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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 | 1,939 | 1,238 | 63.9 | 60.9-66.8 | 410 | 21.5 | 19.1-24.1 | 105 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 | 39 | 2.0 | 1.3- 2.9 | 147 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.1 |
-Piedmont NC | 850 | 537 | 65.0 | 60.5-69.2 | 189 | 21.4 | 18.0-25.3 | 50 | 5.6 | 3.9- 7.9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.8- 2.9 | 60 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 341 | 199 | 60.7 | 53.7-67.2 | 92 | 28.2 | 22.4-34.9 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.9 | 10 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.5 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 |
Female | 509 | 338 | 68.8 | 63.1-74.1 | 97 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.4 | 27 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 | 43 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 632 | 395 | 64.7 | 59.6-69.4 | 144 | 22.1 | 18.2-26.6 | 35 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.3 | 48 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.4 |
African American | 190 | 127 | 68.1 | 58.9-76.0 | 38 | 17.8 | 12.0-25.5 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.4 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.0-12.2 |
Other Minorities | 27 | 14 | 51.4 | 27.8-74.4 | 7 | 32.8 | 14.7-58.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.2 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.1-21.0 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.2-30.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 17 | 9 | 54.0 | 24.1-81.2 | 5 | 30.2 | 10.0-62.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.8 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-30.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 1.1-42.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 832 | 528 | 65.5 | 61.1-69.7 | 184 | 21.1 | 17.7-24.9 | 48 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.0 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 | 59 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
25-34 | 12 | 8 | 85.0 | 61.3-95.3 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.5-25.8 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.3-18.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 8.1 | 1.8-30.3 |
35-44 | 61 | 37 | 65.7 | 50.8-78.0 | 12 | 19.6 | 10.2-34.2 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.1-17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 7.2 | 2.7-17.8 |
45-54 | 127 | 88 | 70.5 | 59.2-79.7 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.5-20.2 | 8 | 7.4 | 2.9-18.0 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.2 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.7-12.8 |
55-64 | 245 | 140 | 59.7 | 51.4-67.4 | 65 | 26.3 | 19.9-33.9 | 14 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.5 | 21 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.1 |
65-74 | 241 | 163 | 65.9 | 58.1-72.9 | 58 | 26.4 | 20.0-34.0 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.1 |
75+ | 159 | 98 | 60.4 | 50.2-69.9 | 39 | 26.5 | 18.3-36.8 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.4 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.6-10.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 165 | 118 | 67.4 | 56.8-76.5 | 25 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.5 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.4 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.4 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 289 | 189 | 66.7 | 59.1-73.6 | 60 | 22.4 | 16.5-29.7 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.2 | 19 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 122 | 61.3 | 52.0-69.8 | 52 | 24.1 | 17.3-32.5 | 11 | 5.0 | 1.9-12.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 | 19 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.2 |
College Graduate | 187 | 107 | 65.0 | 55.5-73.4 | 52 | 20.0 | 14.0-27.7 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.0-14.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 | 12 | 6.6 | 3.1-13.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 143 | 111 | 76.4 | 65.5-84.7 | 15 | 12.7 | 6.5-23.1 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.1 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.2 | 9 | 6.5 | 2.9-13.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 187 | 125 | 69.2 | 59.1-77.7 | 37 | 19.5 | 12.6-29.0 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 6.3 | 11 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 95 | 49 | 55.5 | 41.7-68.4 | 27 | 21.8 | 13.3-33.6 | 9 | 11.1 | 5.0-22.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.1 | 9 | 10.6 | 5.2-20.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 107 | 58 | 56.3 | 43.1-68.7 | 34 | 26.4 | 17.4-37.8 | 7 | 9.1 | 3.2-23.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 | 7 | 7.7 | 2.8-19.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 89 | 52 | 60.1 | 47.1-71.7 | 20 | 26.6 | 16.5-39.8 | 5 | 5.7 | 1.9-15.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.5 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.0-13.8 |
$75,000+ | 102 | 64 | 66.6 | 54.6-76.7 | 23 | 21.6 | 13.5-32.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.4- 7.7 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.9-10.8 | 6 | 5.3 | 2.0-13.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 490 | 333 | 69.9 | 64.0-75.2 | 94 | 18.0 | 13.9-23.1 | 26 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.8 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 | 32 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.1 |
No | 346 | 199 | 59.4 | 52.4-66.1 | 91 | 25.3 | 19.9-31.7 | 23 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.8 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.7 | 24 | 6.8 | 4.2-11.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 156 | 92 | 58.3 | 48.4-67.5 | 42 | 29.9 | 21.6-39.8 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.1 | 5 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.4 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.2 |
Non-Veteran | 694 | 445 | 66.3 | 61.4-70.9 | 147 | 19.7 | 16.0-23.9 | 42 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.5 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 | 51 | 7.0 | 5.0- 9.9 |
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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