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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 | 2,712 | 2,143 | 77.2 | 74.6-79.5 | 376 | 15.6 | 13.5-17.9 | 46 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.5 | 147 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,423 | 1,125 | 77.6 | 74.0-80.8 | 202 | 15.6 | 12.7-18.9 | 27 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 69 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 506 | 373 | 75.9 | 70.3-80.7 | 81 | 14.9 | 11.0-20.0 | 17 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 35 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.8 |
| Female | 917 | 752 | 79.1 | 74.4-83.2 | 121 | 16.2 | 12.4-20.9 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 34 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,131 | 893 | 76.6 | 72.4-80.3 | 160 | 16.5 | 13.1-20.5 | 24 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 54 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 |
| African American | 216 | 171 | 79.3 | 70.5-86.0 | 35 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.2 |
| Other Minorities | 72 | 59 | 84.7 | 72.4-92.1 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.6-16.1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.4 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.0-17.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 46 | 78.2 | 61.1-89.1 | 6 | 10.0 | 3.9-23.3 | 3 | 7.4 | 2.1-22.9 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.7-21.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,362 | 1,076 | 77.7 | 74.1-81.0 | 196 | 16.1 | 13.1-19.6 | 24 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.4 | 66 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 29 | 64.5 | 43.4-81.2 | 13 | 35.5 | 18.8-56.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 217 | 168 | 76.7 | 68.3-83.4 | 33 | 13.5 | 8.4-21.0 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.3 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.7 |
| 35-44 | 361 | 289 | 81.8 | 76.6-86.0 | 50 | 13.2 | 9.6-18.0 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.6 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.1 |
| 45-54 | 439 | 345 | 76.4 | 70.6-81.3 | 63 | 15.8 | 11.6-21.0 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.8 | 23 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.3 |
| 55-64 | 279 | 227 | 81.4 | 74.9-86.5 | 33 | 11.3 | 7.4-16.9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.4 | 15 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.4 |
| 65-74 | 63 | 51 | 82.5 | 68.2-91.2 | 5 | 5.8 | 2.1-14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 11.7 | 4.7-26.2 |
| 75+ | 15 | 12 | 75.0 | 36.4-94.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 6.0-63.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 90 | 67 | 82.9 | 70.9-90.6 | 16 | 8.5 | 4.5-15.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5-10.8 | 5 | 6.1 | 1.7-19.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 312 | 212 | 68.5 | 60.3-75.6 | 65 | 21.2 | 14.9-29.3 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.6 | 26 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 380 | 298 | 71.7 | 63.1-79.0 | 56 | 20.9 | 14.1-29.9 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.5 | 16 | 5.2 | 2.6- 9.9 |
| College Graduate | 640 | 548 | 84.6 | 80.3-88.2 | 64 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.7 | 22 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 35 | 28 | 88.4 | 69.6-96.2 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.8 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.5-28.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-12.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 137 | 105 | 71.2 | 55.1-83.3 | 23 | 22.0 | 11.0-39.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.1 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.2-15.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 139 | 102 | 73.3 | 59.5-83.7 | 25 | 20.2 | 10.9-34.5 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.7 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.8-10.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 216 | 165 | 73.8 | 62.6-82.6 | 36 | 18.3 | 10.5-29.9 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.1 | 12 | 6.7 | 3.1-13.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 289 | 230 | 79.6 | 73.2-84.8 | 38 | 14.3 | 9.8-20.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 15 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.3 |
| $75,000+ | 505 | 417 | 80.9 | 75.8-85.1 | 57 | 11.7 | 8.4-15.9 | 9 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.0 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 289 | 201 | 64.6 | 55.7-72.5 | 53 | 20.1 | 13.6-28.7 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.7 | 26 | 11.6 | 6.9-18.9 |
| No | 1,128 | 919 | 80.7 | 76.8-84.0 | 149 | 14.7 | 11.6-18.4 | 18 | 1.6 | 0.8- 2.9 | 42 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 129 | 88 | 74.1 | 64.0-82.1 | 24 | 12.8 | 7.9-20.2 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.6 | 11 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,294 | 1,037 | 77.9 | 74.1-81.3 | 178 | 15.8 | 12.8-19.4 | 21 | 1.7 | 0.9- 2.9 | 58 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.5 |
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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.
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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