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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,256 | 5,635 | 89.7 | 88.6-90.7 | 345 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 158 | 2.4 | 2.0- 3.0 | 118 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 170 | 146 | 86.3 | 79.9-90.9 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.7 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.9- 9.0 | 4 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.1 |
Buncombe | 158 | 145 | 92.6 | 86.9-95.9 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.0 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.6 |
Cabarrus | 178 | 166 | 91.3 | 84.7-95.2 | 9 | 6.5 | 3.2-12.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Catawba | 157 | 146 | 92.2 | 85.9-95.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.2- 7.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.1 |
Cumberland | 181 | 166 | 89.1 | 81.2-94.0 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.8 | 6 | 6.4 | 2.6-15.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 |
Davidson | 156 | 131 | 84.0 | 75.3-90.1 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.4-16.2 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.2-10.8 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.6 |
Durham | 191 | 179 | 93.8 | 88.9-96.7 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.1 |
Forsyth | 209 | 181 | 84.0 | 76.9-89.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 5.8-16.4 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.6 |
Gaston | 139 | 122 | 88.4 | 81.3-93.0 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.6 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.3- 7.9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.4 |
Guilford | 200 | 187 | 91.0 | 82.3-95.6 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.0-15.4 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.2 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.2 |
Iredell | 205 | 185 | 89.9 | 84.3-93.7 | 11 | 5.9 | 3.1-11.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.5 |
Johnston | 197 | 173 | 87.3 | 81.0-91.8 | 16 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.9 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.7 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.6 |
Mecklenburg | 319 | 305 | 95.6 | 92.3-97.5 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.6 |
New Hanover | 158 | 148 | 94.4 | 89.5-97.1 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.3 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.6 |
Onslow | 156 | 137 | 86.5 | 77.8-92.1 | 13 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.6 | 5 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 |
Orange | 215 | 207 | 96.6 | 93.2-98.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 |
Pitt | 158 | 142 | 86.3 | 78.2-91.7 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 7.9 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.2-13.7 |
Randolph | 152 | 135 | 87.5 | 79.5-92.6 | 10 | 8.8 | 4.4-16.9 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.1 |
Robeson | 151 | 137 | 92.7 | 87.2-95.9 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.2 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.2 |
Rowan | 168 | 151 | 91.9 | 86.6-95.3 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.4- 9.9 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 |
Union | 208 | 186 | 87.7 | 81.2-92.1 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.8 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.4 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.9 |
Wake | 333 | 312 | 92.7 | 88.6-95.5 | 14 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.1 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 130 | 120 | 89.5 | 80.2-94.8 | 5 | 5.1 | 1.7-13.9 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.0 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-12.0 |
Northeast Partnership II | 171 | 145 | 83.4 | 75.6-89.1 | 15 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.2 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.6- 9.1 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 140 | 118 | 83.5 | 75.4-89.3 | 12 | 9.8 | 5.4-17.2 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 1.0- 7.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 133 | 121 | 90.5 | 82.4-95.1 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 198 | 172 | 86.1 | 79.6-90.8 | 19 | 10.2 | 6.3-16.2 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 113 | 99 | 84.7 | 75.3-91.0 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.4 | 5 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.4 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 157 | 137 | 89.5 | 83.8-93.4 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.8 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.2- 7.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 183 | 167 | 90.5 | 83.5-94.7 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.4 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 199 | 176 | 90.5 | 84.9-94.1 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.4-10.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 149 | 131 | 86.8 | 79.4-91.8 | 11 | 7.8 | 4.2-14.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.2 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 8.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 147 | 129 | 85.9 | 75.5-92.3 | 10 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.3 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.5-18.7 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 172 | 157 | 91.6 | 85.6-95.3 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.2- 7.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.7 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.5- 9.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 205 | 176 | 84.4 | 76.1-90.1 | 15 | 10.4 | 5.5-19.0 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.2 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 356 | 301 | 82.8 | 77.4-87.2 | 31 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.5 | 15 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.4 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.3- 7.1 |
No | 5,900 | 5,334 | 90.1 | 89.0-91.1 | 314 | 5.7 | 4.9- 6.6 | 143 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.9 | 109 | 1.9 | 1.5- 2.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,936 | 1,717 | 87.1 | 84.8-89.1 | 122 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.3 | 57 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 | 40 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
Piedmont | 3,684 | 3,355 | 91.4 | 90.2-92.5 | 186 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.0 | 79 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.4 | 64 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
Western NC | 636 | 563 | 87.3 | 83.3-90.5 | 37 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.3 | 22 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.6 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 359 | 317 | 86.9 | 81.0-91.1 | 22 | 8.0 | 4.5-13.9 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.2 |
Northwest | 1,228 | 1,087 | 87.0 | 84.3-89.3 | 74 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.9 | 40 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.2 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.2 |
Charlotte | 965 | 893 | 93.7 | 91.7-95.2 | 44 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.8 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.3 |
Greensboro | 894 | 816 | 91.8 | 89.3-93.8 | 41 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 | 18 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 |
Southern Regional | 622 | 555 | 87.6 | 83.6-90.7 | 31 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.9 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.3 |
Coastal | 270 | 248 | 91.4 | 86.7-94.5 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.2 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.3 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.6- 4.1 |
Wake | 934 | 853 | 92.1 | 89.5-94.0 | 52 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.1 | 14 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.0 | 15 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 |
Area L | 219 | 191 | 84.7 | 77.7-89.8 | 20 | 11.8 | 7.3-18.6 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.1 |
Eastern | 719 | 635 | 87.7 | 84.3-90.5 | 48 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.2 | 22 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.2 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.3- 4.9 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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