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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 | 15,275 | 9,192 | 60.5 | 59.4-61.5 | 3,481 | 22.8 | 21.9-23.8 | 2,602 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 401 | 241 | 59.4 | 52.6-65.7 | 84 | 22.1 | 16.8-28.4 | 76 | 18.6 | 13.7-24.7 |
Buncombe | 402 | 238 | 63.6 | 57.2-69.6 | 93 | 23.6 | 18.1-30.0 | 71 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.6 |
Cabarrus | 379 | 232 | 61.1 | 54.6-67.2 | 83 | 22.4 | 17.2-28.6 | 64 | 16.5 | 12.4-21.7 |
Catawba | 399 | 254 | 64.4 | 58.3-70.1 | 87 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.4 | 58 | 16.2 | 11.9-21.7 |
Cumberland | 410 | 239 | 61.8 | 55.9-67.4 | 103 | 23.4 | 18.8-28.6 | 68 | 14.8 | 11.3-19.2 |
Davidson | 402 | 240 | 60.9 | 54.3-67.1 | 95 | 23.0 | 18.2-28.7 | 67 | 16.1 | 11.6-22.1 |
Durham | 427 | 258 | 57.6 | 51.3-63.7 | 95 | 22.1 | 17.4-27.6 | 74 | 20.3 | 15.4-26.2 |
Forsyth | 404 | 261 | 63.7 | 57.3-69.6 | 76 | 16.7 | 12.8-21.6 | 67 | 19.6 | 14.5-25.9 |
Gaston | 390 | 239 | 62.4 | 55.7-68.7 | 87 | 22.7 | 17.1-29.4 | 64 | 14.9 | 11.3-19.4 |
Guilford | 420 | 268 | 64.4 | 58.3-70.0 | 88 | 21.2 | 16.8-26.4 | 64 | 14.4 | 10.4-19.6 |
Iredell | 361 | 229 | 65.1 | 58.9-70.8 | 76 | 20.1 | 15.5-25.6 | 56 | 14.8 | 11.0-19.6 |
Johnston | 345 | 222 | 63.4 | 56.4-69.9 | 65 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.4 | 58 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.4 |
Mecklenburg | 781 | 486 | 61.8 | 57.3-66.0 | 179 | 22.3 | 18.9-26.1 | 116 | 15.9 | 12.7-19.9 |
New Hanover | 393 | 221 | 56.9 | 50.7-62.9 | 105 | 27.3 | 22.0-33.2 | 67 | 15.9 | 12.1-20.5 |
Onslow | 361 | 221 | 59.0 | 51.8-65.9 | 88 | 23.7 | 18.7-29.5 | 52 | 17.3 | 11.3-25.4 |
Orange | 379 | 249 | 67.0 | 60.6-72.7 | 85 | 22.4 | 17.5-28.3 | 45 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.9 |
Pitt | 390 | 249 | 67.5 | 61.7-72.9 | 79 | 16.5 | 12.8-21.0 | 62 | 16.0 | 12.0-20.9 |
Randolph | 409 | 252 | 64.0 | 58.2-69.4 | 80 | 20.7 | 16.2-26.0 | 77 | 15.3 | 12.0-19.4 |
Robeson | 395 | 214 | 54.2 | 47.7-60.5 | 101 | 25.5 | 20.4-31.5 | 80 | 20.3 | 15.8-25.7 |
Rowan | 423 | 250 | 60.6 | 54.3-66.5 | 96 | 21.6 | 17.1-26.8 | 77 | 17.9 | 13.2-23.7 |
Union | 351 | 219 | 61.2 | 54.9-67.1 | 69 | 20.4 | 15.6-26.1 | 63 | 18.4 | 14.1-23.7 |
Wake | 767 | 476 | 60.9 | 56.3-65.4 | 176 | 24.5 | 20.5-29.0 | 115 | 14.6 | 11.8-17.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 416 | 252 | 62.5 | 56.0-68.5 | 94 | 23.5 | 18.2-29.9 | 70 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 453 | 248 | 56.6 | 51.0-62.0 | 117 | 25.3 | 20.9-30.3 | 88 | 18.1 | 14.3-22.6 |
Northeast Partnership I | 451 | 236 | 51.4 | 45.2-57.5 | 125 | 26.5 | 21.6-31.9 | 90 | 22.2 | 16.7-28.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 382 | 205 | 54.2 | 47.6-60.6 | 106 | 28.5 | 22.6-35.2 | 71 | 17.3 | 13.3-22.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 456 | 264 | 58.0 | 51.8-63.9 | 93 | 20.4 | 15.8-25.9 | 99 | 21.7 | 17.1-27.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 212 | 56.6 | 50.3-62.7 | 85 | 25.0 | 19.6-31.2 | 68 | 18.4 | 14.1-23.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 426 | 245 | 56.6 | 50.5-62.5 | 114 | 26.5 | 21.7-32.0 | 67 | 16.9 | 12.2-22.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 275 | 53.5 | 47.7-59.2 | 108 | 25.6 | 20.9-31.0 | 84 | 20.9 | 16.1-26.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 580 | 340 | 57.5 | 52.1-62.8 | 137 | 24.3 | 20.1-29.1 | 103 | 18.2 | 14.0-23.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 417 | 255 | 62.9 | 57.1-68.4 | 97 | 22.4 | 17.9-27.6 | 65 | 14.7 | 10.9-19.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 226 | 64.9 | 58.2-71.1 | 70 | 18.6 | 14.3-24.0 | 54 | 16.4 | 11.7-22.5 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 270 | 60.7 | 54.7-66.4 | 107 | 23.8 | 19.1-29.3 | 73 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 673 | 406 | 58.7 | 53.6-63.7 | 138 | 22.5 | 18.3-27.5 | 129 | 18.7 | 15.1-23.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,045 | 568 | 56.3 | 52.2-60.2 | 276 | 25.1 | 21.8-28.7 | 201 | 18.6 | 15.6-22.0 |
No | 14,230 | 8,624 | 60.7 | 59.6-61.8 | 3,205 | 22.7 | 21.7-23.7 | 2,401 | 16.6 | 15.8-17.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,907 | 2,834 | 58.2 | 56.3-60.1 | 1,183 | 23.8 | 22.2-25.5 | 890 | 17.9 | 16.5-19.4 |
Piedmont | 8,613 | 5,287 | 61.4 | 60.0-62.9 | 1,935 | 22.7 | 21.4-23.9 | 1,391 | 15.9 | 14.8-17.0 |
Western NC | 1,755 | 1,071 | 61.1 | 58.0-64.1 | 363 | 21.4 | 18.9-24.3 | 321 | 17.5 | 15.3-20.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,075 | 644 | 60.4 | 56.3-64.3 | 231 | 22.9 | 19.4-26.7 | 200 | 16.7 | 14.1-19.8 |
Northwest | 2,897 | 1,802 | 63.0 | 60.6-65.3 | 624 | 20.2 | 18.4-22.1 | 471 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.9 |
Charlotte | 2,268 | 1,383 | 61.3 | 58.5-64.0 | 516 | 22.9 | 20.6-25.3 | 369 | 15.8 | 13.8-18.0 |
Greensboro | 1,983 | 1,245 | 63.4 | 60.4-66.4 | 414 | 21.2 | 18.8-23.9 | 324 | 15.3 | 13.1-17.8 |
Southern Regional | 1,583 | 909 | 57.7 | 54.1-61.3 | 391 | 24.9 | 21.9-28.2 | 283 | 17.3 | 14.7-20.3 |
Coastal | 759 | 430 | 55.5 | 51.1-59.9 | 185 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.2 | 144 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.2 |
Wake | 2,167 | 1,313 | 59.5 | 56.5-62.4 | 504 | 24.4 | 21.8-27.2 | 350 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.3 |
Area L | 622 | 334 | 54.2 | 48.8-59.5 | 166 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.4 | 122 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.1 |
Eastern | 1,921 | 1,132 | 60.0 | 57.1-62.9 | 450 | 22.4 | 20.0-24.9 | 339 | 17.6 | 15.4-20.0 |
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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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