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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,605 | 1,713 | 47.1 | 45.1-49.2 | 1,892 | 52.9 | 50.8-54.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 91 | 38 | 41.6 | 31.1-52.9 | 53 | 58.4 | 47.1-68.9 |
Buncombe | 78 | 47 | 58.3 | 46.2-69.5 | 31 | 41.7 | 30.5-53.8 |
Cabarrus | 108 | 55 | 48.7 | 38.6-59.0 | 53 | 51.3 | 41.0-61.4 |
Catawba | 88 | 43 | 47.5 | 36.3-59.0 | 45 | 52.5 | 41.0-63.7 |
Cumberland | 128 | 67 | 52.4 | 43.0-61.7 | 61 | 47.6 | 38.3-57.0 |
Davidson | 81 | 34 | 35.2 | 24.6-47.5 | 47 | 64.8 | 52.5-75.4 |
Durham | 121 | 57 | 45.6 | 36.0-55.5 | 64 | 54.4 | 44.5-64.0 |
Forsyth | 110 | 51 | 45.8 | 36.0-56.0 | 59 | 54.2 | 44.0-64.0 |
Gaston | 86 | 40 | 46.5 | 35.0-58.5 | 46 | 53.5 | 41.5-65.0 |
Guilford | 76 | 35 | 42.5 | 31.0-54.8 | 41 | 57.5 | 45.2-69.0 |
Iredell | 93 | 47 | 54.0 | 43.0-64.6 | 46 | 46.0 | 35.4-57.0 |
Johnston | 133 | 56 | 46.5 | 36.2-57.1 | 77 | 53.5 | 42.9-63.8 |
Mecklenburg | 191 | 94 | 47.4 | 39.7-55.1 | 97 | 52.6 | 44.9-60.3 |
New Hanover | 82 | 35 | 45.6 | 33.7-58.0 | 47 | 54.4 | 42.0-66.3 |
Onslow | 117 | 62 | 48.9 | 39.2-58.6 | 55 | 51.1 | 41.4-60.8 |
Orange | 117 | 64 | 59.0 | 49.0-68.4 | 53 | 41.0 | 31.6-51.0 |
Pitt | 96 | 41 | 43.8 | 33.4-54.8 | 55 | 56.2 | 45.2-66.6 |
Randolph | 75 | 32 | 37.2 | 25.9-50.1 | 43 | 62.8 | 49.9-74.1 |
Robeson | 105 | 40 | 46.1 | 34.7-57.9 | 65 | 53.9 | 42.1-65.3 |
Rowan | 95 | 45 | 46.4 | 35.9-57.3 | 50 | 53.6 | 42.7-64.1 |
Union | 132 | 78 | 56.6 | 46.4-66.4 | 54 | 43.4 | 33.6-53.6 |
Wake | 178 | 97 | 51.2 | 42.9-59.5 | 81 | 48.8 | 40.5-57.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 73 | 32 | 44.9 | 32.8-57.6 | 41 | 55.1 | 42.4-67.2 |
Northeast Partnership II | 85 | 32 | 35.6 | 25.3-47.3 | 53 | 64.4 | 52.7-74.7 |
Northeast Partnership I | 89 | 36 | 41.2 | 30.3-53.1 | 53 | 58.8 | 46.9-69.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 84 | 26 | 35.1 | 24.3-47.7 | 58 | 64.9 | 52.3-75.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 125 | 55 | 41.3 | 32.2-51.0 | 70 | 58.7 | 49.0-67.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 86 | 40 | 46.9 | 35.9-58.1 | 46 | 53.1 | 41.9-64.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 94 | 48 | 54.0 | 43.0-64.7 | 46 | 46.0 | 35.3-57.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 86 | 47 | 53.9 | 42.0-65.4 | 39 | 46.1 | 34.6-58.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 133 | 69 | 50.3 | 40.8-59.7 | 64 | 49.7 | 40.3-59.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 83 | 39 | 46.1 | 35.0-57.7 | 44 | 53.9 | 42.3-65.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 75 | 33 | 45.2 | 33.6-57.3 | 42 | 54.8 | 42.7-66.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 89 | 39 | 45.0 | 33.2-57.3 | 50 | 55.0 | 42.7-66.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 122 | 59 | 49.9 | 39.1-60.6 | 63 | 50.1 | 39.4-60.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 200 | 78 | 38.2 | 31.0-45.9 | 122 | 61.8 | 54.1-69.0 |
No | 3,405 | 1,635 | 47.6 | 45.5-49.7 | 1,770 | 52.4 | 50.3-54.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,251 | 547 | 44.2 | 41.0-47.4 | 704 | 55.8 | 52.6-59.0 |
Piedmont | 2,013 | 997 | 48.0 | 45.3-50.8 | 1,016 | 52.0 | 49.2-54.7 |
Western NC | 341 | 169 | 50.2 | 43.7-56.6 | 172 | 49.8 | 43.4-56.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 195 | 103 | 51.4 | 42.8-60.0 | 92 | 48.6 | 40.0-57.2 |
Northwest | 640 | 297 | 46.1 | 41.6-50.8 | 343 | 53.9 | 49.2-58.4 |
Charlotte | 581 | 300 | 48.2 | 43.2-53.2 | 281 | 51.8 | 46.8-56.8 |
Greensboro | 439 | 216 | 47.2 | 41.5-53.0 | 223 | 52.8 | 47.0-58.5 |
Southern Regional | 401 | 196 | 51.9 | 46.3-57.5 | 205 | 48.1 | 42.5-53.7 |
Coastal | 165 | 68 | 41.1 | 33.1-49.6 | 97 | 58.9 | 50.4-66.9 |
Wake | 553 | 275 | 50.5 | 45.2-55.8 | 278 | 49.5 | 44.2-54.8 |
Area L | 143 | 46 | 33.4 | 25.4-42.6 | 97 | 66.6 | 57.4-74.6 |
Eastern | 453 | 201 | 42.3 | 37.0-47.9 | 252 | 57.7 | 52.1-63.0 |
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
^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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