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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 | 15,235 | 12,698 | 81.9 | 81.0-82.8 | 943 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.2 | 1,594 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.2 |
| -Western NC | 1,751 | 1,441 | 80.2 | 77.5-82.7 | 109 | 6.8 | 5.4- 8.6 | 201 | 13.0 | 10.9-15.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 617 | 489 | 79.2 | 74.7-83.1 | 53 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.4 | 75 | 12.6 | 9.5-16.5 |
| Female | 1,134 | 952 | 81.1 | 77.6-84.1 | 56 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.8 | 126 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,556 | 1,314 | 83.4 | 80.8-85.6 | 82 | 5.6 | 4.3- 7.3 | 160 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.3 |
| African American | 79 | 62 | 77.9 | 62.8-88.0 | 11 | 12.2 | 5.9-23.5 | 6 | 9.9 | 3.5-25.4 |
| Other Minorities | 115 | 65 | 50.9 | 37.7-63.9 | 16 | 16.0 | 8.2-28.8 | 34 | 33.1 | 21.5-47.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 74 | 30 | 41.4 | 27.5-56.7 | 15 | 15.7 | 7.6-29.7 | 29 | 42.9 | 28.7-58.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,676 | 1,410 | 83.4 | 81.0-85.6 | 94 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.8 | 172 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 97 | 74 | 72.9 | 60.7-82.4 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.8-16.6 | 15 | 19.0 | 10.9-31.0 |
| 25-34 | 243 | 197 | 79.9 | 72.8-85.5 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.6 | 34 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.7 |
| 35-44 | 286 | 244 | 83.0 | 76.2-88.2 | 17 | 8.7 | 4.7-15.6 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.3-12.6 |
| 45-54 | 307 | 264 | 85.0 | 79.7-89.1 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.8 | 28 | 10.0 | 6.7-14.7 |
| 55-64 | 318 | 273 | 85.1 | 79.6-89.3 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 | 31 | 10.3 | 6.8-15.3 |
| 65-74 | 258 | 218 | 84.1 | 78.2-88.6 | 17 | 8.1 | 4.9-13.3 | 23 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.1 |
| 75+ | 236 | 165 | 67.2 | 59.9-73.8 | 26 | 11.8 | 7.8-17.6 | 45 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 186 | 54.7 | 46.4-62.7 | 36 | 14.8 | 9.8-21.7 | 73 | 30.5 | 23.2-39.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 522 | 436 | 83.1 | 78.3-87.0 | 36 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.7 | 50 | 9.9 | 6.9-13.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 379 | 89.1 | 85.2-92.1 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.8 | 32 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.2 |
| College Graduate | 495 | 436 | 86.6 | 82.6-89.8 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.1 | 44 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 238 | 180 | 73.5 | 64.7-80.8 | 20 | 10.5 | 5.8-18.2 | 38 | 16.0 | 10.6-23.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 365 | 283 | 71.1 | 63.5-77.7 | 33 | 10.2 | 6.4-16.0 | 49 | 18.6 | 13.1-25.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 241 | 208 | 86.3 | 80.2-90.7 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.9 | 21 | 8.2 | 4.9-13.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 262 | 229 | 86.4 | 80.4-90.7 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.8- 9.1 | 24 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 192 | 171 | 87.8 | 80.8-92.5 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.9 | 14 | 8.7 | 4.7-15.4 |
| $75,000+ | 205 | 184 | 89.6 | 84.1-93.4 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.1 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 579 | 454 | 77.7 | 72.7-82.1 | 43 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.3 | 82 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.4 |
| No | 1,155 | 975 | 81.4 | 78.0-84.3 | 64 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.3 | 116 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 225 | 181 | 81.3 | 75.0-86.3 | 19 | 8.2 | 5.1-13.0 | 25 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,526 | 1,260 | 80.1 | 77.1-82.8 | 90 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.6 | 176 | 13.3 | 11.0-16.0 |
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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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