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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Western NC | 943 | 484 | 51.9 | 47.9-55.8 | 239 | 25.6 | 22.3-29.3 | 29 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 64 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.2 | 127 | 13.6 | 11.2-16.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 406 | 239 | 58.4 | 52.5-64.1 | 84 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.4 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.2 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 51 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.1 |
| Female | 537 | 245 | 45.4 | 40.3-50.5 | 155 | 28.3 | 23.7-33.3 | 19 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.4 | 42 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.2 | 76 | 15.1 | 11.7-19.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 884 | 459 | 51.7 | 47.7-55.7 | 219 | 25.3 | 21.9-29.0 | 26 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.1 | 60 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.6 | 120 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.7 |
| African American | 26 | 10 | 39.1 | 20.0-62.3 | 10 | 40.3 | 20.2-64.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.5 | 4 | 16.1 | 5.1-40.7 |
| Other Minorities | 31 | 15 | 64.6 | 40.5-83.1 | 9 | 21.9 | 9.2-43.6 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.5-15.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.9 | 3 | 8.8 | 2.2-29.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 15 | 6 | 65.7 | 31.2-89.0 | 5 | 17.9 | 4.7-49.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.5-27.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-13.3 | 2 | 10.2 | 1.8-41.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 925 | 475 | 51.4 | 47.5-55.3 | 234 | 25.9 | 22.5-29.6 | 28 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 63 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.4 | 125 | 13.7 | 11.3-16.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 100 | 60 | 63.9 | 52.6-73.8 | 21 | 17.9 | 11.0-27.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.8 | 7 | 6.4 | 3.0-13.1 | 11 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.8 |
| 45-54 | 272 | 114 | 41.8 | 35.0-48.8 | 90 | 34.8 | 28.3-41.9 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 | 16 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 | 43 | 14.9 | 10.7-20.4 |
| 55-64 | 305 | 142 | 47.9 | 41.4-54.3 | 95 | 30.4 | 24.6-36.8 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.7 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.2 | 39 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.2 |
| 65-74 | 165 | 99 | 60.3 | 51.5-68.6 | 27 | 15.5 | 9.9-23.6 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.2 | 13 | 7.5 | 4.1-13.3 | 21 | 13.8 | 8.9-20.7 |
| 75+ | 99 | 67 | 67.4 | 54.8-77.9 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.5 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.4 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.6-12.9 | 13 | 17.5 | 9.1-31.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 164 | 78 | 47.0 | 38.0-56.3 | 50 | 33.8 | 25.5-43.2 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.3- 8.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.0 | 21 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 319 | 157 | 50.1 | 43.0-57.1 | 83 | 26.1 | 20.5-32.6 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 26 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.2 | 45 | 14.6 | 10.5-19.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 228 | 114 | 48.1 | 40.2-56.0 | 70 | 32.4 | 25.1-40.8 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.8 | 12 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 26 | 11.1 | 7.0-17.0 |
| College Graduate | 230 | 134 | 61.1 | 53.5-68.1 | 36 | 13.4 | 9.3-19.1 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 16 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.9 | 35 | 16.2 | 11.3-22.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 152 | 59 | 40.3 | 31.1-50.1 | 71 | 47.4 | 37.8-57.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.7 | 8 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 11 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 194 | 75 | 39.4 | 30.0-49.6 | 76 | 39.2 | 30.6-48.6 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.0 | 13 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.1 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.2-20.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 112 | 56 | 49.9 | 39.3-60.5 | 22 | 21.4 | 13.6-32.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.8 | 9 | 6.2 | 2.9-12.8 | 22 | 20.9 | 13.5-30.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 141 | 85 | 56.9 | 46.6-66.7 | 24 | 22.6 | 14.5-33.6 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.4 | 13 | 9.6 | 5.2-17.1 | 13 | 8.3 | 4.4-14.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 104 | 64 | 59.9 | 48.7-70.2 | 14 | 14.7 | 8.6-24.1 | 7 | 7.7 | 3.5-16.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.0-10.7 | 13 | 12.9 | 6.8-23.0 |
| $75,000+ | 118 | 84 | 69.5 | 59.0-78.3 | 10 | 9.1 | 4.3-18.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.4 | 18 | 16.6 | 10.2-25.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 398 | 153 | 38.1 | 32.5-43.9 | 141 | 36.7 | 31.1-42.7 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 | 32 | 7.4 | 5.1-10.8 | 57 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.4 |
| No | 529 | 323 | 60.9 | 55.6-65.9 | 93 | 18.1 | 14.3-22.7 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.1 | 70 | 13.3 | 10.3-17.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 138 | 91 | 64.2 | 54.0-73.2 | 19 | 14.8 | 8.7-24.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.8 | 8 | 6.5 | 2.7-14.5 | 15 | 11.4 | 6.5-19.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 805 | 393 | 49.7 | 45.4-54.0 | 220 | 27.5 | 23.8-31.5 | 24 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | 56 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.2 | 112 | 14.0 | 11.4-17.1 |
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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.
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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