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| Total Respond.^ |
Allowed in all areas | Allowed in some areas | Not allowed at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 13,233 | 532 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.6 | 5,176 | 39.4 | 38.4-40.5 | 7,525 | 56.4 | 55.3-57.5 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 355 | 9 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.4 | 142 | 43.3 | 37.3-49.4 | 204 | 54.1 | 48.0-60.1 |
| Buncombe | 333 | 18 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.2 | 132 | 39.4 | 33.7-45.4 | 183 | 54.9 | 48.8-60.8 |
| Cabarrus | 379 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.7 | 159 | 40.9 | 35.4-46.5 | 197 | 53.4 | 47.8-59.0 |
| Catawba | 325 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.3 | 122 | 39.0 | 32.7-45.7 | 191 | 56.6 | 50.0-63.0 |
| Cumberland | 403 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.9 | 175 | 44.5 | 39.0-50.1 | 216 | 52.3 | 46.7-57.9 |
| Davidson | 321 | 21 | 7.2 | 4.3-11.9 | 146 | 47.6 | 41.0-54.3 | 154 | 45.2 | 38.6-52.0 |
| Durham | 380 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.9 | 143 | 37.0 | 31.5-42.8 | 229 | 59.3 | 53.4-65.0 |
| Forsyth | 398 | 24 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.7 | 192 | 49.7 | 44.2-55.3 | 182 | 44.7 | 39.3-50.2 |
| Gaston | 324 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.9 | 122 | 39.4 | 33.4-45.6 | 188 | 55.6 | 49.4-61.7 |
| Guilford | 384 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 158 | 40.5 | 35.1-46.2 | 206 | 54.7 | 49.0-60.4 |
| Iredell | 374 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.9 | 157 | 44.2 | 38.3-50.4 | 198 | 50.3 | 44.3-56.3 |
| Johnston | 424 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 | 172 | 40.6 | 34.9-46.5 | 238 | 56.2 | 50.3-62.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 572 | 17 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 205 | 35.2 | 30.9-39.7 | 350 | 62.0 | 57.5-66.4 |
| New Hanover | 332 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.9 | 133 | 39.6 | 33.7-45.7 | 190 | 57.0 | 50.8-63.0 |
| Onslow | 356 | 18 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.8 | 148 | 44.7 | 38.9-50.7 | 190 | 49.2 | 43.4-55.1 |
| Orange | 370 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.2 | 127 | 35.0 | 29.6-40.9 | 236 | 62.2 | 56.3-67.7 |
| Pitt | 347 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.1 | 141 | 40.3 | 34.6-46.3 | 195 | 55.8 | 49.8-61.6 |
| Randolph | 315 | 17 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.7 | 131 | 40.9 | 34.8-47.3 | 167 | 53.9 | 47.4-60.2 |
| Robeson | 336 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.5 | 109 | 35.9 | 30.0-42.3 | 211 | 60.3 | 54.0-66.3 |
| Rowan | 394 | 22 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.2 | 167 | 42.2 | 36.7-47.9 | 205 | 50.6 | 44.9-56.3 |
| Union | 382 | 15 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.1 | 138 | 37.1 | 31.5-43.2 | 229 | 59.3 | 53.2-65.0 |
| Wake | 544 | 20 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 | 199 | 35.4 | 31.0-40.0 | 325 | 60.5 | 55.7-65.1 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 312 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.5 | 128 | 41.2 | 35.2-47.4 | 172 | 53.9 | 47.6-60.0 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 424 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.7 | 155 | 38.9 | 33.7-44.5 | 261 | 59.8 | 54.3-65.1 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 346 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.3 | 109 | 32.1 | 26.7-38.2 | 221 | 62.3 | 56.2-68.0 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 313 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.3- 7.1 | 114 | 37.5 | 31.4-44.0 | 185 | 58.5 | 52.0-64.7 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 400 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.9 | 175 | 43.9 | 38.3-49.6 | 207 | 51.6 | 45.8-57.3 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 353 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.9 | 131 | 35.5 | 30.2-41.2 | 209 | 60.0 | 54.2-65.6 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 350 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 | 160 | 45.8 | 40.1-51.7 | 183 | 52.1 | 46.3-57.9 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 395 | 15 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | 135 | 33.0 | 27.9-38.6 | 245 | 63.1 | 57.4-68.4 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 468 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.2- 4.8 | 173 | 36.7 | 31.7-41.9 | 284 | 60.9 | 55.7-65.9 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 310 | 20 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 159 | 52.6 | 46.4-58.7 | 131 | 41.3 | 35.4-47.5 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 319 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.1 | 112 | 39.6 | 32.7-46.9 | 191 | 55.8 | 48.6-62.7 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 373 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.8 | 135 | 35.9 | 30.5-41.7 | 222 | 60.0 | 54.1-65.6 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 522 | 20 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 172 | 35.1 | 30.2-40.4 | 330 | 61.6 | 56.3-66.7 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 868 | 29 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.2 | 310 | 37.9 | 34.2-41.8 | 529 | 58.6 | 54.7-62.4 |
| No | 12,365 | 503 | 4.2 | 3.8- 4.7 | 4,866 | 39.5 | 38.4-40.6 | 6,996 | 56.3 | 55.2-57.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,421 | 157 | 3.8 | 3.2- 4.7 | 1,718 | 39.5 | 37.7-41.2 | 2,546 | 56.7 | 54.9-58.5 |
| Piedmont | 7,366 | 306 | 4.3 | 3.7- 4.9 | 2,926 | 39.6 | 38.2-41.1 | 4,134 | 56.1 | 54.6-57.5 |
| Western NC | 1,446 | 69 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.7 | 532 | 38.4 | 35.4-41.6 | 845 | 57.3 | 54.1-60.4 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 834 | 38 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.1 | 293 | 35.5 | 31.6-39.6 | 503 | 60.3 | 56.2-64.4 |
| Northwest | 2,533 | 136 | 5.6 | 4.5- 6.8 | 1,083 | 44.8 | 42.4-47.3 | 1,314 | 49.6 | 47.2-52.0 |
| Charlotte | 1,957 | 80 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.6 | 735 | 36.7 | 34.1-39.4 | 1,142 | 59.7 | 57.0-62.4 |
| Greensboro | 1,719 | 65 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.7 | 688 | 41.3 | 38.4-44.3 | 966 | 54.3 | 51.3-57.3 |
| Southern Regional | 1,397 | 54 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 523 | 38.4 | 35.3-41.6 | 820 | 57.3 | 54.1-60.4 |
| Coastal | 663 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.6 | 265 | 39.7 | 35.5-44.1 | 379 | 56.9 | 52.4-61.2 |
| Wake | 1,846 | 59 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 | 719 | 37.6 | 34.8-40.5 | 1,068 | 58.6 | 55.6-61.5 |
| Area L | 515 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.4 | 178 | 36.0 | 31.3-41.0 | 317 | 60.0 | 55.0-64.9 |
| Eastern | 1,675 | 58 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.2 | 668 | 41.5 | 38.7-44.4 | 949 | 54.7 | 51.8-57.6 |
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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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