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Make strong bones | Prevent birth defects | Prevent high bp | Other | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,043 | 667 | 17.1 | 15.7-18.7 | 2,597 | 61.9 | 59.9-63.8 | 143 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 636 | 17.1 | 15.6-18.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 96 | 16 | 14.0 | 8.4-22.6 | 63 | 66.9 | 55.6-76.5 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.4-12.7 | 13 | 14.7 | 8.1-25.1 |
Buncombe | 95 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.6-16.7 | 78 | 78.9 | 67.9-86.8 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.7-15.5 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.1 |
Cabarrus | 110 | 27 | 23.9 | 16.2-33.6 | 66 | 58.9 | 48.6-68.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.5 | 16 | 15.6 | 9.5-24.7 |
Catawba | 104 | 15 | 13.8 | 8.1-22.7 | 73 | 68.6 | 57.8-77.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.7 | 13 | 14.8 | 8.4-24.6 |
Cumberland | 141 | 23 | 15.7 | 10.2-23.3 | 85 | 55.6 | 46.1-64.8 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 29 | 26.4 | 18.2-36.6 |
Davidson | 76 | 19 | 20.4 | 12.2-32.1 | 39 | 52.6 | 39.7-65.1 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.1-20.0 | 12 | 18.9 | 10.4-31.8 |
Durham | 155 | 17 | 11.6 | 6.9-18.8 | 112 | 66.6 | 56.6-75.2 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.6 | 21 | 19.6 | 12.1-30.1 |
Forsyth | 118 | 15 | 13.3 | 7.7-22.0 | 79 | 69.1 | 59.2-77.5 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.9 | 21 | 15.6 | 9.9-23.5 |
Gaston | 89 | 12 | 13.3 | 7.3-22.9 | 60 | 69.0 | 57.7-78.4 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.4 | 14 | 13.8 | 7.8-23.2 |
Guilford | 100 | 29 | 28.6 | 19.7-39.6 | 56 | 49.5 | 38.7-60.4 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-12.1 | 13 | 18.6 | 10.8-30.3 |
Iredell | 113 | 15 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.5 | 77 | 67.2 | 56.0-76.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.4 | 18 | 17.9 | 10.8-28.1 |
Johnston | 141 | 19 | 13.0 | 8.1-20.2 | 89 | 56.7 | 46.7-66.1 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.6-14.1 | 27 | 24.2 | 16.3-34.2 |
Mecklenburg | 210 | 33 | 14.7 | 10.1-20.9 | 134 | 62.2 | 54.5-69.2 | 10 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.5 | 33 | 17.0 | 12.0-23.7 |
New Hanover | 100 | 15 | 14.1 | 7.9-23.8 | 67 | 67.4 | 56.1-77.1 | 4 | 5.5 | 2.0-13.9 | 14 | 13.0 | 7.1-22.8 |
Onslow | 117 | 28 | 24.4 | 16.9-33.8 | 70 | 53.4 | 43.2-63.3 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.7-16.5 | 12 | 14.2 | 7.7-24.6 |
Orange | 158 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.4 | 119 | 72.3 | 63.1-79.9 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.5-10.6 | 23 | 17.5 | 11.1-26.3 |
Pitt | 126 | 24 | 21.6 | 13.9-31.9 | 84 | 62.7 | 52.2-72.0 | 6 | 4.3 | 1.8- 9.6 | 12 | 11.5 | 6.1-20.4 |
Randolph | 84 | 19 | 25.5 | 16.1-38.0 | 45 | 43.6 | 32.3-55.7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.1 | 18 | 28.9 | 18.2-42.7 |
Robeson | 99 | 21 | 17.5 | 11.0-26.8 | 57 | 58.7 | 46.7-69.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 | 20 | 22.9 | 13.8-35.5 |
Rowan | 108 | 21 | 20.0 | 12.7-29.9 | 64 | 56.3 | 45.4-66.7 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.7-11.0 | 18 | 19.3 | 11.5-30.5 |
Union | 130 | 15 | 14.3 | 8.3-23.4 | 97 | 71.3 | 61.0-79.7 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.4-13.6 | 13 | 9.9 | 5.5-17.1 |
Wake | 245 | 43 | 21.0 | 15.3-28.1 | 159 | 61.8 | 54.4-68.7 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.0 | 35 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 74 | 11 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.6 | 47 | 60.6 | 47.8-72.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 16 | 24.8 | 15.3-37.4 |
Northeast Partnership II | 92 | 16 | 18.1 | 10.7-28.9 | 54 | 55.6 | 43.5-67.1 | 5 | 5.9 | 2.1-15.4 | 17 | 20.4 | 11.7-33.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 87 | 17 | 14.9 | 8.8-24.2 | 37 | 41.4 | 30.2-53.6 | 6 | 12.9 | 5.7-26.7 | 27 | 30.7 | 21.0-42.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 85 | 15 | 15.6 | 8.7-26.3 | 59 | 72.3 | 60.7-81.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.9 | 7 | 6.6 | 3.0-13.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 125 | 26 | 20.8 | 14.0-29.7 | 75 | 60.5 | 50.7-69.5 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.0 | 20 | 16.8 | 10.6-25.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 82 | 19 | 27.5 | 16.5-41.9 | 47 | 53.4 | 40.7-65.7 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.7 | 14 | 17.5 | 10.0-28.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 92 | 19 | 19.0 | 11.7-29.5 | 52 | 56.1 | 44.9-66.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.0 | 20 | 23.5 | 15.4-34.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 111 | 17 | 22.0 | 13.1-34.4 | 76 | 57.3 | 45.1-68.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.8 | 16 | 19.5 | 10.7-32.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 146 | 15 | 9.2 | 5.1-16.0 | 84 | 56.4 | 46.9-65.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.6 | 45 | 33.4 | 25.1-42.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 87 | 20 | 25.3 | 16.2-37.3 | 51 | 55.4 | 43.7-66.6 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.4-14.0 | 11 | 13.2 | 7.1-23.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 92 | 13 | 16.1 | 8.8-27.7 | 63 | 66.5 | 54.8-76.4 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.4-14.9 | 11 | 11.2 | 6.1-19.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 115 | 14 | 12.2 | 6.8-21.2 | 81 | 70.1 | 59.5-78.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.8-11.4 | 14 | 13.0 | 7.4-21.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 140 | 21 | 13.9 | 8.3-22.5 | 98 | 69.4 | 58.9-78.2 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.4-10.0 | 16 | 12.8 | 6.9-22.7 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 199 | 38 | 18.4 | 13.1-25.4 | 102 | 48.9 | 40.9-56.8 | 11 | 7.8 | 4.1-14.5 | 48 | 24.9 | 18.4-32.7 |
No | 3,844 | 629 | 17.1 | 15.5-18.7 | 2,495 | 62.5 | 60.5-64.4 | 132 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 588 | 16.7 | 15.2-18.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,307 | 239 | 18.1 | 15.7-20.8 | 783 | 57.6 | 54.3-60.8 | 49 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.5 | 236 | 20.3 | 17.6-23.1 |
Piedmont | 2,335 | 376 | 17.6 | 15.6-19.8 | 1,526 | 61.9 | 59.3-64.4 | 77 | 3.7 | 2.8- 5.0 | 356 | 16.8 | 14.9-18.9 |
Western NC | 401 | 52 | 13.0 | 9.4-17.7 | 288 | 70.6 | 64.6-75.9 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.8 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 226 | 26 | 11.1 | 6.9-17.3 | 170 | 73.3 | 65.2-80.2 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.5 | 22 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.2 |
Northwest | 731 | 119 | 16.4 | 13.2-20.1 | 474 | 64.5 | 60.1-68.6 | 33 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.5 | 105 | 14.8 | 12.0-18.1 |
Charlotte | 625 | 94 | 14.5 | 11.5-18.3 | 412 | 63.5 | 58.7-68.1 | 21 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.1 | 98 | 17.0 | 13.5-21.0 |
Greensboro | 523 | 86 | 19.8 | 15.6-24.9 | 347 | 59.0 | 53.4-64.4 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 75 | 18.0 | 13.8-23.1 |
Southern Regional | 432 | 73 | 17.4 | 13.3-22.5 | 258 | 57.1 | 51.3-62.7 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.9 | 90 | 23.4 | 18.7-28.9 |
Coastal | 177 | 34 | 19.3 | 13.6-26.7 | 111 | 63.0 | 54.7-70.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.3 | 26 | 14.0 | 9.1-20.7 |
Wake | 672 | 106 | 18.3 | 14.5-22.9 | 434 | 61.0 | 56.0-65.8 | 21 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.9 | 111 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.4 |
Area L | 134 | 24 | 16.9 | 10.8-25.5 | 84 | 63.0 | 53.4-71.7 | 6 | 6.4 | 2.8-13.7 | 20 | 13.7 | 8.6-21.2 |
Eastern | 488 | 97 | 20.2 | 16.1-25.0 | 290 | 55.4 | 49.9-60.8 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | 80 | 20.1 | 15.8-25.2 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being between ages 18 and 44.
^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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