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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,512 | 1,716 | 29.9 | 28.4-31.4 | 3,796 | 70.1 | 68.6-71.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 152 | 47 | 28.3 | 21.2-36.6 | 105 | 71.7 | 63.4-78.8 |
Buncombe | 130 | 35 | 24.6 | 17.5-33.5 | 95 | 75.4 | 66.5-82.5 |
Cabarrus | 142 | 46 | 28.2 | 21.1-36.6 | 96 | 71.8 | 63.4-78.9 |
Catawba | 136 | 42 | 26.9 | 19.5-36.0 | 94 | 73.1 | 64.0-80.5 |
Cumberland | 152 | 57 | 37.6 | 29.3-46.8 | 95 | 62.4 | 53.2-70.7 |
Davidson | 162 | 48 | 29.5 | 21.8-38.5 | 114 | 70.5 | 61.5-78.2 |
Durham | 85 | 23 | 29.2 | 19.3-41.5 | 62 | 70.8 | 58.5-80.7 |
Forsyth | 128 | 47 | 34.2 | 25.8-43.8 | 81 | 65.8 | 56.2-74.2 |
Gaston | 140 | 50 | 32.8 | 24.8-41.9 | 90 | 67.2 | 58.1-75.2 |
Guilford | 127 | 36 | 26.4 | 19.0-35.3 | 91 | 73.6 | 64.7-81.0 |
Iredell | 174 | 61 | 38.5 | 29.6-48.2 | 113 | 61.5 | 51.8-70.4 |
Johnston | 172 | 52 | 28.5 | 21.0-37.4 | 120 | 71.5 | 62.6-79.0 |
Mecklenburg | 146 | 50 | 31.4 | 23.8-40.2 | 96 | 68.6 | 59.8-76.2 |
New Hanover | 110 | 35 | 32.1 | 23.2-42.6 | 75 | 67.9 | 57.4-76.8 |
Onslow | 148 | 33 | 21.8 | 15.4-30.0 | 115 | 78.2 | 70.0-84.6 |
Orange | 91 | 26 | 29.6 | 19.6-42.0 | 65 | 70.4 | 58.0-80.4 |
Pitt | 130 | 44 | 31.7 | 23.6-41.0 | 86 | 68.3 | 59.0-76.4 |
Randolph | 148 | 52 | 34.4 | 26.3-43.4 | 96 | 65.6 | 56.6-73.7 |
Robeson | 153 | 61 | 39.5 | 31.2-48.4 | 92 | 60.5 | 51.6-68.8 |
Rowan | 186 | 51 | 23.6 | 17.8-30.6 | 135 | 76.4 | 69.4-82.2 |
Union | 155 | 38 | 22.1 | 15.5-30.5 | 117 | 77.9 | 69.5-84.5 |
Wake | 130 | 37 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.1 | 93 | 74.6 | 65.9-81.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 132 | 39 | 30.5 | 22.3-40.0 | 93 | 69.5 | 60.0-77.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 187 | 51 | 24.1 | 18.2-31.1 | 136 | 75.9 | 68.9-81.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 169 | 53 | 31.3 | 23.9-39.9 | 116 | 68.7 | 60.1-76.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 153 | 51 | 32.4 | 24.7-41.2 | 102 | 67.6 | 58.8-75.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 197 | 56 | 24.5 | 18.5-31.6 | 141 | 75.5 | 68.4-81.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 152 | 47 | 35.7 | 27.6-44.8 | 105 | 64.3 | 55.2-72.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 181 | 57 | 30.4 | 23.8-38.1 | 124 | 69.6 | 61.9-76.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 171 | 51 | 31.7 | 24.5-39.9 | 120 | 68.3 | 60.1-75.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 232 | 69 | 29.8 | 23.4-37.1 | 163 | 70.2 | 62.9-76.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 171 | 55 | 32.9 | 25.6-41.0 | 116 | 67.1 | 59.0-74.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 182 | 57 | 27.0 | 20.7-34.4 | 125 | 73.0 | 65.6-79.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 214 | 72 | 32.9 | 26.2-40.4 | 142 | 67.1 | 59.6-73.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 274 | 87 | 28.0 | 22.1-34.6 | 187 | 72.0 | 65.4-77.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 399 | 116 | 27.8 | 23.1-33.0 | 283 | 72.2 | 67.0-76.9 |
No | 5,113 | 1,600 | 30.0 | 28.5-31.6 | 3,513 | 70.0 | 68.4-71.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,889 | 576 | 29.8 | 27.4-32.3 | 1,313 | 70.2 | 67.7-72.6 |
Piedmont | 2,883 | 913 | 30.4 | 28.4-32.5 | 1,970 | 69.6 | 67.5-71.6 |
Western NC | 740 | 227 | 28.5 | 24.7-32.5 | 513 | 71.5 | 67.5-75.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 392 | 120 | 27.3 | 22.4-32.9 | 272 | 72.7 | 67.1-77.6 |
Northwest | 1,218 | 389 | 31.5 | 28.4-34.9 | 829 | 68.5 | 65.1-71.6 |
Charlotte | 749 | 233 | 28.9 | 25.1-32.9 | 516 | 71.1 | 67.1-74.9 |
Greensboro | 672 | 203 | 29.3 | 25.3-33.7 | 469 | 70.7 | 66.3-74.7 |
Southern Regional | 618 | 213 | 33.1 | 28.9-37.7 | 405 | 66.9 | 62.3-71.1 |
Coastal | 244 | 75 | 31.2 | 25.0-38.1 | 169 | 68.8 | 61.9-75.0 |
Wake | 639 | 203 | 29.9 | 25.7-34.5 | 436 | 70.1 | 65.5-74.3 |
Area L | 227 | 71 | 29.1 | 22.9-36.1 | 156 | 70.9 | 63.9-77.1 |
Eastern | 734 | 202 | 26.9 | 23.2-30.9 | 532 | 73.1 | 69.1-76.8 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having firearms.
^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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