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Once a year | 2-3/year | 4 or more times/year | Never | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,503 | 192 | 13.7 | 11.6-16.1 | 381 | 25.0 | 22.3-27.8 | 565 | 36.9 | 33.9-40.1 | 365 | 24.4 | 21.8-27.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 38 | 6 | 23.4 | 9.5-47.0 | 11 | 37.3 | 21.1-56.8 | 10 | 16.2 | 7.9-30.2 | 11 | 23.2 | 12.0-39.9 |
Buncombe | 37 | 9 | 25.6 | 12.9-44.3 | 6 | 17.3 | 7.2-36.1 | 14 | 34.6 | 19.8-53.1 | 8 | 22.5 | 10.7-41.5 |
Cabarrus | 38 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.0-20.1 | 10 | 27.6 | 14.5-46.1 | 15 | 35.0 | 20.6-52.7 | 11 | 32.6 | 17.7-52.0 |
Catawba | 37 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.8-15.7 | 10 | 31.6 | 15.9-52.9 | 10 | 20.2 | 10.1-36.2 | 15 | 44.5 | 27.0-63.6 |
Cumberland | 55 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.4-10.5 | 23 | 45.9 | 31.8-60.6 | 18 | 32.9 | 21.0-47.5 | 10 | 17.2 | 9.2-30.0 |
Davidson | 35 | 5 | 13.8 | 5.4-30.8 | 4 | 15.5 | 5.3-37.5 | 15 | 42.6 | 25.8-61.3 | 11 | 28.2 | 14.9-46.7 |
Durham | 26 | 3 | 13.0 | 4.0-34.6 | 8 | 30.5 | 14.6-53.1 | 12 | 51.2 | 30.4-71.5 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.6-16.0 |
Forsyth | 32 | 4 | 19.5 | 7.6-41.9 | 11 | 32.6 | 17.5-52.6 | 14 | 38.0 | 21.6-57.8 | 3 | 9.9 | 2.4-32.5 |
Gaston | 48 | 6 | 14.7 | 6.5-29.9 | 11 | 24.0 | 13.0-40.0 | 17 | 34.6 | 21.0-51.3 | 14 | 26.6 | 15.4-41.9 |
Guilford | 41 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.4-24.6 | 11 | 24.7 | 12.7-42.5 | 15 | 37.9 | 23.1-55.4 | 11 | 27.7 | 15.3-44.8 |
Iredell | 44 | 6 | 13.1 | 5.5-28.3 | 17 | 33.2 | 20.4-49.0 | 11 | 29.1 | 16.3-46.5 | 10 | 24.5 | 13.0-41.5 |
Johnston | 51 | 7 | 19.9 | 8.4-40.4 | 8 | 18.4 | 8.0-37.1 | 24 | 39.4 | 24.6-56.5 | 12 | 22.2 | 10.5-41.2 |
Mecklenburg | 45 | 10 | 19.0 | 9.3-35.1 | 6 | 17.2 | 5.9-40.8 | 22 | 50.3 | 33.3-67.2 | 7 | 13.4 | 5.9-27.8 |
New Hanover | 31 | 4 | 15.8 | 5.7-36.8 | 12 | 40.1 | 22.7-60.3 | 7 | 14.3 | 6.2-29.9 | 8 | 29.8 | 14.1-52.4 |
Onslow | 36 | 8 | 23.3 | 11.2-42.2 | 9 | 20.5 | 10.2-37.0 | 7 | 16.6 | 7.0-34.5 | 12 | 39.6 | 23.1-58.7 |
Orange | 31 | 7 | 17.4 | 7.9-34.4 | 11 | 31.2 | 16.5-51.1 | 7 | 27.8 | 13.0-50.0 | 6 | 23.5 | 9.2-48.0 |
Pitt | 28 | 4 | 17.3 | 6.6-38.2 | 8 | 28.2 | 14.0-48.6 | 12 | 41.5 | 23.8-61.7 | 4 | 13.1 | 4.5-32.4 |
Randolph | 30 | 5 | 13.2 | 5.0-30.5 | 8 | 26.1 | 11.9-48.1 | 15 | 55.9 | 34.5-75.3 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.0-20.1 |
Robeson | 50 | 6 | 14.8 | 6.5-30.3 | 11 | 25.9 | 14.4-42.0 | 22 | 35.5 | 22.9-50.6 | 11 | 23.8 | 12.9-39.7 |
Rowan | 46 | 7 | 13.2 | 5.9-27.0 | 10 | 26.0 | 13.2-44.6 | 17 | 37.6 | 23.5-54.1 | 12 | 23.3 | 12.3-39.6 |
Union | 36 | 4 | 10.7 | 3.7-27.0 | 8 | 21.8 | 10.3-40.5 | 20 | 59.2 | 40.8-75.4 | 4 | 8.3 | 3.0-21.3 |
Wake | 40 | 4 | 12.2 | 4.5-29.0 | 7 | 13.5 | 6.2-27.0 | 19 | 43.9 | 28.4-60.8 | 10 | 30.4 | 16.2-49.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 29 | 5 | 15.4 | 6.2-33.3 | 10 | 36.0 | 19.1-57.3 | 7 | 18.4 | 8.4-35.7 | 7 | 30.2 | 14.5-52.5 |
Northeast Partnership II | 76 | 8 | 10.5 | 4.9-20.9 | 18 | 21.2 | 13.2-32.4 | 33 | 41.7 | 30.0-54.4 | 17 | 26.6 | 16.1-40.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 54 | 7 | 13.5 | 5.9-28.1 | 10 | 11.8 | 5.8-22.5 | 23 | 43.1 | 28.3-59.3 | 14 | 31.6 | 18.1-49.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 50 | 4 | 9.1 | 3.3-22.5 | 17 | 33.1 | 19.8-49.7 | 16 | 33.9 | 20.3-50.9 | 13 | 24.0 | 13.2-39.4 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 58 | 12 | 17.5 | 9.3-30.4 | 10 | 12.4 | 6.2-23.5 | 17 | 32.1 | 19.0-48.6 | 19 | 38.0 | 24.2-54.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 45 | 5 | 11.7 | 4.6-26.8 | 11 | 25.7 | 13.8-42.7 | 24 | 56.2 | 39.9-71.2 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.6-15.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 53 | 8 | 20.0 | 10.1-35.7 | 13 | 27.6 | 16.4-42.6 | 17 | 27.5 | 16.8-41.5 | 15 | 25.0 | 15.0-38.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 38 | 4 | 13.9 | 5.2-32.5 | 10 | 24.8 | 12.8-42.6 | 14 | 35.3 | 20.1-54.3 | 10 | 25.9 | 13.0-45.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 67 | 9 | 16.8 | 8.5-30.5 | 15 | 18.1 | 10.2-30.0 | 20 | 30.7 | 19.7-44.5 | 23 | 34.3 | 22.6-48.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 33 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.6-25.7 | 9 | 31.1 | 16.3-51.2 | 14 | 41.5 | 24.7-60.6 | 8 | 20.4 | 9.7-38.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 31 | 2 | 8.2 | 1.9-29.5 | 8 | 26.9 | 13.3-46.7 | 11 | 31.7 | 17.1-51.0 | 10 | 33.2 | 17.5-53.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 43 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.4-16.0 | 11 | 35.1 | 20.7-53.0 | 16 | 33.7 | 20.5-50.0 | 15 | 28.6 | 16.7-44.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 71 | 8 | 17.2 | 7.3-35.4 | 19 | 22.4 | 12.5-36.9 | 30 | 37.4 | 23.7-53.5 | 14 | 22.9 | 12.5-38.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 138 | 17 | 12.7 | 7.6-20.4 | 31 | 18.8 | 12.9-26.5 | 58 | 41.0 | 32.0-50.6 | 32 | 27.5 | 19.3-37.7 |
No | 1,365 | 175 | 13.7 | 11.5-16.3 | 350 | 25.5 | 22.7-28.5 | 507 | 36.6 | 33.4-39.9 | 333 | 24.2 | 21.4-27.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 573 | 76 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.5 | 147 | 27.1 | 22.7-32.1 | 213 | 34.8 | 30.2-39.7 | 137 | 25.0 | 20.8-29.7 |
Piedmont | 766 | 96 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.8 | 193 | 23.3 | 19.9-27.1 | 289 | 39.2 | 34.9-43.6 | 188 | 24.1 | 20.4-28.1 |
Western NC | 164 | 20 | 15.7 | 9.2-25.5 | 41 | 25.5 | 18.2-34.7 | 63 | 34.3 | 25.7-44.0 | 40 | 24.4 | 17.3-33.4 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 107 | 17 | 19.9 | 11.1-33.2 | 25 | 21.4 | 13.2-32.8 | 43 | 35.4 | 24.4-48.1 | 22 | 23.3 | 14.5-35.2 |
Northwest | 262 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.6-16.0 | 70 | 30.5 | 23.8-38.0 | 91 | 33.2 | 26.8-40.3 | 74 | 26.0 | 20.3-32.6 |
Charlotte | 211 | 26 | 13.6 | 8.7-20.7 | 47 | 19.7 | 14.3-26.7 | 87 | 42.7 | 34.7-51.2 | 51 | 23.9 | 17.6-31.5 |
Greensboro | 167 | 24 | 12.9 | 7.9-20.4 | 46 | 25.3 | 18.0-34.5 | 59 | 39.2 | 30.1-49.2 | 38 | 22.5 | 15.5-31.5 |
Southern Regional | 194 | 21 | 11.2 | 7.1-17.4 | 53 | 30.0 | 22.9-38.3 | 73 | 36.9 | 29.1-45.4 | 47 | 21.9 | 16.1-29.0 |
Coastal | 68 | 8 | 12.7 | 6.2-24.5 | 24 | 32.1 | 21.3-45.2 | 23 | 34.5 | 23.1-48.0 | 13 | 20.6 | 10.9-35.6 |
Wake | 191 | 24 | 14.7 | 9.3-22.3 | 44 | 21.2 | 15.2-28.7 | 79 | 40.0 | 31.6-49.0 | 44 | 24.2 | 16.6-33.9 |
Area L | 81 | 8 | 9.9 | 4.6-19.9 | 20 | 23.9 | 14.5-36.9 | 31 | 39.7 | 27.7-53.0 | 22 | 26.5 | 16.8-39.1 |
Eastern | 205 | 35 | 16.5 | 11.6-23.0 | 49 | 21.1 | 15.5-28.1 | 71 | 31.9 | 24.9-39.8 | 50 | 30.5 | 22.9-39.2 |
^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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