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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,310 | 6,650 | 70.8 | 69.2-72.3 | 687 | 7.4 | 6.5- 8.4 | 1,973 | 21.8 | 20.5-23.2 |
| -Northeastern Partnership | 958 | 628 | 65.5 | 61.4-69.4 | 97 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.1 | 233 | 22.8 | 19.6-26.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 320 | 213 | 63.6 | 56.3-70.3 | 29 | 11.2 | 6.8-17.8 | 78 | 25.3 | 19.7-31.8 |
| Female | 638 | 415 | 67.2 | 62.8-71.3 | 68 | 12.2 | 9.2-15.9 | 155 | 20.7 | 17.4-24.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 553 | 392 | 68.4 | 63.0-73.3 | 41 | 9.2 | 6.0-14.0 | 120 | 22.4 | 18.3-27.1 |
| Other | 402 | 235 | 61.6 | 55.0-67.9 | 56 | 15.4 | 11.1-21.1 | 111 | 23.0 | 18.1-28.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 345 | 228 | 63.7 | 56.5-70.2 | 35 | 12.7 | 8.3-19.1 | 82 | 23.6 | 18.2-30.0 |
| 45+ | 609 | 396 | 66.7 | 62.0-71.1 | 62 | 11.0 | 8.0-15.0 | 151 | 22.3 | 18.7-26.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 526 | 312 | 61.1 | 55.3-66.6 | 65 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.9 | 149 | 25.1 | 20.7-30.2 |
| Some College + | 429 | 315 | 71.1 | 65.2-76.4 | 31 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.0 | 83 | 19.9 | 15.6-25.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 576 | 373 | 65.1 | 59.9-70.0 | 59 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.6 | 144 | 23.7 | 19.5-28.4 |
| $50,000+ | 163 | 128 | 74.4 | 64.9-82.0 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.0 | 27 | 20.7 | 13.6-30.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 450 | 343 | 73.1 | 67.7-77.9 | 28 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.8 | 79 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 |
| Guilford | 442 | 329 | 76.3 | 71.5-80.6 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.8 | 84 | 18.0 | 14.3-22.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 443 | 331 | 69.4 | 63.3-74.9 | 24 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.8 | 88 | 23.8 | 18.9-29.4 |
| Orange | 450 | 333 | 67.9 | 59.7-75.1 | 28 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.0 | 89 | 26.7 | 19.6-35.3 |
| Wake | 446 | 328 | 70.1 | 64.2-75.3 | 28 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.9 | 90 | 21.5 | 16.9-27.0 |
| Chatham/Lee | 393 | 273 | 65.8 | 58.9-72.1 | 35 | 11.3 | 6.7-18.6 | 85 | 22.9 | 18.0-28.5 |
| Nash/Wilson | 371 | 267 | 71.4 | 65.7-76.5 | 29 | 7.5 | 5.1-11.1 | 75 | 21.0 | 16.5-26.4 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 446 | 322 | 71.5 | 65.8-76.5 | 36 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.6 | 88 | 19.2 | 15.0-24.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 429 | 289 | 68.2 | 62.7-73.3 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.1 | 100 | 23.8 | 19.2-29.0 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 453 | 319 | 70.3 | 64.4-75.6 | 25 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.3 | 109 | 25.0 | 20.1-30.7 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 471 | 332 | 70.5 | 63.7-76.4 | 38 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.8 | 101 | 22.0 | 16.8-28.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 423 | 319 | 71.4 | 60.4-80.4 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.2 | 84 | 24.4 | 15.5-36.2 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 469 | 320 | 67.7 | 62.5-72.4 | 41 | 8.3 | 5.9-11.7 | 108 | 24.0 | 19.8-28.8 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 411 | 284 | 69.2 | 63.4-74.5 | 40 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.2 | 87 | 21.6 | 17.1-26.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 452 | 286 | 65.5 | 59.7-70.9 | 52 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.7 | 114 | 22.8 | 18.5-27.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 506 | 342 | 65.5 | 60.0-70.6 | 45 | 11.7 | 8.1-16.8 | 119 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.6 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,294 | 971 | 74.1 | 70.4-77.6 | 72 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.7 | 251 | 20.9 | 17.7-24.5 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,258 | 2,259 | 70.4 | 67.7-73.0 | 281 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.0 | 718 | 21.4 | 19.2-23.9 |
| Piedmont | 3,994 | 2,893 | 71.0 | 68.8-73.1 | 283 | 7.4 | 6.2- 8.8 | 818 | 21.7 | 19.8-23.7 |
| Western NC | 2,058 | 1,498 | 70.7 | 67.3-73.9 | 123 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 | 437 | 23.4 | 20.4-26.7 |
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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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