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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,812 | 2,446 | 16.4 | 15.6-17.1 | 12,366 | 83.6 | 82.9-84.4 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 399 | 69 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 330 | 82.7 | 78.0-86.6 |
Buncombe | 365 | 83 | 21.8 | 17.4-26.8 | 282 | 78.2 | 73.2-82.6 |
Cabarrus | 423 | 63 | 14.0 | 10.7-18.1 | 360 | 86.0 | 81.9-89.3 |
Catawba | 369 | 60 | 15.9 | 12.1-20.6 | 309 | 84.1 | 79.4-87.9 |
Cumberland | 442 | 78 | 16.1 | 12.8-20.2 | 364 | 83.9 | 79.8-87.2 |
Davidson | 378 | 55 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.4 | 323 | 86.0 | 81.6-89.4 |
Durham | 408 | 77 | 19.8 | 15.4-25.0 | 331 | 80.2 | 75.0-84.6 |
Forsyth | 444 | 74 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.8 | 370 | 83.5 | 79.2-87.1 |
Gaston | 369 | 61 | 18.1 | 13.9-23.2 | 308 | 81.9 | 76.8-86.1 |
Guilford | 415 | 73 | 17.8 | 14.0-22.4 | 342 | 82.2 | 77.6-86.0 |
Iredell | 425 | 70 | 16.9 | 13.2-21.4 | 355 | 83.1 | 78.6-86.8 |
Johnston | 474 | 67 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.1 | 407 | 86.8 | 82.9-90.0 |
Mecklenburg | 638 | 117 | 18.3 | 15.1-21.8 | 521 | 81.7 | 78.2-84.9 |
New Hanover | 368 | 54 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.2 | 314 | 87.7 | 83.8-90.8 |
Onslow | 387 | 65 | 16.1 | 12.5-20.5 | 322 | 83.9 | 79.5-87.5 |
Orange | 402 | 71 | 18.9 | 14.6-24.1 | 331 | 81.1 | 75.9-85.4 |
Pitt | 379 | 51 | 15.0 | 11.2-19.7 | 328 | 85.0 | 80.3-88.8 |
Randolph | 346 | 56 | 13.9 | 10.3-18.5 | 290 | 86.1 | 81.5-89.7 |
Robeson | 368 | 63 | 16.5 | 12.6-21.3 | 305 | 83.5 | 78.7-87.4 |
Rowan | 435 | 72 | 16.1 | 12.4-20.5 | 363 | 83.9 | 79.5-87.6 |
Union | 432 | 71 | 15.6 | 12.1-19.9 | 361 | 84.4 | 80.1-87.9 |
Wake | 589 | 99 | 15.5 | 12.6-19.0 | 490 | 84.5 | 81.0-87.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 360 | 57 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.1 | 303 | 84.5 | 79.9-88.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 470 | 73 | 15.8 | 12.4-19.9 | 397 | 84.2 | 80.1-87.6 |
Northeast Partnership I | 393 | 49 | 11.1 | 8.2-14.8 | 344 | 88.9 | 85.2-91.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 361 | 63 | 15.8 | 12.1-20.4 | 298 | 84.2 | 79.6-87.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 464 | 68 | 13.5 | 10.4-17.3 | 396 | 86.5 | 82.7-89.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 408 | 59 | 14.6 | 11.1-18.9 | 349 | 85.4 | 81.1-88.9 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 406 | 66 | 15.3 | 11.9-19.5 | 340 | 84.7 | 80.5-88.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 445 | 61 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.1 | 384 | 87.7 | 83.9-90.8 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 530 | 75 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.7 | 455 | 86.8 | 83.3-89.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 361 | 65 | 17.7 | 13.8-22.4 | 296 | 82.3 | 77.6-86.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 356 | 75 | 19.1 | 15.0-24.0 | 281 | 80.9 | 76.0-85.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 422 | 76 | 18.8 | 14.9-23.5 | 346 | 81.2 | 76.5-85.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 581 | 110 | 19.5 | 15.7-24.0 | 471 | 80.5 | 76.0-84.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 982 | 143 | 14.2 | 11.9-16.9 | 839 | 85.8 | 83.1-88.1 |
No | 13,830 | 2,303 | 16.5 | 15.7-17.3 | 11,527 | 83.5 | 82.7-84.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 4,962 | 763 | 14.7 | 13.6-15.9 | 4,199 | 85.3 | 84.1-86.4 |
Piedmont | 8,243 | 1,360 | 16.4 | 15.4-17.5 | 6,883 | 83.6 | 82.5-84.6 |
Western NC | 1,607 | 323 | 19.5 | 17.2-22.0 | 1,284 | 80.5 | 78.0-82.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 926 | 189 | 20.4 | 17.3-23.8 | 737 | 79.6 | 76.2-82.7 |
Northwest | 2,863 | 490 | 17.0 | 15.4-18.8 | 2,373 | 83.0 | 81.2-84.6 |
Charlotte | 2,203 | 361 | 16.9 | 15.0-19.0 | 1,842 | 83.1 | 81.0-85.0 |
Greensboro | 1,914 | 333 | 17.4 | 15.3-19.7 | 1,581 | 82.6 | 80.3-84.7 |
Southern Regional | 1,543 | 247 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.0 | 1,296 | 85.1 | 83.0-87.1 |
Coastal | 747 | 111 | 13.6 | 11.1-16.6 | 636 | 86.4 | 83.4-88.9 |
Wake | 2,027 | 321 | 15.2 | 13.4-17.3 | 1,706 | 84.8 | 82.7-86.6 |
Area L | 584 | 93 | 15.7 | 12.6-19.4 | 491 | 84.3 | 80.6-87.4 |
Eastern | 1,871 | 288 | 15.4 | 13.5-17.5 | 1,583 | 84.6 | 82.5-86.5 |
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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers
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