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Total Respond.^ |
Do NOT want to have one | Do want to have one | Not sure if do or don't | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,458 | 1,437 | 41.9 | 39.9-43.9 | 1,398 | 40.1 | 38.1-42.1 | 623 | 18.0 | 16.5-19.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 86 | 35 | 37.0 | 26.3-49.1 | 33 | 44.2 | 32.2-56.9 | 18 | 18.9 | 11.6-29.2 |
Buncombe | 88 | 41 | 46.1 | 35.1-57.6 | 37 | 42.3 | 31.4-53.9 | 10 | 11.6 | 5.7-22.1 |
Cabarrus | 96 | 32 | 31.0 | 21.7-42.1 | 48 | 52.4 | 41.3-63.3 | 16 | 16.6 | 9.8-26.7 |
Catawba | 90 | 44 | 57.8 | 45.2-69.4 | 30 | 28.9 | 19.5-40.7 | 16 | 13.3 | 7.2-23.2 |
Cumberland | 109 | 42 | 39.0 | 28.7-50.3 | 54 | 47.8 | 36.9-58.8 | 13 | 13.2 | 6.9-24.0 |
Davidson | 70 | 35 | 43.8 | 30.8-57.8 | 20 | 40.1 | 26.1-55.8 | 15 | 16.1 | 9.2-26.8 |
Durham | 139 | 50 | 36.7 | 27.9-46.4 | 67 | 45.7 | 36.5-55.2 | 22 | 17.6 | 11.0-27.0 |
Forsyth | 103 | 45 | 48.9 | 38.3-59.6 | 36 | 33.5 | 24.4-44.0 | 22 | 17.6 | 11.3-26.4 |
Gaston | 70 | 35 | 48.6 | 36.3-61.1 | 19 | 28.7 | 18.5-41.7 | 16 | 22.7 | 14.0-34.7 |
Guilford | 90 | 29 | 34.6 | 24.6-46.3 | 41 | 44.2 | 33.4-55.6 | 20 | 21.1 | 13.4-31.7 |
Iredell | 96 | 35 | 38.7 | 28.7-49.7 | 45 | 47.6 | 37.0-58.5 | 16 | 13.7 | 8.1-22.1 |
Johnston | 129 | 55 | 47.5 | 37.2-58.1 | 58 | 41.8 | 32.1-52.2 | 16 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.0 |
Mecklenburg | 198 | 83 | 41.0 | 33.9-48.5 | 89 | 46.1 | 38.8-53.6 | 26 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.0 |
New Hanover | 89 | 33 | 34.4 | 24.2-46.2 | 40 | 50.5 | 38.7-62.3 | 16 | 15.1 | 8.9-24.3 |
Onslow | 109 | 36 | 37.7 | 27.9-48.5 | 48 | 41.9 | 32.4-52.1 | 25 | 20.4 | 13.6-29.4 |
Orange | 132 | 55 | 40.0 | 31.1-49.5 | 54 | 41.0 | 31.8-50.9 | 23 | 19.1 | 12.4-28.2 |
Pitt | 118 | 50 | 45.7 | 36.0-55.8 | 50 | 40.0 | 30.9-49.9 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.8-22.4 |
Randolph | 80 | 38 | 43.3 | 31.7-55.8 | 31 | 34.6 | 24.1-46.9 | 11 | 22.1 | 11.9-37.1 |
Robeson | 69 | 26 | 33.4 | 22.4-46.6 | 31 | 48.7 | 35.5-62.2 | 12 | 17.8 | 9.5-30.9 |
Rowan | 88 | 37 | 44.9 | 33.4-56.9 | 33 | 35.4 | 25.3-47.1 | 18 | 19.7 | 11.8-31.2 |
Union | 93 | 41 | 42.2 | 31.4-53.7 | 35 | 37.3 | 27.0-48.9 | 17 | 20.5 | 11.5-33.9 |
Wake | 205 | 69 | 36.0 | 28.8-43.9 | 89 | 42.0 | 34.6-49.7 | 47 | 22.0 | 16.2-29.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 83 | 42 | 51.2 | 39.7-62.6 | 28 | 34.9 | 24.6-46.8 | 13 | 13.9 | 7.9-23.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 75 | 44 | 57.6 | 45.0-69.3 | 19 | 25.8 | 16.3-38.2 | 12 | 16.6 | 9.2-28.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 67 | 37 | 57.1 | 43.5-69.8 | 20 | 29.0 | 18.3-42.8 | 10 | 13.9 | 7.2-25.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 66 | 32 | 49.9 | 36.2-63.5 | 24 | 36.0 | 24.2-49.8 | 10 | 14.1 | 7.4-25.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 109 | 40 | 34.9 | 25.8-45.3 | 46 | 40.8 | 30.9-51.4 | 23 | 24.3 | 16.0-35.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 81 | 34 | 42.8 | 31.2-55.4 | 35 | 43.6 | 31.5-56.6 | 12 | 13.5 | 7.5-23.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 98 | 43 | 44.7 | 34.6-55.3 | 36 | 36.2 | 26.8-46.9 | 19 | 19.0 | 12.0-28.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 95 | 38 | 38.8 | 28.2-50.5 | 38 | 40.5 | 29.7-52.2 | 19 | 20.8 | 12.8-32.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 116 | 41 | 35.4 | 26.1-45.8 | 54 | 46.9 | 36.9-57.2 | 21 | 17.7 | 11.2-27.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 72 | 32 | 43.3 | 31.3-56.2 | 20 | 27.6 | 17.9-39.9 | 20 | 29.1 | 18.8-42.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 75 | 31 | 46.1 | 30.5-62.4 | 28 | 36.5 | 23.8-51.5 | 16 | 17.4 | 10.0-28.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 77 | 42 | 55.2 | 42.6-67.2 | 23 | 29.0 | 18.8-41.8 | 12 | 15.8 | 8.7-27.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 97 | 35 | 39.2 | 28.2-51.3 | 39 | 36.0 | 25.9-47.5 | 23 | 24.8 | 16.2-36.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 176 | 95 | 53.0 | 44.6-61.2 | 53 | 32.2 | 24.8-40.6 | 28 | 14.9 | 10.1-21.3 |
No | 3,282 | 1,342 | 41.4 | 39.3-43.5 | 1,345 | 40.5 | 38.4-42.6 | 595 | 18.2 | 16.6-19.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,139 | 482 | 42.9 | 39.5-46.4 | 474 | 41.4 | 38.0-44.8 | 183 | 15.7 | 13.3-18.4 |
Piedmont | 2,007 | 825 | 41.3 | 38.7-44.0 | 805 | 40.2 | 37.6-42.9 | 377 | 18.5 | 16.5-20.7 |
Western NC | 312 | 130 | 42.4 | 35.8-49.2 | 119 | 36.7 | 30.6-43.3 | 63 | 20.9 | 16.0-26.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 179 | 72 | 40.9 | 32.5-49.7 | 75 | 39.3 | 31.3-47.9 | 32 | 19.8 | 13.7-27.9 |
Northwest | 603 | 263 | 45.9 | 41.0-50.8 | 217 | 35.4 | 30.8-40.2 | 123 | 18.7 | 15.3-22.7 |
Charlotte | 519 | 224 | 43.0 | 38.0-48.1 | 211 | 42.1 | 37.2-47.3 | 84 | 14.9 | 11.6-18.9 |
Greensboro | 463 | 187 | 38.4 | 33.1-44.1 | 190 | 41.2 | 35.7-46.9 | 86 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 |
Southern Regional | 333 | 119 | 33.9 | 28.0-40.3 | 162 | 49.4 | 42.8-56.0 | 52 | 16.7 | 12.2-22.6 |
Coastal | 170 | 65 | 37.1 | 29.4-45.6 | 72 | 42.7 | 34.5-51.4 | 33 | 20.1 | 13.8-28.4 |
Wake | 599 | 235 | 39.6 | 34.8-44.7 | 257 | 41.8 | 37.0-46.7 | 107 | 18.6 | 14.9-22.9 |
Area L | 111 | 57 | 51.7 | 41.0-62.1 | 38 | 35.4 | 25.9-46.2 | 16 | 12.9 | 7.7-20.9 |
Eastern | 443 | 202 | 49.0 | 43.6-54.4 | 163 | 33.8 | 29.0-38.9 | 78 | 17.2 | 13.5-21.7 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant, or male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old
^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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