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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Not taking vitamins | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,698 | 7,729 | 50.6 | 49.5-51.6 | 1,298 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.7 | 5,671 | 41.3 | 40.2-42.3 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 398 | 206 | 50.0 | 44.3-55.7 | 29 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.1 | 163 | 42.5 | 36.8-48.3 |
| Buncombe | 362 | 232 | 60.8 | 54.9-66.5 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.3 | 101 | 32.1 | 26.7-38.0 |
| Cabarrus | 420 | 230 | 52.5 | 47.1-57.9 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.3 | 160 | 40.7 | 35.4-46.1 |
| Catawba | 368 | 197 | 49.2 | 43.2-55.2 | 25 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.4 | 146 | 43.4 | 37.4-49.6 |
| Cumberland | 434 | 254 | 55.9 | 50.4-61.2 | 34 | 7.4 | 5.2-10.5 | 146 | 36.7 | 31.5-42.2 |
| Davidson | 377 | 155 | 36.4 | 30.9-42.3 | 41 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.4 | 181 | 53.4 | 47.3-59.4 |
| Durham | 404 | 232 | 54.4 | 48.6-60.2 | 39 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.2 | 133 | 37.6 | 32.0-43.5 |
| Forsyth | 435 | 243 | 53.9 | 48.6-59.1 | 39 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.8 | 153 | 37.7 | 32.6-43.0 |
| Gaston | 369 | 185 | 49.2 | 43.4-55.0 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.6 | 157 | 43.8 | 38.2-49.6 |
| Guilford | 415 | 231 | 52.6 | 47.0-58.2 | 50 | 9.8 | 7.2-13.3 | 134 | 37.6 | 32.1-43.4 |
| Iredell | 418 | 230 | 54.5 | 48.9-59.9 | 37 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 | 151 | 37.1 | 31.9-42.6 |
| Johnston | 470 | 239 | 50.2 | 44.6-55.8 | 40 | 6.9 | 4.6-10.3 | 191 | 42.9 | 37.4-48.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 622 | 363 | 54.5 | 50.0-58.9 | 60 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.4 | 199 | 36.8 | 32.5-41.3 |
| New Hanover | 371 | 222 | 58.8 | 53.0-64.4 | 26 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.6 | 123 | 35.0 | 29.6-40.7 |
| Onslow | 384 | 217 | 55.6 | 49.9-61.1 | 29 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 | 138 | 37.1 | 31.8-42.8 |
| Orange | 407 | 247 | 59.3 | 53.6-64.7 | 38 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.4 | 122 | 32.6 | 27.4-38.2 |
| Pitt | 370 | 193 | 48.1 | 42.3-53.8 | 25 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.5 | 152 | 46.4 | 40.6-52.2 |
| Randolph | 345 | 178 | 47.1 | 41.0-53.3 | 43 | 12.2 | 8.8-16.8 | 124 | 40.6 | 34.7-46.9 |
| Robeson | 365 | 153 | 40.8 | 35.1-46.9 | 32 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.5 | 180 | 50.5 | 44.6-56.5 |
| Rowan | 437 | 198 | 41.9 | 36.8-47.3 | 47 | 10.3 | 7.5-14.0 | 192 | 47.8 | 42.4-53.3 |
| Union | 427 | 265 | 61.9 | 56.3-67.2 | 37 | 9.6 | 6.5-13.9 | 125 | 28.5 | 23.9-33.7 |
| Wake | 590 | 337 | 53.9 | 49.2-58.5 | 44 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 209 | 38.8 | 34.2-43.5 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 350 | 183 | 51.2 | 45.1-57.2 | 40 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.8 | 127 | 39.6 | 33.8-45.8 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 471 | 229 | 46.4 | 41.3-51.5 | 45 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.7 | 197 | 45.9 | 40.7-51.1 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 389 | 150 | 36.3 | 31.0-41.9 | 39 | 8.6 | 6.2-12.0 | 200 | 55.1 | 49.4-60.6 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 360 | 168 | 45.3 | 39.3-51.4 | 34 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 | 158 | 45.7 | 39.6-51.8 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 458 | 221 | 44.8 | 39.5-50.1 | 39 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.9 | 198 | 46.8 | 41.4-52.3 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 400 | 214 | 52.4 | 46.8-57.9 | 32 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.3 | 154 | 40.5 | 35.1-46.1 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 395 | 173 | 43.3 | 38.0-48.8 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.1 | 192 | 49.7 | 44.2-55.2 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 450 | 273 | 54.2 | 48.6-59.6 | 35 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.9 | 142 | 38.2 | 32.8-43.9 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 526 | 251 | 42.9 | 38.1-47.9 | 54 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.0 | 221 | 46.5 | 41.5-51.5 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 354 | 168 | 45.9 | 40.2-51.8 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.1 | 160 | 47.4 | 41.6-53.3 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 351 | 184 | 53.2 | 46.7-59.5 | 30 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.1 | 137 | 39.2 | 33.2-45.5 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 420 | 197 | 44.7 | 39.3-50.2 | 47 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | 176 | 46.2 | 40.6-51.8 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 586 | 311 | 51.3 | 46.2-56.3 | 46 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 229 | 41.2 | 36.2-46.3 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 969 | 439 | 44.1 | 40.5-47.8 | 93 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.7 | 437 | 48.1 | 44.4-51.8 |
| No | 13,729 | 7,290 | 51.0 | 49.9-52.0 | 1,205 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.8 | 5,234 | 40.9 | 39.8-41.9 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,911 | 2,486 | 48.6 | 46.9-50.3 | 418 | 7.8 | 6.9- 8.7 | 2,007 | 43.7 | 41.9-45.4 |
| Piedmont | 8,186 | 4,367 | 51.3 | 49.9-52.6 | 749 | 8.6 | 7.9- 9.4 | 3,070 | 40.2 | 38.8-41.6 |
| Western NC | 1,601 | 876 | 52.0 | 48.9-55.0 | 131 | 7.3 | 5.9- 9.0 | 594 | 40.7 | 37.7-43.8 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 927 | 533 | 54.2 | 50.2-58.2 | 73 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.7 | 321 | 38.5 | 34.5-42.5 |
| Northwest | 2,838 | 1,427 | 48.1 | 45.8-50.4 | 258 | 8.3 | 7.2- 9.6 | 1,153 | 43.6 | 41.3-45.9 |
| Charlotte | 2,181 | 1,204 | 52.7 | 50.0-55.3 | 195 | 8.7 | 7.4-10.3 | 782 | 38.6 | 36.1-41.3 |
| Greensboro | 1,909 | 1,044 | 51.8 | 48.9-54.7 | 198 | 9.8 | 8.3-11.6 | 667 | 38.4 | 35.6-41.2 |
| Southern Regional | 1,528 | 780 | 49.4 | 46.4-52.5 | 124 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.7 | 624 | 42.6 | 39.6-45.8 |
| Coastal | 744 | 421 | 53.2 | 49.0-57.4 | 55 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.2 | 268 | 40.0 | 35.9-44.2 |
| Wake | 2,019 | 1,070 | 52.0 | 49.1-54.9 | 170 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.2 | 779 | 40.5 | 37.7-43.4 |
| Area L | 583 | 244 | 41.0 | 36.4-45.8 | 58 | 9.2 | 6.7-12.3 | 281 | 49.8 | 45.0-54.6 |
| Eastern | 1,855 | 958 | 49.4 | 46.7-52.2 | 162 | 8.1 | 6.7- 9.6 | 735 | 42.5 | 39.8-45.3 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.
^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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