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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,410 | 347 | 24.1 | 21.4-27.0 | 690 | 49.7 | 46.4-53.1 | 373 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 29 | 7 | 25.6 | 11.9-46.7 | 15 | 46.5 | 27.8-66.3 | 7 | 27.9 | 12.6-50.9 |
Buncombe | 32 | 14 | 39.6 | 23.6-58.1 | 13 | 41.2 | 24.7-59.9 | 5 | 19.2 | 8.1-39.1 |
Cabarrus | 30 | 6 | 20.3 | 8.7-40.6 | 21 | 65.1 | 43.0-82.2 | 3 | 14.5 | 4.2-39.9 |
Catawba | 28 | 10 | 29.4 | 14.4-50.8 | 15 | 55.3 | 33.8-75.0 | 3 | 15.3 | 4.4-41.4 |
Cumberland | 39 | 6 | 14.0 | 5.7-30.5 | 19 | 53.1 | 36.4-69.1 | 14 | 32.9 | 19.6-49.7 |
Davidson | 43 | 7 | 10.6 | 4.7-22.5 | 19 | 53.5 | 36.0-70.2 | 17 | 35.8 | 21.3-53.5 |
Durham | 41 | 11 | 23.9 | 12.9-39.9 | 19 | 44.5 | 28.6-61.7 | 11 | 31.6 | 16.9-51.2 |
Forsyth | 44 | 10 | 19.4 | 9.9-34.5 | 21 | 54.9 | 38.7-70.1 | 13 | 25.7 | 14.3-41.7 |
Gaston | 28 | 5 | 16.9 | 6.6-37.0 | 17 | 62.7 | 41.1-80.2 | 6 | 20.4 | 8.2-42.2 |
Guilford | 53 | 16 | 28.6 | 16.9-44.1 | 27 | 48.0 | 33.1-63.3 | 10 | 23.4 | 12.3-40.1 |
Iredell | 44 | 13 | 25.4 | 14.3-41.1 | 18 | 44.4 | 29.1-60.8 | 13 | 30.2 | 17.4-47.0 |
Johnston | 43 | 9 | 12.3 | 5.8-24.3 | 23 | 60.6 | 41.6-76.9 | 11 | 27.0 | 13.9-46.0 |
Mecklenburg | 68 | 18 | 29.1 | 18.3-42.9 | 32 | 46.6 | 33.8-59.8 | 18 | 24.3 | 15.2-36.7 |
New Hanover | 26 | 9 | 46.1 | 25.4-68.2 | 9 | 25.8 | 12.3-46.2 | 8 | 28.2 | 13.6-49.4 |
Onslow | 29 | 7 | 22.1 | 10.2-41.4 | 16 | 57.7 | 37.9-75.3 | 6 | 20.3 | 9.0-39.7 |
Orange | 38 | 8 | 22.9 | 11.6-40.2 | 22 | 52.0 | 35.2-68.4 | 8 | 25.1 | 12.6-43.6 |
Pitt | 31 | 5 | 14.8 | 5.8-33.2 | 19 | 66.5 | 47.3-81.4 | 7 | 18.6 | 8.3-36.6 |
Randolph | 46 | 5 | 9.0 | 3.5-21.0 | 27 | 62.3 | 45.9-76.2 | 14 | 28.8 | 16.7-44.9 |
Robeson | 38 | 6 | 19.2 | 8.4-38.1 | 23 | 60.4 | 42.2-76.1 | 9 | 20.5 | 9.9-37.5 |
Rowan | 52 | 12 | 26.5 | 14.7-42.9 | 26 | 45.1 | 30.7-60.4 | 14 | 28.4 | 16.3-44.6 |
Union | 41 | 14 | 34.8 | 19.5-54.0 | 18 | 46.6 | 28.8-65.3 | 9 | 18.6 | 8.9-34.9 |
Wake | 46 | 10 | 17.8 | 8.9-32.3 | 26 | 66.2 | 49.8-79.5 | 10 | 16.0 | 7.9-29.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 42 | 14 | 31.4 | 18.2-48.5 | 19 | 42.3 | 27.0-59.2 | 9 | 26.4 | 13.7-44.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 49 | 8 | 17.1 | 8.4-31.6 | 22 | 42.9 | 28.4-58.8 | 19 | 40.0 | 25.6-56.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 43 | 11 | 24.6 | 13.7-40.2 | 18 | 42.8 | 27.8-59.3 | 14 | 32.5 | 19.1-49.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 35 | 7 | 33.5 | 16.7-55.8 | 20 | 48.6 | 30.0-67.6 | 8 | 17.9 | 8.5-34.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 43 | 12 | 26.5 | 14.0-44.5 | 17 | 37.1 | 22.2-54.9 | 14 | 36.4 | 21.5-54.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 37 | 6 | 14.7 | 6.3-30.8 | 18 | 51.0 | 33.4-68.3 | 13 | 34.3 | 19.6-52.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 34 | 9 | 20.1 | 9.9-36.5 | 16 | 54.2 | 36.5-70.9 | 9 | 25.6 | 13.2-43.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 37 | 11 | 30.8 | 16.6-49.8 | 15 | 43.7 | 26.8-62.2 | 11 | 25.5 | 13.6-42.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 60 | 15 | 21.5 | 12.6-34.1 | 24 | 38.7 | 26.2-52.8 | 21 | 39.9 | 26.9-54.5 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 29 | 3 | 15.0 | 4.4-40.3 | 17 | 53.1 | 33.1-72.1 | 9 | 31.9 | 16.6-52.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 33 | 12 | 38.6 | 22.1-58.1 | 13 | 30.3 | 16.7-48.6 | 8 | 31.1 | 14.7-54.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 49 | 13 | 20.7 | 11.6-34.1 | 24 | 53.9 | 38.2-68.7 | 12 | 25.5 | 13.9-42.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 50 | 18 | 30.5 | 17.6-47.3 | 22 | 50.5 | 33.6-67.4 | 10 | 19.0 | 9.1-35.4 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 102 | 22 | 22.9 | 15.0-33.3 | 45 | 42.5 | 32.2-53.6 | 35 | 34.5 | 24.8-45.8 |
No | 1,308 | 325 | 24.2 | 21.4-27.2 | 645 | 50.2 | 46.7-53.6 | 338 | 25.7 | 22.9-28.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 461 | 102 | 23.2 | 18.7-28.3 | 223 | 46.8 | 41.3-52.3 | 136 | 30.1 | 25.3-35.4 |
Piedmont | 805 | 197 | 23.2 | 19.8-27.0 | 401 | 51.6 | 47.2-56.1 | 207 | 25.2 | 21.6-29.0 |
Western NC | 144 | 48 | 29.8 | 21.8-39.1 | 66 | 48.0 | 38.1-58.1 | 30 | 22.2 | 15.0-31.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 80 | 32 | 34.5 | 23.2-47.8 | 33 | 45.6 | 32.2-59.5 | 15 | 19.9 | 11.3-32.8 |
Northwest | 287 | 69 | 20.8 | 16.0-26.4 | 139 | 52.1 | 45.1-58.9 | 79 | 27.2 | 21.5-33.8 |
Charlotte | 210 | 57 | 27.5 | 20.7-35.7 | 105 | 48.8 | 40.5-57.1 | 48 | 23.7 | 17.4-31.4 |
Greensboro | 205 | 49 | 24.5 | 17.8-32.8 | 106 | 47.5 | 39.0-56.1 | 50 | 28.0 | 20.7-36.6 |
Southern Regional | 144 | 31 | 20.5 | 14.1-28.9 | 66 | 45.2 | 36.0-54.8 | 47 | 34.3 | 25.8-43.8 |
Coastal | 60 | 15 | 30.1 | 17.6-46.5 | 26 | 41.5 | 28.0-56.4 | 19 | 28.4 | 17.5-42.6 |
Wake | 181 | 37 | 17.4 | 11.6-25.3 | 95 | 59.8 | 49.9-68.9 | 49 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.1 |
Area L | 63 | 12 | 26.4 | 14.4-43.5 | 31 | 46.5 | 32.2-61.3 | 20 | 27.1 | 16.5-41.2 |
Eastern | 173 | 43 | 24.4 | 17.6-32.9 | 86 | 49.2 | 40.2-58.3 | 44 | 26.4 | 19.0-35.4 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.
^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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