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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 | 2,730 | 2,362 | 84.4 | 82.0-86.5 | 202 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.3 | 43 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 123 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,434 | 1,251 | 85.0 | 81.6-87.9 | 100 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.3 | 21 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 62 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 508 | 415 | 81.2 | 75.7-85.7 | 48 | 10.1 | 6.7-15.0 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.8 | 34 | 5.8 | 3.7- 8.8 |
| Female | 926 | 836 | 88.5 | 83.9-91.9 | 52 | 8.1 | 4.9-12.9 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 | 28 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,139 | 994 | 85.2 | 81.2-88.5 | 81 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.4 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.6 | 48 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.0 |
| African American | 217 | 188 | 81.7 | 71.5-88.8 | 16 | 9.8 | 4.7-19.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.2-14.8 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.6 |
| Other Minorities | 74 | 67 | 92.9 | 82.0-97.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-17.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 55 | 94.9 | 78.2-99.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 5.1 | 1.0-21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,373 | 1,193 | 84.5 | 80.9-87.5 | 100 | 9.8 | 7.2-13.2 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 61 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.8 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 32 | 68.6 | 47.0-84.3 | 9 | 29.7 | 14.3-51.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.2 |
| 25-34 | 217 | 192 | 85.8 | 77.3-91.5 | 10 | 4.3 | 1.5-12.0 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.2-11.4 | 10 | 6.1 | 3.0-12.0 |
| 35-44 | 366 | 317 | 86.4 | 80.4-90.7 | 32 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.4 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.9 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.7 |
| 45-54 | 442 | 391 | 87.3 | 82.4-90.9 | 27 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.4 |
| 55-64 | 280 | 243 | 87.6 | 82.1-91.6 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.2 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.9 | 15 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.9 |
| 65-74 | 64 | 56 | 84.2 | 68.7-92.9 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.9-16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 11.8 | 4.5-27.2 |
| 75+ | 15 | 14 | 97.0 | 80.6-99.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 91 | 74 | 72.8 | 56.0-84.9 | 9 | 9.5 | 3.4-23.7 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.4-28.6 | 5 | 8.7 | 3.1-22.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 314 | 250 | 81.5 | 75.1-86.6 | 34 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.2 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 | 24 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 382 | 328 | 77.9 | 68.5-85.2 | 33 | 17.4 | 10.5-27.4 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.3 |
| College Graduate | 646 | 599 | 93.5 | 90.8-95.5 | 23 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 20 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 35 | 31 | 94.3 | 82.6-98.3 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-12.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 141 | 116 | 76.5 | 60.7-87.3 | 13 | 13.9 | 5.4-31.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.2 | 9 | 6.3 | 2.3-16.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 139 | 114 | 71.2 | 55.4-83.2 | 17 | 24.1 | 12.8-40.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.0 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.0-10.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 216 | 188 | 80.0 | 67.1-88.7 | 12 | 9.2 | 3.4-22.8 | 4 | 4.3 | 0.9-18.1 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.0-13.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 293 | 259 | 89.0 | 83.9-92.6 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 | 11 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.4 |
| $75,000+ | 508 | 457 | 90.2 | 86.4-93.1 | 27 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.4 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 290 | 242 | 81.4 | 74.1-87.0 | 20 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.8 | 25 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.3 |
| No | 1,138 | 1,003 | 85.7 | 81.7-89.0 | 80 | 9.7 | 6.8-13.6 | 18 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.8 | 37 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 129 | 100 | 81.4 | 72.4-88.0 | 14 | 10.1 | 5.5-18.1 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.3 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.6-12.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,305 | 1,151 | 85.3 | 81.6-88.4 | 86 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 | 15 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.7 | 53 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 |
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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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