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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,095 | 6,276 | 75.3 | 74.0-76.5 | 1,819 | 24.7 | 23.5-26.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 213 | 171 | 76.4 | 68.3-83.0 | 42 | 23.6 | 17.0-31.7 |
Buncombe | 198 | 158 | 78.8 | 71.8-84.5 | 40 | 21.2 | 15.5-28.2 |
Cabarrus | 239 | 179 | 71.5 | 64.4-77.7 | 60 | 28.5 | 22.3-35.6 |
Catawba | 199 | 157 | 75.0 | 66.0-82.3 | 42 | 25.0 | 17.7-34.0 |
Cumberland | 237 | 182 | 76.2 | 69.6-81.8 | 55 | 23.8 | 18.2-30.4 |
Davidson | 202 | 157 | 75.1 | 67.1-81.7 | 45 | 24.9 | 18.3-32.9 |
Durham | 236 | 191 | 76.5 | 68.6-82.9 | 45 | 23.5 | 17.1-31.4 |
Forsyth | 252 | 211 | 79.7 | 73.0-85.1 | 41 | 20.3 | 14.9-27.0 |
Gaston | 174 | 139 | 77.8 | 70.0-84.0 | 35 | 22.2 | 16.0-30.0 |
Guilford | 244 | 200 | 83.0 | 77.1-87.7 | 44 | 17.0 | 12.3-22.9 |
Iredell | 256 | 205 | 75.1 | 68.3-80.9 | 51 | 24.9 | 19.1-31.7 |
Johnston | 264 | 197 | 68.4 | 60.7-75.1 | 67 | 31.6 | 24.9-39.3 |
Mecklenburg | 385 | 321 | 81.3 | 76.3-85.5 | 64 | 18.7 | 14.5-23.7 |
New Hanover | 195 | 158 | 77.9 | 69.6-84.4 | 37 | 22.1 | 15.6-30.4 |
Onslow | 208 | 156 | 72.4 | 64.9-78.8 | 52 | 27.6 | 21.2-35.1 |
Orange | 262 | 215 | 79.6 | 73.0-84.9 | 47 | 20.4 | 15.1-27.0 |
Pitt | 225 | 160 | 66.0 | 58.4-72.9 | 65 | 34.0 | 27.1-41.6 |
Randolph | 198 | 152 | 77.2 | 70.0-83.0 | 46 | 22.8 | 17.0-30.0 |
Robeson | 199 | 152 | 72.5 | 64.6-79.2 | 47 | 27.5 | 20.8-35.4 |
Rowan | 222 | 168 | 72.0 | 64.7-78.3 | 54 | 28.0 | 21.7-35.3 |
Union | 258 | 208 | 79.3 | 72.6-84.8 | 50 | 20.7 | 15.2-27.4 |
Wake | 405 | 333 | 78.8 | 73.3-83.3 | 72 | 21.2 | 16.7-26.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 178 | 130 | 71.3 | 62.6-78.6 | 48 | 28.7 | 21.4-37.4 |
Northeast Partnership II | 225 | 172 | 71.2 | 63.5-77.9 | 53 | 28.8 | 22.1-36.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 174 | 142 | 81.3 | 73.5-87.1 | 32 | 18.7 | 12.9-26.5 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 189 | 133 | 63.9 | 55.1-71.9 | 56 | 36.1 | 28.1-44.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 260 | 199 | 75.7 | 69.2-81.2 | 61 | 24.3 | 18.8-30.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 181 | 114 | 56.4 | 47.8-64.6 | 67 | 43.6 | 35.4-52.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 218 | 157 | 68.7 | 61.3-75.2 | 61 | 31.3 | 24.8-38.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 236 | 185 | 73.8 | 66.1-80.3 | 51 | 26.2 | 19.7-33.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 276 | 200 | 71.3 | 64.7-77.2 | 76 | 28.7 | 22.8-35.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 188 | 149 | 75.7 | 67.8-82.1 | 39 | 24.3 | 17.9-32.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 195 | 148 | 76.2 | 68.6-82.5 | 47 | 23.8 | 17.5-31.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 226 | 172 | 75.6 | 68.5-81.5 | 54 | 24.4 | 18.5-31.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 278 | 205 | 70.1 | 62.8-76.6 | 73 | 29.9 | 23.4-37.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 466 | 359 | 72.5 | 67.0-77.4 | 107 | 27.5 | 22.6-33.0 |
No | 7,629 | 5,917 | 75.4 | 74.1-76.7 | 1,712 | 24.6 | 23.3-25.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,595 | 1,945 | 71.9 | 69.6-74.0 | 650 | 28.1 | 26.0-30.4 |
Piedmont | 4,668 | 3,694 | 77.2 | 75.6-78.8 | 974 | 22.8 | 21.2-24.4 |
Western NC | 832 | 637 | 74.1 | 70.1-77.7 | 195 | 25.9 | 22.3-29.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 466 | 359 | 74.4 | 68.8-79.2 | 107 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.2 |
Northwest | 1,571 | 1,232 | 75.4 | 72.6-78.0 | 339 | 24.6 | 22.0-27.4 |
Charlotte | 1,228 | 968 | 77.9 | 74.8-80.8 | 260 | 22.1 | 19.2-25.2 |
Greensboro | 1,117 | 897 | 79.8 | 76.7-82.6 | 220 | 20.2 | 17.4-23.3 |
Southern Regional | 825 | 624 | 72.9 | 68.9-76.5 | 201 | 27.1 | 23.5-31.1 |
Coastal | 371 | 271 | 68.7 | 62.7-74.1 | 100 | 31.3 | 25.9-37.3 |
Wake | 1,202 | 934 | 75.4 | 71.9-78.6 | 268 | 24.6 | 21.4-28.1 |
Area L | 281 | 221 | 73.2 | 66.2-79.3 | 60 | 26.8 | 20.7-33.8 |
Eastern | 975 | 722 | 71.5 | 67.8-74.9 | 253 | 28.5 | 25.1-32.2 |
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^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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