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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 | 15,262 | 4,588 | 31.9 | 30.8-32.9 | 6,336 | 40.4 | 39.4-41.5 | 4,338 | 27.7 | 26.7-28.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 400 | 123 | 34.6 | 28.8-40.9 | 158 | 33.6 | 28.4-39.4 | 119 | 31.8 | 25.6-38.6 |
Buncombe | 401 | 105 | 31.3 | 25.1-38.2 | 190 | 45.5 | 39.1-52.0 | 106 | 23.2 | 18.6-28.6 |
Cabarrus | 379 | 115 | 30.5 | 24.8-36.7 | 155 | 41.2 | 35.0-47.6 | 109 | 28.4 | 23.1-34.3 |
Catawba | 399 | 129 | 36.9 | 30.9-43.3 | 169 | 39.7 | 34.0-45.6 | 101 | 23.4 | 18.9-28.7 |
Cumberland | 410 | 138 | 35.7 | 29.9-42.0 | 165 | 37.8 | 32.1-43.7 | 107 | 26.5 | 21.4-32.4 |
Davidson | 401 | 123 | 32.7 | 26.9-39.1 | 175 | 45.0 | 38.5-51.7 | 103 | 22.3 | 17.5-27.9 |
Durham | 426 | 131 | 29.7 | 24.4-35.7 | 186 | 41.9 | 36.0-48.0 | 109 | 28.4 | 22.8-34.7 |
Forsyth | 403 | 110 | 30.7 | 25.1-36.8 | 178 | 41.2 | 35.2-47.4 | 115 | 28.2 | 22.9-34.1 |
Gaston | 389 | 114 | 26.8 | 21.9-32.4 | 169 | 45.4 | 38.8-52.2 | 106 | 27.8 | 21.7-34.8 |
Guilford | 420 | 126 | 33.7 | 28.1-39.9 | 181 | 41.3 | 35.5-47.4 | 113 | 25.0 | 19.9-30.8 |
Iredell | 360 | 121 | 34.4 | 28.5-40.8 | 129 | 35.9 | 30.0-42.1 | 110 | 29.8 | 24.4-35.7 |
Johnston | 344 | 116 | 36.9 | 30.1-44.1 | 132 | 35.1 | 28.9-41.9 | 96 | 28.0 | 22.4-34.4 |
Mecklenburg | 779 | 242 | 32.1 | 28.2-36.4 | 295 | 34.4 | 30.5-38.6 | 242 | 33.4 | 29.2-38.0 |
New Hanover | 393 | 130 | 37.1 | 31.1-43.5 | 157 | 37.7 | 32.1-43.8 | 106 | 25.2 | 20.4-30.6 |
Onslow | 361 | 124 | 38.2 | 31.4-45.5 | 133 | 34.7 | 28.8-41.1 | 104 | 27.1 | 21.6-33.5 |
Orange | 379 | 113 | 33.3 | 27.0-40.4 | 179 | 42.8 | 36.5-49.4 | 87 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.3 |
Pitt | 390 | 120 | 31.9 | 26.4-37.9 | 174 | 41.2 | 34.9-47.8 | 96 | 26.9 | 21.7-32.9 |
Randolph | 408 | 106 | 28.2 | 23.1-34.0 | 167 | 43.4 | 37.6-49.5 | 135 | 28.3 | 23.7-33.5 |
Robeson | 396 | 123 | 30.9 | 25.3-37.1 | 155 | 41.8 | 35.4-48.4 | 118 | 27.3 | 22.3-32.9 |
Rowan | 423 | 129 | 35.0 | 29.0-41.6 | 166 | 38.0 | 32.3-44.1 | 128 | 27.0 | 22.3-32.3 |
Union | 351 | 103 | 30.9 | 25.3-37.1 | 142 | 39.0 | 33.1-45.2 | 106 | 30.1 | 24.8-36.0 |
Wake | 768 | 256 | 36.9 | 32.3-41.7 | 324 | 40.0 | 35.7-44.4 | 188 | 23.1 | 19.7-26.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 415 | 124 | 32.9 | 27.2-39.3 | 183 | 43.7 | 37.5-50.1 | 108 | 23.4 | 18.8-28.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 453 | 131 | 32.6 | 27.4-38.2 | 192 | 41.5 | 36.1-47.1 | 130 | 26.0 | 21.3-31.2 |
Northeast Partnership I | 451 | 128 | 28.7 | 23.7-34.3 | 190 | 42.6 | 36.5-48.8 | 133 | 28.7 | 23.7-34.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 382 | 117 | 31.1 | 25.5-37.3 | 179 | 47.2 | 40.7-53.8 | 86 | 21.7 | 17.0-27.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 456 | 134 | 27.9 | 23.1-33.2 | 178 | 38.7 | 32.7-45.1 | 144 | 33.4 | 28.0-39.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 106 | 28.4 | 23.3-34.1 | 157 | 43.8 | 37.8-49.9 | 102 | 27.8 | 22.4-34.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 425 | 134 | 35.5 | 29.8-41.6 | 175 | 40.4 | 34.8-46.3 | 116 | 24.1 | 19.3-29.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 129 | 29.9 | 24.9-35.5 | 198 | 41.8 | 36.2-47.6 | 140 | 28.3 | 23.5-33.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 580 | 168 | 27.2 | 23.0-31.8 | 227 | 40.4 | 35.2-45.8 | 185 | 32.4 | 27.4-37.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 417 | 118 | 29.4 | 24.4-35.0 | 182 | 41.5 | 35.9-47.3 | 117 | 29.2 | 23.8-35.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 88 | 27.8 | 22.0-34.5 | 146 | 41.7 | 35.1-48.6 | 116 | 30.5 | 24.9-36.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 127 | 27.7 | 22.8-33.2 | 188 | 41.3 | 35.7-47.3 | 135 | 31.0 | 25.5-37.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 671 | 187 | 30.0 | 25.4-35.0 | 262 | 39.2 | 34.4-44.1 | 222 | 30.9 | 26.5-35.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,044 | 301 | 31.5 | 27.9-35.5 | 446 | 42.7 | 38.7-46.8 | 297 | 25.8 | 22.6-29.2 |
No | 14,218 | 4,287 | 31.9 | 30.8-33.0 | 5,890 | 40.3 | 39.2-41.4 | 4,041 | 27.8 | 26.8-28.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,906 | 1,524 | 32.1 | 30.3-33.9 | 2,018 | 40.7 | 38.9-42.7 | 1,364 | 27.2 | 25.5-28.9 |
Piedmont | 8,604 | 2,595 | 32.5 | 31.1-33.9 | 3,588 | 40.2 | 38.8-41.7 | 2,421 | 27.3 | 26.0-28.6 |
Western NC | 1,752 | 469 | 29.3 | 26.4-32.3 | 730 | 40.6 | 37.6-43.6 | 553 | 30.2 | 27.5-33.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,072 | 292 | 30.4 | 26.7-34.4 | 452 | 41.3 | 37.4-45.2 | 328 | 28.3 | 25.0-31.9 |
Northwest | 2,894 | 862 | 31.3 | 29.1-33.7 | 1,192 | 40.4 | 38.0-42.8 | 840 | 28.3 | 26.1-30.5 |
Charlotte | 2,265 | 677 | 30.3 | 27.9-32.9 | 921 | 38.8 | 36.1-41.5 | 667 | 30.9 | 28.3-33.7 |
Greensboro | 1,981 | 568 | 31.9 | 29.0-34.9 | 833 | 40.4 | 37.4-43.5 | 580 | 27.7 | 25.0-30.6 |
Southern Regional | 1,584 | 483 | 30.3 | 27.2-33.5 | 638 | 40.7 | 37.0-44.4 | 463 | 29.1 | 25.9-32.5 |
Coastal | 759 | 243 | 33.2 | 29.1-37.5 | 313 | 40.1 | 35.9-44.4 | 203 | 26.7 | 22.9-30.9 |
Wake | 2,165 | 701 | 35.1 | 32.2-38.1 | 912 | 40.5 | 37.7-43.3 | 552 | 24.4 | 22.1-26.9 |
Area L | 622 | 176 | 29.7 | 25.2-34.7 | 289 | 47.9 | 42.5-53.2 | 157 | 22.4 | 18.5-26.9 |
Eastern | 1,920 | 586 | 32.5 | 29.7-35.4 | 786 | 39.5 | 36.6-42.4 | 548 | 28.0 | 25.6-30.7 |
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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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