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| Total Respond.^ |
Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | 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 | 1,645 | 223 | 16.1 | 13.7-19.0 | 357 | 23.2 | 20.6-25.9 | 785 | 43.6 | 40.5-46.8 | 188 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.5 | 92 | 5.7 | 4.2- 7.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 519 | 74 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.8 | 141 | 28.2 | 23.8-33.1 | 222 | 41.2 | 36.0-46.7 | 47 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 35 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 154 | 22 | 15.5 | 9.7-23.9 | 43 | 24.9 | 18.1-33.4 | 73 | 48.1 | 38.6-57.7 | 11 | 7.9 | 3.8-15.8 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.2- 9.9 |
| Female | 365 | 52 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.7 | 98 | 30.5 | 25.0-36.6 | 149 | 36.4 | 30.7-42.5 | 36 | 10.3 | 7.0-14.8 | 30 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 282 | 32 | 14.5 | 9.8-21.1 | 72 | 25.7 | 20.1-32.3 | 135 | 45.4 | 38.2-52.8 | 28 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.5 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.2 |
| African American | 145 | 26 | 14.5 | 9.4-21.5 | 42 | 32.9 | 24.4-42.7 | 50 | 31.1 | 23.2-40.3 | 11 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.9 | 16 | 13.5 | 7.2-23.9 |
| Other Minorities | 92 | 16 | 14.4 | 8.1-24.4 | 27 | 29.8 | 19.6-42.5 | 37 | 41.5 | 28.9-55.4 | 8 | 9.2 | 3.8-20.5 | 4 | 5.1 | 1.7-14.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 58 | 10 | 14.2 | 7.1-26.4 | 19 | 29.5 | 17.7-44.8 | 21 | 40.4 | 25.5-57.4 | 6 | 11.1 | 4.3-25.7 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.2-17.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 461 | 64 | 14.5 | 10.8-19.2 | 122 | 28.0 | 23.3-33.2 | 201 | 41.3 | 35.8-47.1 | 41 | 9.0 | 6.1-13.1 | 33 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 39 | 9 | 22.8 | 10.8-41.9 | 15 | 29.7 | 16.6-47.1 | 8 | 27.7 | 12.4-50.8 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.3-20.9 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.5-30.4 |
| 25-34 | 180 | 35 | 18.3 | 12.7-25.6 | 55 | 29.9 | 22.8-38.2 | 70 | 40.5 | 32.2-49.4 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.5-16.6 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.1 |
| 35-44 | 198 | 19 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 | 44 | 25.5 | 18.8-33.6 | 98 | 48.2 | 40.1-56.3 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.6 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.3 |
| 45-54 | 70 | 7 | 8.9 | 3.9-19.1 | 18 | 28.8 | 18.0-42.7 | 32 | 40.5 | 27.9-54.4 | 9 | 13.0 | 6.1-25.8 | 4 | 8.8 | 2.5-27.0 |
| 55-64 | 22 | 2 | 10.2 | 2.0-38.9 | 8 | 31.8 | 14.8-55.6 | 9 | 44.2 | 23.4-67.1 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-29.2 | 2 | 8.6 | 1.5-37.4 |
| 65-74 | 8 | 1 | 12.4 | 1.6-54.7 | 1 | 11.1 | 1.4-51.6 | 5 | 73.6 | 36.0-93.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-20.5 |
| 75+ | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 62 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.7-17.6 | 19 | 27.7 | 16.6-42.5 | 29 | 42.1 | 27.8-57.9 | 5 | 10.8 | 3.9-26.5 | 5 | 13.7 | 4.9-32.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 146 | 27 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.3 | 33 | 19.0 | 12.9-27.2 | 67 | 52.1 | 41.5-62.6 | 10 | 7.9 | 3.2-18.3 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 155 | 25 | 18.3 | 11.5-27.9 | 46 | 37.0 | 28.2-46.8 | 55 | 27.9 | 20.8-36.4 | 16 | 9.9 | 5.6-17.0 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.4-13.2 |
| College Graduate | 156 | 18 | 13.5 | 8.1-21.7 | 43 | 28.8 | 21.2-37.9 | 71 | 43.3 | 34.2-52.9 | 16 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.4 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 44 | 6 | 12.2 | 4.6-28.7 | 13 | 26.7 | 13.7-45.4 | 17 | 38.4 | 23.3-56.1 | 4 | 12.3 | 3.5-35.3 | 4 | 10.5 | 3.5-27.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 84 | 13 | 15.5 | 8.2-27.1 | 28 | 32.7 | 22.3-45.2 | 33 | 40.3 | 28.5-53.4 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.5 | 4 | 6.5 | 1.5-24.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 67 | 12 | 16.1 | 8.6-28.1 | 15 | 24.7 | 14.1-39.7 | 27 | 38.4 | 25.3-53.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.2 | 10 | 18.2 | 8.8-34.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 85 | 13 | 17.9 | 9.1-32.1 | 15 | 15.9 | 8.9-26.8 | 48 | 53.2 | 38.6-67.2 | 5 | 9.0 | 2.7-26.1 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-10.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 90 | 11 | 13.4 | 6.4-25.8 | 30 | 35.8 | 25.0-48.3 | 34 | 38.4 | 27.0-51.1 | 12 | 11.5 | 6.2-20.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| $75,000+ | 91 | 5 | 7.3 | 2.5-19.5 | 22 | 27.1 | 17.8-39.0 | 45 | 43.8 | 32.6-55.6 | 13 | 14.6 | 7.9-25.4 | 6 | 7.2 | 2.6-18.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 111 | 17 | 17.7 | 10.0-29.6 | 24 | 21.3 | 14.0-31.1 | 49 | 40.9 | 30.7-52.0 | 12 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.5 | 9 | 6.7 | 3.1-13.8 |
| No | 403 | 57 | 13.8 | 10.2-18.5 | 117 | 30.0 | 24.8-35.7 | 169 | 41.0 | 35.0-47.3 | 34 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.7 | 26 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 65 | 11 | 20.4 | 10.6-35.6 | 21 | 27.0 | 16.2-41.3 | 27 | 40.2 | 25.1-57.5 | 5 | 11.3 | 3.6-30.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 454 | 63 | 13.4 | 9.9-17.8 | 120 | 28.4 | 23.7-33.7 | 195 | 41.4 | 36.0-47.0 | 42 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.5 | 34 | 7.9 | 5.2-11.9 |
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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.
** 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.
***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.
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