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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,283 | 7,745 | 46.3 | 45.2-47.4 | 4,826 | 34.9 | 33.9-36.0 | 2,712 | 18.8 | 17.9-19.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 401 | 202 | 44.8 | 38.6-51.1 | 120 | 33.4 | 27.4-39.9 | 79 | 21.9 | 16.7-28.0 |
Buncombe | 402 | 221 | 52.3 | 45.7-58.8 | 118 | 33.8 | 27.6-40.7 | 63 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.3 |
Cabarrus | 379 | 203 | 45.9 | 39.8-52.1 | 100 | 31.1 | 25.4-37.4 | 76 | 23.0 | 17.4-29.8 |
Catawba | 399 | 209 | 45.8 | 39.9-51.9 | 113 | 34.0 | 28.2-40.3 | 77 | 20.2 | 15.7-25.7 |
Cumberland | 410 | 183 | 42.8 | 36.8-49.0 | 150 | 37.1 | 31.4-43.1 | 77 | 20.2 | 15.7-25.5 |
Davidson | 401 | 187 | 39.3 | 33.3-45.6 | 142 | 41.0 | 34.6-47.8 | 72 | 19.7 | 14.7-25.8 |
Durham | 427 | 201 | 41.2 | 35.4-47.3 | 159 | 37.9 | 32.2-44.0 | 67 | 20.9 | 15.7-27.3 |
Forsyth | 405 | 209 | 46.0 | 39.9-52.2 | 131 | 37.6 | 31.6-44.0 | 65 | 16.4 | 12.6-21.2 |
Gaston | 390 | 225 | 50.5 | 43.8-57.3 | 103 | 34.7 | 27.7-42.4 | 62 | 14.8 | 11.1-19.4 |
Guilford | 421 | 210 | 45.7 | 39.7-51.7 | 144 | 35.9 | 30.2-42.1 | 67 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.4 |
Iredell | 361 | 192 | 54.0 | 47.7-60.2 | 109 | 28.7 | 23.4-34.5 | 60 | 17.3 | 13.1-22.5 |
Johnston | 344 | 185 | 49.0 | 42.1-56.0 | 102 | 33.0 | 26.5-40.3 | 57 | 17.9 | 13.2-23.9 |
Mecklenburg | 782 | 403 | 48.2 | 43.8-52.6 | 244 | 33.1 | 29.1-37.4 | 135 | 18.7 | 15.4-22.6 |
New Hanover | 393 | 223 | 51.7 | 45.5-57.9 | 113 | 32.7 | 27.0-39.0 | 57 | 15.6 | 11.6-20.5 |
Onslow | 361 | 171 | 40.9 | 34.2-47.9 | 137 | 41.3 | 34.8-48.1 | 53 | 17.8 | 12.7-24.4 |
Orange | 379 | 199 | 47.5 | 40.9-54.2 | 125 | 34.5 | 28.5-41.1 | 55 | 18.0 | 12.9-24.5 |
Pitt | 390 | 185 | 41.7 | 35.7-47.9 | 129 | 34.7 | 28.6-41.5 | 76 | 23.6 | 18.5-29.6 |
Randolph | 410 | 223 | 49.1 | 43.2-54.9 | 116 | 35.0 | 29.3-41.1 | 71 | 16.0 | 12.2-20.7 |
Robeson | 397 | 179 | 38.5 | 32.5-44.8 | 135 | 40.4 | 34.1-47.0 | 83 | 21.1 | 16.5-26.6 |
Rowan | 424 | 236 | 51.7 | 45.5-57.9 | 116 | 30.7 | 25.2-36.8 | 72 | 17.5 | 12.9-23.4 |
Union | 351 | 189 | 51.2 | 44.9-57.4 | 100 | 31.9 | 26.2-38.1 | 62 | 17.0 | 12.8-22.1 |
Wake | 768 | 351 | 41.3 | 36.9-45.8 | 280 | 39.6 | 35.1-44.2 | 137 | 19.1 | 15.8-22.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 416 | 201 | 43.5 | 37.5-49.7 | 140 | 38.2 | 32.0-44.7 | 75 | 18.4 | 14.0-23.8 |
Northeast Partnership II | 453 | 202 | 38.9 | 33.7-44.4 | 152 | 36.7 | 31.4-42.3 | 99 | 24.4 | 19.5-30.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 452 | 211 | 46.5 | 40.5-52.7 | 141 | 31.5 | 26.3-37.3 | 100 | 21.9 | 17.4-27.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 382 | 199 | 46.2 | 39.9-52.6 | 118 | 33.4 | 27.5-39.8 | 65 | 20.5 | 14.8-27.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 456 | 232 | 47.9 | 41.8-54.0 | 126 | 31.2 | 25.7-37.2 | 98 | 20.9 | 16.8-25.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 195 | 49.1 | 43.0-55.2 | 104 | 30.9 | 25.3-37.2 | 66 | 20.0 | 15.3-25.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 426 | 186 | 36.7 | 31.5-42.3 | 164 | 42.7 | 36.8-48.8 | 76 | 20.6 | 15.6-26.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 237 | 46.0 | 40.5-51.7 | 140 | 31.5 | 26.4-37.2 | 90 | 22.4 | 17.6-28.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 580 | 281 | 44.2 | 39.1-49.5 | 189 | 34.2 | 29.3-39.4 | 110 | 21.6 | 17.1-26.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 417 | 212 | 48.5 | 42.7-54.4 | 129 | 32.5 | 27.1-38.3 | 76 | 19.0 | 14.8-24.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 208 | 52.6 | 45.7-59.3 | 101 | 35.9 | 29.3-43.1 | 41 | 11.5 | 8.1-16.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 451 | 238 | 51.2 | 45.2-57.1 | 136 | 34.2 | 28.5-40.3 | 77 | 14.7 | 11.2-18.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 673 | 357 | 49.7 | 44.7-54.7 | 200 | 32.4 | 27.8-37.4 | 116 | 17.9 | 14.3-22.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,046 | 475 | 41.2 | 37.4-45.2 | 345 | 36.7 | 32.8-40.8 | 226 | 22.1 | 18.9-25.6 |
No | 14,237 | 7,270 | 46.6 | 45.5-47.7 | 4,481 | 34.8 | 33.7-36.0 | 2,486 | 18.6 | 17.7-19.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,909 | 2,397 | 44.7 | 42.9-46.6 | 1,590 | 34.9 | 33.1-36.8 | 922 | 20.3 | 18.8-21.9 |
Piedmont | 8,619 | 4,383 | 45.7 | 44.3-47.2 | 2,733 | 35.7 | 34.3-37.2 | 1,503 | 18.5 | 17.4-19.7 |
Western NC | 1,755 | 965 | 51.3 | 48.2-54.3 | 503 | 32.0 | 29.1-35.1 | 287 | 16.7 | 14.6-19.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,075 | 578 | 50.6 | 46.6-54.5 | 318 | 32.9 | 29.1-36.9 | 179 | 16.6 | 13.9-19.7 |
Northwest | 2,898 | 1,526 | 48.5 | 46.1-50.9 | 876 | 33.7 | 31.4-36.1 | 496 | 17.8 | 16.0-19.7 |
Charlotte | 2,270 | 1,223 | 49.2 | 46.4-52.0 | 663 | 34.0 | 31.3-36.7 | 384 | 16.8 | 14.9-19.0 |
Greensboro | 1,985 | 1,012 | 45.9 | 42.8-48.9 | 624 | 35.2 | 32.2-38.3 | 349 | 19.0 | 16.5-21.7 |
Southern Regional | 1,585 | 752 | 44.7 | 41.0-48.4 | 528 | 35.5 | 32.2-39.1 | 305 | 19.8 | 17.2-22.7 |
Coastal | 759 | 414 | 49.2 | 44.8-53.6 | 217 | 31.1 | 27.1-35.5 | 128 | 19.7 | 16.2-23.7 |
Wake | 2,167 | 1,025 | 42.1 | 39.3-45.0 | 762 | 38.4 | 35.5-41.3 | 380 | 19.5 | 17.3-22.0 |
Area L | 622 | 295 | 43.5 | 38.4-48.7 | 204 | 34.2 | 29.5-39.4 | 123 | 22.3 | 17.5-28.0 |
Eastern | 1,922 | 920 | 43.2 | 40.3-46.0 | 634 | 35.7 | 32.9-38.7 | 368 | 21.1 | 18.8-23.7 |
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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
*** 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.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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