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No prob./no reason to go | Cost/insurance | Access problems | Not thought of it | Other | |||||||||||
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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 | 4,414 | 2,190 | 49.7 | 47.7-51.6 | 1,106 | 25.9 | 24.1-27.7 | 153 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 | 322 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.3 | 643 | 14.0 | 12.8-15.4 |
-Union County | 106 | 52 | 49.7 | 38.7-60.8 | 30 | 24.8 | 16.7-35.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.2 | 9 | 9.7 | 4.6-19.2 | 12 | 11.7 | 6.2-21.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 43 | 20 | 50.9 | 34.3-67.3 | 10 | 17.0 | 8.0-32.7 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.4-21.8 | 5 | 12.9 | 4.9-29.7 | 5 | 11.5 | 4.3-27.3 |
Female | 63 | 32 | 48.3 | 34.9-62.0 | 20 | 33.7 | 21.9-48.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.9 | 2.0-16.0 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.5-24.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 94 | 45 | 47.6 | 36.1-59.3 | 28 | 25.4 | 17.1-36.1 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-12.9 | 8 | 11.3 | 5.3-22.5 | 11 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.7 |
Other | 11 | 6 | 56.5 | 25.2-83.3 | 2 | 23.5 | 5.4-62.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 1.1-42.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-14.7 | 1 | 9.7 | 1.3-46.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 19 | 14 | 72.7 | 47.7-88.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 7.1 | 1.0-36.8 | 4 | 20.2 | 7.5-44.2 |
45+ | 85 | 37 | 41.1 | 29.4-53.9 | 29 | 33.5 | 22.8-46.1 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.8-16.3 | 8 | 10.7 | 4.8-22.3 | 8 | 9.1 | 3.9-19.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 41 | 22 | 56.9 | 39.0-73.2 | 13 | 26.9 | 14.2-45.0 | 2 | 7.9 | 2.0-26.6 | 3 | 4.7 | 1.5-14.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.8 |
Some College + | 64 | 29 | 43.9 | 30.4-58.4 | 17 | 24.0 | 14.3-37.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.7 | 6 | 13.1 | 5.5-28.1 | 11 | 17.2 | 8.9-30.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 48 | 20 | 41.9 | 26.3-59.3 | 20 | 39.1 | 24.3-56.3 | 3 | 9.5 | 3.0-26.1 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.6-16.2 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.7-19.8 |
$50,000+ | 40 | 21 | 56.0 | 38.7-71.9 | 5 | 10.3 | 4.0-23.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 15.4 | 5.7-35.3 | 9 | 18.3 | 9.1-33.4 |
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^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.
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