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1 or more times/day | 1 or more times/week | 1 or more times/month | 1 or more times/year | 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 | 1,836 | 1,212 | 65.1 | 62.2-67.8 | 371 | 20.1 | 17.9-22.6 | 93 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.1 | 28 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 | 132 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 964 | 617 | 62.3 | 58.2-66.2 | 205 | 21.2 | 18.1-24.7 | 46 | 5.7 | 4.1- 7.9 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 77 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 372 | 213 | 58.3 | 51.9-64.4 | 94 | 23.5 | 18.6-29.2 | 28 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.2 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.0 | 27 | 7.7 | 4.9-12.0 |
Female | 592 | 404 | 65.8 | 60.6-70.7 | 111 | 19.2 | 15.4-23.7 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.0 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 | 50 | 9.8 | 6.8-14.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 717 | 454 | 61.2 | 56.3-65.8 | 158 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.3 | 34 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.6 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.1 | 56 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.2 |
African American | 208 | 140 | 66.5 | 58.0-74.0 | 41 | 21.5 | 15.2-29.5 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.4 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.8 | 15 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.2 |
Other Minorities | 35 | 20 | 59.6 | 39.9-76.6 | 6 | 12.3 | 5.0-27.3 | 3 | 10.5 | 3.0-31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 17.6 | 7.2-37.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 32 | 18 | 56.5 | 36.3-74.7 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.8-23.0 | 4 | 14.1 | 5.0-33.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 21.0 | 8.9-42.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 928 | 598 | 62.8 | 58.6-66.7 | 200 | 22.1 | 18.8-25.7 | 41 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.2 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 | 70 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 9 | 7 | 81.2 | 46.0-95.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 18.8 | 4.4-54.0 |
25-34 | 22 | 14 | 55.2 | 31.4-76.9 | 6 | 38.5 | 17.8-64.3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.7 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
35-44 | 77 | 43 | 58.1 | 43.9-71.1 | 18 | 22.2 | 12.4-36.6 | 7 | 10.2 | 4.7-20.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 8 | 8.9 | 3.7-19.9 |
45-54 | 155 | 93 | 54.8 | 45.0-64.3 | 33 | 20.8 | 14.1-29.4 | 5 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.5 | 5 | 5.0 | 2.0-12.2 | 19 | 14.5 | 8.4-24.0 |
55-64 | 250 | 160 | 66.0 | 58.5-72.8 | 58 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.1 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.2 | 17 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.4 |
65-74 | 273 | 184 | 65.9 | 58.8-72.4 | 57 | 21.7 | 16.4-28.1 | 11 | 5.4 | 2.7-10.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.2 | 16 | 5.4 | 2.9- 9.7 |
75+ | 175 | 115 | 61.8 | 52.6-70.2 | 31 | 19.6 | 13.3-27.8 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.2-14.6 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.6 | 15 | 9.8 | 5.2-17.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 231 | 153 | 64.6 | 56.1-72.2 | 39 | 16.0 | 11.3-22.1 | 12 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.3 | 22 | 11.8 | 6.7-19.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 336 | 211 | 62.1 | 55.3-68.5 | 86 | 25.3 | 19.8-31.8 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.3- 8.0 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.2 | 21 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 221 | 155 | 66.0 | 57.7-73.5 | 38 | 17.5 | 12.2-24.4 | 10 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 13 | 8.1 | 4.3-14.8 |
College Graduate | 172 | 95 | 55.1 | 45.2-64.5 | 41 | 25.3 | 17.4-35.2 | 12 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 | 21 | 11.6 | 6.5-19.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 201 | 140 | 68.6 | 59.1-76.7 | 30 | 13.3 | 8.7-20.0 | 8 | 4.2 | 1.9- 9.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.7- 9.3 | 20 | 11.3 | 6.0-20.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 211 | 142 | 68.1 | 59.5-75.7 | 39 | 14.6 | 10.1-20.8 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.5 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 | 18 | 10.3 | 5.7-17.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 110 | 69 | 56.8 | 44.7-68.2 | 30 | 31.6 | 21.0-44.5 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.1- 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 8.1 | 3.6-17.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 110 | 71 | 63.5 | 52.3-73.4 | 28 | 24.1 | 16.3-34.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.5 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.6 | 8 | 8.8 | 4.0-18.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 89 | 53 | 56.2 | 43.2-68.3 | 18 | 28.6 | 17.6-42.9 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.7 | 10 | 7.0 | 3.3-14.2 |
$75,000+ | 85 | 42 | 50.4 | 37.5-63.3 | 22 | 20.8 | 12.5-32.4 | 12 | 13.5 | 7.1-24.1 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.4 | 7 | 12.4 | 5.2-26.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 580 | 387 | 65.2 | 60.1-70.0 | 112 | 20.7 | 16.8-25.2 | 21 | 3.6 | 2.2- 6.0 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.6 | 50 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.3 |
No | 357 | 214 | 59.3 | 52.5-65.9 | 86 | 22.1 | 17.1-28.1 | 23 | 7.7 | 4.8-12.1 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.7 | 26 | 8.7 | 5.4-13.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 185 | 110 | 59.7 | 50.8-67.9 | 46 | 22.9 | 16.6-30.8 | 11 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.4-18.2 |
Non-Veteran | 778 | 506 | 62.9 | 58.3-67.3 | 159 | 20.8 | 17.3-24.8 | 35 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.0 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.0 | 62 | 8.5 | 6.2-11.7 |
^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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