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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,263 1,489 14.8 13.7-15.9 6,089 66.9 65.3-68.4 1,111 12.2 11.1-13.4 73 0.8 0.5- 1.1 501 5.3 4.7- 6.1
-Chatham/Lee 394 61 12.8 9.7-16.8 269 66.8 60.1-72.9 40 12.4 7.6-19.5 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 22 7.7 4.8-12.3
GENDER
Male 148 14 7.3 4.0-12.8 106 67.1 55.3-77.1 16 16.3 8.0-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 12 9.3 4.9-17.1
Female 246 47 18.1 13.4-24.1 163 66.5 59.3-73.1 24 8.7 5.6-13.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 10 6.2 2.9-12.6
RACE
White 287 50 15.0 11.1-19.9 196 69.1 62.0-75.3 26 10.9 6.5-17.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 14 4.9 2.7- 8.7
Other 102 10 8.8 4.5-16.8 70 61.9 47.6-74.5 13 15.1 5.9-33.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 8 13.7 6.7-26.0
AGE
18-44 144 13 9.4 5.3-15.9 106 69.6 59.2-78.4 13 9.8 4.6-19.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 11 10.9 5.7-20.0
45+ 247 47 15.7 11.5-21.2 161 64.3 55.4-72.4 27 14.8 7.9-26.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 15 7.7 4.3-13.2 133 66.0 55.3-75.3 24 15.1 7.8-27.1 0 0.0 . - . 14 11.2 6.2-19.6
Some College + 208 46 18.0 13.2-24.2 136 67.6 59.3-75.0 16 9.7 4.8-18.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 8 4.2 1.9- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 26 12.8 8.4-19.0 129 62.6 52.4-71.7 30 16.9 9.4-28.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 10 7.3 3.5-14.7
$50,000+ 99 16 11.2 6.4-18.9 78 78.7 64.8-88.1 3 7.7 1.8-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.3 0.6- 8.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 91 19.6 15.6-24.4 285 64.6 59.2-69.8 49 10.5 7.6-14.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Guilford 439 79 17.6 13.6-22.3 299 68.0 62.5-73.1 43 9.1 6.4-12.8 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 13 3.5 1.8- 6.5
Mecklenburg 446 78 14.6 11.4-18.5 309 71.4 65.9-76.4 41 10.3 6.7-15.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 17 3.5 2.1- 5.9
Orange 449 111 20.4 15.8-26.0 291 67.1 59.5-73.9 33 6.6 4.4- 9.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 13 5.7 1.7-17.0
Wake 450 92 16.7 13.4-20.6 295 67.5 62.1-72.4 37 9.1 6.3-13.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 25 6.5 3.9-10.6
Nash/Wilson 368 45 9.3 6.7-12.8 256 70.9 65.1-76.0 45 12.3 9.0-16.6 5 1.7 0.5- 6.0 17 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico 450 83 17.5 13.6-22.2 287 64.8 59.3-69.9 55 12.4 9.2-16.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 51 13.5 8.8-20.1 286 66.3 60.1-72.0 65 14.4 11.0-18.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 22 5.0 3.1- 8.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 55 11.4 8.2-15.6 323 69.5 61.7-76.4 44 12.3 7.2-20.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 22 6.5 2.7-14.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 67 11.6 8.5-15.7 294 64.1 56.8-70.8 74 16.4 12.0-22.1 8 1.1 0.5- 2.8 28 6.7 4.0-11.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 77 13.9 10.2-18.8 273 71.2 63.4-77.9 40 8.1 5.4-11.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1 25 5.5 3.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 72 16.5 12.7-21.1 264 55.4 50.0-60.6 92 19.8 15.9-24.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 35 7.8 5.3-11.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 405 41 7.8 5.5-10.7 261 65.0 59.0-70.6 58 14.7 11.0-19.3 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 38 10.2 7.0-14.7
Northeast NC I 446 59 12.8 9.4-17.3 254 57.2 51.0-63.2 84 19.7 15.4-24.8 6 1.9 0.8- 4.3 43 8.5 6.1-11.7
Northeast NC II 503 93 17.4 13.9-21.5 316 60.0 54.6-65.3 67 16.6 12.5-21.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 26 5.8 3.4- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 949 152 15.8 13.2-18.8 570 59.1 54.9-63.1 151 17.6 14.5-21.2 7 0.8 0.4- 1.7 69 6.7 4.9- 9.3
Mountain AHEC 1,284 244 19.0 15.0-23.6 835 66.1 61.6-70.3 130 9.2 7.4-11.5 8 0.5 0.2- 1.1 67 5.2 3.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 477 13.9 12.0-16.0 2,049 64.3 61.4-67.1 463 15.1 12.9-17.5 31 0.8 0.5- 1.3 213 6.0 4.8- 7.4
Piedmont 3,987 674 14.8 13.3-16.4 2,672 68.1 65.9-70.2 429 11.1 9.7-12.8 31 0.9 0.5- 1.5 181 5.1 4.1- 6.2
Western NC 2,043 338 16.4 13.6-19.8 1,368 67.5 63.8-70.9 219 10.5 8.6-12.9 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 107 5.2 3.8- 7.0

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^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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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