84.5-94.7 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.4 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.0 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.7 |
| No | 624 | 566 | 88.9 | 84.7-92.0 | 29 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.6 | 10 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.0 | 19 | 2.9 | 1.7- 5.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 52 | 46 | 88.4 | 72.5-95.7 | 2 | 4.2 | 1.0-15.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.8 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.0-25.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 731 | 660 | 89.1 | 85.4-92.0 | 33 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.5 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.9 | 25 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.8 |
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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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