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True | False | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 11,275 | 9,849 | 86.0 | 85.1-86.8 | 302 | 3.0 | 2.6- 3.4 | 1,124 | 11.0 | 10.3-11.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 294 | 255 | 86.6 | 81.5-90.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.6 | 31 | 10.4 | 7.0-15.0 |
Buncombe | 274 | 239 | 84.9 | 79.0-89.4 | 9 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.0 | 26 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.1 |
Cabarrus | 325 | 276 | 81.9 | 76.3-86.5 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.6 | 41 | 14.6 | 10.6-19.8 |
Catawba | 264 | 238 | 88.8 | 83.2-92.6 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.1 | 23 | 10.1 | 6.4-15.5 |
Cumberland | 351 | 311 | 88.2 | 83.3-91.8 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.4 | 30 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.4 |
Davidson | 296 | 247 | 84.5 | 79.0-88.7 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.3 | 39 | 12.8 | 8.8-18.0 |
Durham | 333 | 309 | 88.1 | 81.8-92.5 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.7 | 14 | 8.9 | 5.0-15.4 |
Forsyth | 336 | 296 | 87.1 | 82.4-90.7 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 | 36 | 12.1 | 8.6-16.7 |
Gaston | 266 | 227 | 84.3 | 78.6-88.7 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.7 | 33 | 13.3 | 9.3-18.7 |
Guilford | 300 | 276 | 90.5 | 85.9-93.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 | 20 | 8.0 | 5.1-12.5 |
Iredell | 322 | 281 | 84.7 | 79.3-88.9 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 6.0 | 35 | 12.8 | 9.0-17.8 |
Johnston | 376 | 305 | 81.4 | 76.2-85.8 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.2 | 59 | 15.8 | 11.7-20.9 |
Mecklenburg | 513 | 464 | 87.5 | 83.3-90.7 | 10 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 39 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.8 |
New Hanover | 267 | 237 | 89.6 | 84.8-93.1 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.7 | 24 | 8.4 | 5.3-13.0 |
Onslow | 311 | 289 | 94.6 | 91.6-96.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.8 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 |
Orange | 336 | 313 | 91.8 | 87.4-94.7 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 | 20 | 6.8 | 4.2-10.9 |
Pitt | 300 | 275 | 88.3 | 82.3-92.5 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.0 | 18 | 7.8 | 4.6-12.9 |
Randolph | 257 | 223 | 85.1 | 78.9-89.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.1 | 28 | 11.7 | 7.9-16.9 |
Robeson | 295 | 235 | 74.9 | 68.1-80.6 | 15 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 | 45 | 17.3 | 12.6-23.3 |
Rowan | 335 | 298 | 86.1 | 80.7-90.1 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 30 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.7 |
Union | 345 | 312 | 91.2 | 87.4-94.0 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 | 24 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.8 |
Wake | 498 | 457 | 90.4 | 86.7-93.1 | 14 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.3 | 27 | 6.2 | 4.1- 9.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 261 | 238 | 90.1 | 84.6-93.8 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.0- 6.7 | 17 | 7.2 | 4.2-12.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 327 | 278 | 84.7 | 79.6-88.7 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.7 | 38 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 291 | 236 | 82.3 | 76.6-86.9 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.0 | 43 | 14.0 | 10.0-19.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 269 | 227 | 80.4 | 73.5-85.9 | 10 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.2 | 32 | 13.8 | 9.3-19.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 360 | 298 | 81.3 | 75.7-85.9 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.3 | 45 | 13.9 | 10.0-19.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 289 | 243 | 83.3 | 77.7-87.6 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.8 | 36 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 308 | 272 | 88.9 | 84.4-92.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.2 | 24 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 319 | 278 | 83.1 | 77.1-87.8 | 9 | 5.6 | 2.8-10.8 | 32 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 414 | 347 | 82.3 | 77.4-86.4 | 18 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.8 | 49 | 11.8 | 8.6-15.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 269 | 233 | 85.1 | 79.3-89.5 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.4 | 32 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 248 | 220 | 87.0 | 80.6-91.6 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.2- 8.2 | 22 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 320 | 281 | 88.2 | 83.6-91.6 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.8 | 34 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.3 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 406 | 335 | 78.3 | 72.4-83.3 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.8 | 60 | 19.5 | 14.7-25.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 709 | 598 | 85.2 | 81.9-88.0 | 25 | 3.2 | 2.1- 5.0 | 86 | 11.6 | 9.1-14.7 |
No | 10,566 | 9,251 | 86.0 | 85.1-86.9 | 277 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.4 | 1,038 | 11.0 | 10.2-11.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 3,788 | 3,251 | 84.5 | 82.9-86.0 | 124 | 3.6 | 2.9- 4.5 | 413 | 11.9 | 10.5-13.3 |
Piedmont | 6,321 | 5,598 | 87.6 | 86.4-88.6 | 150 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 | 573 | 9.6 | 8.7-10.6 |
Western NC | 1,166 | 1,000 | 82.8 | 79.6-85.5 | 28 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.8 | 138 | 14.9 | 12.3-17.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 664 | 561 | 80.2 | 75.6-84.1 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 | 83 | 16.7 | 13.1-21.2 |
Northwest | 2,159 | 1,897 | 86.6 | 84.7-88.4 | 41 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 | 221 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.5 |
Charlotte | 1,691 | 1,489 | 87.4 | 85.2-89.3 | 43 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 | 159 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.5 |
Greensboro | 1,451 | 1,304 | 88.5 | 86.2-90.5 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.2 | 122 | 9.5 | 7.7-11.7 |
Southern Regional | 1,215 | 1,031 | 83.9 | 81.0-86.4 | 52 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.5 | 132 | 11.4 | 9.2-14.0 |
Coastal | 541 | 469 | 84.6 | 80.3-88.2 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.6 | 59 | 13.0 | 9.7-17.3 |
Wake | 1,627 | 1,433 | 88.2 | 85.9-90.2 | 53 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 | 141 | 8.3 | 6.7-10.2 |
Area L | 432 | 363 | 81.3 | 76.1-85.7 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.2 | 54 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.9 |
Eastern | 1,411 | 1,249 | 87.8 | 85.5-89.8 | 38 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.5 | 124 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.
^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.
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