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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 | 13,904 | 591 | 4.4 | 4.0- 4.9 | 1,359 | 10.0 | 9.4-10.6 | 11,954 | 85.6 | 84.9-86.3 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 372 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.6 | 30 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 331 | 89.0 | 84.9-92.1 |
| Buncombe | 342 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 | 303 | 88.8 | 84.6-91.9 |
| Cabarrus | 393 | 22 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.8 | 32 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.3 | 339 | 86.7 | 82.4-90.0 |
| Catawba | 344 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.6 | 36 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.7 | 298 | 84.0 | 78.7-88.2 |
| Cumberland | 420 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.6 | 44 | 12.9 | 9.1-17.8 | 366 | 84.7 | 79.7-88.7 |
| Davidson | 347 | 30 | 10.0 | 6.6-14.7 | 37 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.6 | 280 | 79.2 | 73.4-84.0 |
| Durham | 387 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.1 | 27 | 7.9 | 5.2-11.8 | 349 | 88.6 | 84.0-92.0 |
| Forsyth | 417 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.6 | 61 | 14.8 | 11.4-19.0 | 335 | 79.2 | 74.3-83.3 |
| Gaston | 346 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.7 | 43 | 12.7 | 8.9-17.6 | 290 | 83.6 | 78.3-87.7 |
| Guilford | 396 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 | 37 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.3 | 341 | 87.2 | 83.2-90.3 |
| Iredell | 395 | 20 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | 36 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.7 | 339 | 84.7 | 80.2-88.4 |
| Johnston | 446 | 24 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.3 | 50 | 11.2 | 8.3-15.1 | 372 | 84.0 | 79.8-87.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 592 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 | 563 | 95.1 | 92.8-96.7 |
| New Hanover | 345 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.2 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.0 | 318 | 91.9 | 87.4-94.9 |
| Onslow | 369 | 16 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.9 | 23 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.5 | 330 | 88.5 | 84.2-91.7 |
| Orange | 395 | 8 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.4 | 30 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.2 | 357 | 89.4 | 85.0-92.6 |
| Pitt | 359 | 20 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.1 | 37 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.3 | 302 | 83.3 | 78.4-87.3 |
| Randolph | 326 | 21 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.9 | 37 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.3 | 268 | 81.9 | 76.7-86.2 |
| Robeson | 353 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 | 40 | 12.2 | 8.7-17.0 | 293 | 81.1 | 75.5-85.6 |
| Rowan | 417 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.5- 9.0 | 46 | 10.7 | 7.9-14.5 | 353 | 83.7 | 79.2-87.3 |
| Union | 410 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 22 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.5 | 372 | 90.0 | 85.2-93.4 |
| Wake | 558 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.5 | 33 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.5 | 507 | 90.9 | 87.8-93.3 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 335 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.2 | 30 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.7 | 294 | 86.3 | 81.4-90.0 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 444 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 | 49 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.2 | 382 | 85.6 | 81.5-88.9 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 372 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.3 | 39 | 10.3 | 7.3-14.2 | 317 | 84.8 | 80.1-88.4 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 336 | 25 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.5 | 39 | 12.7 | 9.0-17.6 | 272 | 80.3 | 74.9-84.8 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 422 | 21 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.7 | 57 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.4 | 344 | 81.9 | 77.0-85.9 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 380 | 17 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.3 | 39 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.3 | 324 | 85.1 | 80.7-88.6 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 366 | 17 | 5.5 | 3.3- 8.9 | 47 | 13.0 | 9.6-17.3 | 302 | 81.6 | 76.7-85.6 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 425 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 | 44 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.8 | 364 | 85.8 | 81.4-89.2 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 491 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 47 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.8 | 422 | 86.2 | 82.3-89.3 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 321 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.5-10.9 | 65 | 21.1 | 16.4-26.8 | 234 | 71.8 | 65.8-77.1 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 331 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.1 | 31 | 10.7 | 7.2-15.7 | 283 | 84.4 | 79.1-88.5 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 397 | 19 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 | 41 | 11.7 | 8.3-16.1 | 337 | 83.2 | 78.3-87.1 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 555 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.9 | 62 | 12.1 | 9.1-16.0 | 473 | 83.7 | 79.4-87.2 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 921 | 33 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 96 | 10.9 | 8.8-13.4 | 792 | 85.8 | 83.1-88.2 |
| No | 12,983 | 558 | 4.5 | 4.0- 4.9 | 1,263 | 9.9 | 9.3-10.6 | 11,162 | 85.6 | 84.8-86.3 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,666 | 206 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.3 | 468 | 10.7 | 9.6-11.8 | 3,992 | 84.9 | 83.5-86.1 |
| Piedmont | 7,723 | 324 | 4.4 | 3.8- 5.0 | 722 | 9.0 | 8.3- 9.8 | 6,677 | 86.6 | 85.7-87.5 |
| Western NC | 1,515 | 61 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.8 | 169 | 12.3 | 10.4-14.5 | 1,285 | 83.3 | 80.8-85.5 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 876 | 29 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.9 | 87 | 10.4 | 8.1-13.2 | 760 | 85.7 | 82.6-88.4 |
| Northwest | 2,674 | 141 | 6.2 | 5.1- 7.5 | 324 | 14.0 | 12.4-15.8 | 2,209 | 79.8 | 77.8-81.7 |
| Charlotte | 2,064 | 73 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 149 | 6.7 | 5.5- 8.1 | 1,842 | 90.5 | 88.9-91.9 |
| Greensboro | 1,796 | 73 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.7 | 174 | 9.7 | 8.1-11.5 | 1,549 | 86.0 | 83.9-87.8 |
| Southern Regional | 1,472 | 63 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 | 147 | 10.7 | 8.9-12.9 | 1,262 | 84.4 | 81.8-86.8 |
| Coastal | 695 | 25 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.5 | 56 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.7 | 614 | 87.6 | 84.4-90.2 |
| Wake | 1,913 | 82 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.8 | 176 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.4 | 1,655 | 87.8 | 85.8-89.5 |
| Area L | 551 | 30 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.1 | 67 | 13.3 | 10.3-17.1 | 454 | 81.1 | 76.9-84.6 |
| Eastern | 1,767 | 72 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.3 | 171 | 10.8 | 9.1-12.8 | 1,524 | 85.1 | 82.9-87.1 |
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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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