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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 | 14,023 | 305 | 2.3 | 2.0- 2.6 | 2,357 | 17.3 | 16.6-18.2 | 11,361 | 80.4 | 79.5-81.2 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 373 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 | 50 | 14.6 | 10.8-19.4 | 316 | 83.8 | 79.0-87.8 |
| Buncombe | 346 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.5 | 53 | 17.0 | 12.8-22.2 | 286 | 80.5 | 75.1-84.9 |
| Cabarrus | 398 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.0 | 79 | 18.5 | 14.8-23.0 | 305 | 77.0 | 72.0-81.3 |
| Catawba | 349 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 59 | 18.3 | 13.9-23.7 | 285 | 80.1 | 74.6-84.6 |
| Cumberland | 421 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 86 | 22.8 | 18.2-28.2 | 328 | 75.8 | 70.4-80.5 |
| Davidson | 353 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.2- 8.1 | 76 | 19.6 | 15.4-24.6 | 266 | 76.1 | 70.7-80.9 |
| Durham | 392 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.7 | 67 | 16.3 | 12.6-20.7 | 320 | 81.8 | 77.1-85.7 |
| Forsyth | 421 | 16 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | 87 | 23.1 | 18.6-28.2 | 318 | 73.0 | 67.7-77.7 |
| Gaston | 348 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.8- 4.0 | 60 | 18.7 | 14.3-24.0 | 282 | 79.6 | 74.1-84.1 |
| Guilford | 401 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 | 76 | 18.6 | 14.7-23.1 | 316 | 79.6 | 74.9-83.6 |
| Iredell | 404 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 67 | 20.2 | 15.3-26.3 | 331 | 77.9 | 71.8-83.0 |
| Johnston | 448 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 95 | 20.2 | 16.2-24.9 | 348 | 79.2 | 74.4-83.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 597 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 96 | 16.4 | 13.3-20.0 | 496 | 83.0 | 79.4-86.1 |
| New Hanover | 357 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 | 48 | 14.6 | 10.7-19.6 | 299 | 82.3 | 77.0-86.6 |
| Onslow | 371 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.5 | 53 | 17.5 | 13.1-22.9 | 307 | 78.5 | 72.8-83.3 |
| Orange | 394 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 | 52 | 14.8 | 11.0-19.7 | 336 | 83.8 | 78.8-87.7 |
| Pitt | 359 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 60 | 17.3 | 13.3-22.3 | 289 | 79.5 | 74.4-83.9 |
| Randolph | 329 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 | 60 | 19.3 | 14.8-24.7 | 257 | 77.5 | 71.9-82.3 |
| Robeson | 354 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.7 | 54 | 15.8 | 11.7-20.9 | 288 | 79.9 | 74.2-84.6 |
| Rowan | 419 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.0 | 82 | 20.7 | 16.5-25.5 | 328 | 76.4 | 71.3-80.8 |
| Union | 409 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.7 | 53 | 13.3 | 10.0-17.6 | 348 | 85.0 | 80.6-88.5 |
| Wake | 569 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 | 80 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.2 | 482 | 83.9 | 80.1-87.1 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 333 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.2 | 56 | 18.5 | 14.0-24.0 | 270 | 79.7 | 74.1-84.3 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 445 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.4 | 81 | 19.4 | 15.5-23.9 | 359 | 79.7 | 75.1-83.6 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 370 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.5 | 49 | 13.2 | 9.7-17.7 | 309 | 82.7 | 77.7-86.8 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 343 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.4 | 64 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.4 | 270 | 79.5 | 74.3-83.9 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 426 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.0 | 80 | 19.9 | 15.8-24.9 | 336 | 77.1 | 71.9-81.6 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 377 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 61 | 18.4 | 14.0-23.7 | 306 | 78.9 | 73.4-83.5 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 367 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 | 69 | 19.4 | 15.2-24.5 | 293 | 79.7 | 74.6-84.0 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 427 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 70 | 15.2 | 11.7-19.5 | 346 | 82.0 | 77.5-85.8 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 495 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.5 | 59 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.6 | 429 | 87.5 | 84.0-90.4 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 330 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 84 | 25.7 | 20.7-31.5 | 237 | 71.6 | 65.7-76.8 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 331 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 51 | 19.9 | 14.0-27.5 | 275 | 78.8 | 71.3-84.8 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 405 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.5 | 59 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.5 | 335 | 83.1 | 78.4-86.9 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 562 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 | 81 | 12.7 | 9.7-16.5 | 465 | 83.8 | 79.7-87.2 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 919 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.5 | 152 | 17.9 | 15.1-21.0 | 747 | 80.0 | 76.7-82.9 |
| No | 13,104 | 285 | 2.3 | 2.0- 2.7 | 2,205 | 17.3 | 16.5-18.2 | 10,614 | 80.4 | 79.5-81.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,686 | 104 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.9 | 790 | 18.1 | 16.8-19.6 | 3,792 | 79.5 | 78.0-81.0 |
| Piedmont | 7,804 | 160 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.4 | 1,325 | 17.3 | 16.3-18.4 | 6,319 | 80.7 | 79.6-81.8 |
| Western NC | 1,533 | 41 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.7 | 242 | 16.0 | 13.8-18.4 | 1,250 | 80.6 | 78.0-83.0 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 888 | 23 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.2 | 131 | 14.0 | 11.4-17.0 | 734 | 82.7 | 79.4-85.6 |
| Northwest | 2,709 | 67 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.1 | 520 | 20.7 | 18.9-22.8 | 2,122 | 76.2 | 74.0-78.1 |
| Charlotte | 2,077 | 39 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.0 | 327 | 16.0 | 14.1-18.1 | 1,711 | 82.6 | 80.5-84.5 |
| Greensboro | 1,816 | 41 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.9 | 293 | 17.3 | 15.2-19.6 | 1,482 | 80.7 | 78.3-82.9 |
| Southern Regional | 1,477 | 35 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.1 | 246 | 18.4 | 15.9-21.2 | 1,196 | 78.9 | 76.0-81.5 |
| Coastal | 706 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.5 | 107 | 16.6 | 13.5-20.2 | 580 | 80.6 | 76.9-83.9 |
| Wake | 1,931 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 | 345 | 16.6 | 14.6-18.9 | 1,561 | 81.9 | 79.5-84.0 |
| Area L | 556 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.4 | 93 | 16.6 | 13.5-20.4 | 449 | 80.9 | 76.9-84.3 |
| Eastern | 1,765 | 40 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.3 | 284 | 17.7 | 15.6-20.0 | 1,441 | 80.0 | 77.6-82.2 |
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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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