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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,732 | 2,496 | 67.0 | 65.2-68.9 | 1,236 | 33.0 | 31.1-34.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 84 | 51 | 60.8 | 48.8-71.7 | 33 | 39.2 | 28.3-51.2 |
Buncombe | 104 | 75 | 70.2 | 59.8-78.9 | 29 | 29.8 | 21.1-40.2 |
Cabarrus | 105 | 69 | 66.2 | 55.8-75.3 | 36 | 33.8 | 24.7-44.2 |
Catawba | 105 | 69 | 66.7 | 56.2-75.7 | 36 | 33.3 | 24.3-43.8 |
Cumberland | 89 | 66 | 76.3 | 65.1-84.7 | 23 | 23.7 | 15.3-34.9 |
Davidson | 106 | 67 | 64.6 | 53.8-74.1 | 39 | 35.4 | 25.9-46.2 |
Durham | 85 | 65 | 73.9 | 61.7-83.3 | 20 | 26.1 | 16.7-38.3 |
Forsyth | 116 | 72 | 65.9 | 56.3-74.4 | 44 | 34.1 | 25.6-43.7 |
Gaston | 93 | 64 | 72.0 | 61.3-80.7 | 29 | 28.0 | 19.3-38.7 |
Guilford | 125 | 81 | 63.3 | 53.6-72.1 | 44 | 36.7 | 27.9-46.4 |
Iredell | 123 | 76 | 57.9 | 48.1-67.2 | 47 | 42.1 | 32.8-51.9 |
Johnston | 114 | 79 | 64.4 | 52.8-74.4 | 35 | 35.6 | 25.6-47.2 |
Mecklenburg | 155 | 96 | 61.6 | 52.8-69.6 | 59 | 38.4 | 30.4-47.2 |
New Hanover | 96 | 64 | 67.7 | 56.9-76.8 | 32 | 32.3 | 23.2-43.1 |
Onslow | 93 | 58 | 61.8 | 50.9-71.6 | 35 | 38.2 | 28.4-49.1 |
Orange | 91 | 65 | 70.2 | 59.0-79.4 | 26 | 29.8 | 20.6-41.0 |
Pitt | 83 | 55 | 66.9 | 55.2-76.8 | 28 | 33.1 | 23.2-44.8 |
Randolph | 99 | 68 | 68.8 | 57.7-78.1 | 31 | 31.2 | 21.9-42.3 |
Robeson | 85 | 54 | 62.9 | 51.0-73.4 | 31 | 37.1 | 26.6-49.0 |
Rowan | 94 | 62 | 62.2 | 50.5-72.7 | 32 | 37.8 | 27.3-49.5 |
Union | 98 | 59 | 62.3 | 51.0-72.4 | 39 | 37.7 | 27.6-49.0 |
Wake | 118 | 84 | 71.5 | 61.6-79.6 | 34 | 28.5 | 20.4-38.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 102 | 70 | 71.0 | 60.8-79.4 | 32 | 29.0 | 20.6-39.2 |
Northeast Partnership II | 118 | 82 | 70.4 | 60.9-78.4 | 36 | 29.6 | 21.6-39.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 112 | 76 | 59.9 | 45.8-72.6 | 36 | 40.1 | 27.4-54.2 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 97 | 73 | 75.9 | 64.5-84.5 | 24 | 24.1 | 15.5-35.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 108 | 66 | 62.7 | 52.1-72.2 | 42 | 37.3 | 27.8-47.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 123 | 75 | 62.4 | 52.8-71.0 | 48 | 37.6 | 29.0-47.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 85 | 57 | 68.1 | 56.6-77.8 | 28 | 31.9 | 22.2-43.4 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 132 | 99 | 74.5 | 65.1-82.0 | 33 | 25.5 | 18.0-34.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 144 | 98 | 66.9 | 57.7-75.0 | 46 | 33.1 | 25.0-42.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 86 | 59 | 68.8 | 57.4-78.4 | 27 | 31.2 | 21.6-42.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 98 | 61 | 54.6 | 41.2-67.4 | 37 | 45.4 | 32.6-58.8 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 110 | 76 | 68.7 | 57.8-77.8 | 34 | 31.3 | 22.2-42.2 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 156 | 105 | 71.7 | 62.8-79.2 | 51 | 28.3 | 20.8-37.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 264 | 180 | 64.7 | 56.8-71.9 | 84 | 35.3 | 28.1-43.2 |
No | 3,468 | 2,316 | 67.2 | 65.2-69.1 | 1,152 | 32.8 | 30.9-34.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,233 | 829 | 66.8 | 63.5-70.0 | 404 | 33.2 | 30.0-36.5 |
Piedmont | 2,061 | 1,368 | 66.8 | 64.3-69.3 | 693 | 33.2 | 30.7-35.7 |
Western NC | 438 | 299 | 68.3 | 62.8-73.4 | 139 | 31.7 | 26.6-37.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 251 | 175 | 71.9 | 64.8-78.0 | 76 | 28.1 | 22.0-35.2 |
Northwest | 764 | 498 | 66.2 | 62.0-70.0 | 266 | 33.8 | 30.0-38.0 |
Charlotte | 547 | 347 | 63.8 | 58.7-68.5 | 200 | 36.2 | 31.5-41.3 |
Greensboro | 486 | 330 | 66.8 | 61.4-71.8 | 156 | 33.2 | 28.2-38.6 |
Southern Regional | 372 | 259 | 69.6 | 63.8-74.8 | 113 | 30.4 | 25.2-36.2 |
Coastal | 207 | 130 | 63.0 | 55.4-70.1 | 77 | 37.0 | 29.9-44.6 |
Wake | 450 | 316 | 69.5 | 63.8-74.7 | 134 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.2 |
Area L | 153 | 113 | 73.9 | 64.8-81.3 | 40 | 26.1 | 18.7-35.2 |
Eastern | 470 | 314 | 67.1 | 61.5-72.2 | 156 | 32.9 | 27.8-38.5 |
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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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