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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 | 15,243 | 10,637 | 68.7 | 67.6-69.7 | 1,466 | 10.2 | 9.5-11.0 | 3,140 | 21.1 | 20.2-22.0 |
| -Western NC | 1,751 | 1,236 | 69.6 | 66.7-72.4 | 151 | 9.7 | 7.9-11.9 | 364 | 20.7 | 18.3-23.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 617 | 411 | 65.5 | 60.5-70.2 | 72 | 12.8 | 9.6-16.9 | 134 | 21.7 | 17.9-26.1 |
| Female | 1,134 | 825 | 73.2 | 69.7-76.4 | 79 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 230 | 19.8 | 17.0-23.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,556 | 1,127 | 72.0 | 69.0-74.7 | 125 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.0 | 304 | 19.2 | 16.8-21.7 |
| African American | 79 | 51 | 66.8 | 51.0-79.5 | 11 | 14.5 | 6.1-30.6 | 17 | 18.7 | 10.6-31.0 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 58 | 48.5 | 35.5-61.7 | 15 | 15.2 | 7.5-28.3 | 42 | 36.3 | 24.4-50.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 74 | 31 | 38.6 | 25.3-53.9 | 12 | 24.5 | 12.9-41.5 | 31 | 36.9 | 23.8-52.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,676 | 1,205 | 72.2 | 69.4-74.9 | 139 | 8.5 | 6.9-10.3 | 332 | 19.3 | 17.0-21.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 97 | 64 | 64.2 | 51.7-75.0 | 13 | 18.0 | 10.1-30.0 | 20 | 17.8 | 10.4-28.9 |
| 25-34 | 243 | 170 | 70.6 | 63.3-77.1 | 22 | 8.2 | 5.0-12.9 | 51 | 21.2 | 15.5-28.3 |
| 35-44 | 286 | 209 | 72.5 | 65.8-78.4 | 21 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.7 | 56 | 20.2 | 15.1-26.4 |
| 45-54 | 307 | 227 | 72.4 | 66.0-78.0 | 23 | 8.7 | 5.4-13.6 | 57 | 18.9 | 14.2-24.6 |
| 55-64 | 318 | 235 | 69.5 | 62.8-75.5 | 18 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.2 | 65 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.7 |
| 65-74 | 258 | 196 | 76.3 | 69.6-81.9 | 17 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.5 | 45 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.5 |
| 75+ | 236 | 129 | 58.1 | 50.9-65.1 | 37 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.1 | 70 | 27.5 | 21.6-34.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 155 | 48.7 | 40.7-56.7 | 36 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.4 | 104 | 37.9 | 30.4-46.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 522 | 333 | 63.6 | 57.9-69.0 | 60 | 13.0 | 9.2-17.9 | 129 | 23.4 | 19.1-28.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 342 | 81.4 | 76.7-85.3 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.6 | 66 | 12.4 | 9.4-16.3 |
| College Graduate | 495 | 401 | 80.1 | 75.5-84.1 | 30 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.7 | 64 | 13.3 | 10.1-17.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 238 | 145 | 62.7 | 53.8-70.9 | 28 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.8 | 65 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 365 | 240 | 63.3 | 56.0-70.0 | 34 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.6 | 91 | 26.0 | 20.1-32.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 170 | 65.1 | 56.7-72.8 | 24 | 14.2 | 8.4-22.9 | 47 | 20.7 | 15.0-27.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 262 | 190 | 71.7 | 64.4-78.0 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.2 | 53 | 20.9 | 15.4-27.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 192 | 155 | 83.5 | 76.8-88.5 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.8 | 28 | 12.5 | 8.3-18.5 |
| $75,000+ | 205 | 169 | 80.1 | 72.7-85.9 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.1 | 24 | 13.1 | 8.4-20.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 579 | 394 | 69.0 | 63.9-73.7 | 55 | 9.2 | 6.5-12.7 | 130 | 21.8 | 17.8-26.5 |
| No | 1,155 | 834 | 70.3 | 66.6-73.7 | 94 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 227 | 19.9 | 17.0-23.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 225 | 155 | 68.4 | 60.7-75.2 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.4-13.4 | 47 | 23.0 | 16.8-30.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,526 | 1,081 | 69.8 | 66.6-72.8 | 128 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.3 | 317 | 20.4 | 17.8-23.2 |
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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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