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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 | 15,261 | 13,213 | 84.0 | 83.1-84.9 | 1,103 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.5 | 945 | 7.2 | 6.6- 7.9 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 400 | 350 | 82.6 | 75.6-88.0 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 22 | 10.7 | 6.0-18.2 |
| Buncombe | 401 | 355 | 87.8 | 82.4-91.7 | 22 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.8 | 24 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.7 |
| Cabarrus | 379 | 322 | 79.8 | 73.1-85.1 | 33 | 10.7 | 7.1-15.9 | 24 | 9.5 | 5.6-15.6 |
| Catawba | 399 | 350 | 86.4 | 81.6-90.0 | 24 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.2 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.5-11.0 |
| Cumberland | 410 | 348 | 82.9 | 77.4-87.2 | 36 | 11.1 | 7.4-16.3 | 26 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.3 |
| Davidson | 402 | 352 | 83.2 | 76.2-88.5 | 31 | 10.9 | 6.6-17.4 | 19 | 5.9 | 3.0-11.2 |
| Durham | 426 | 351 | 75.9 | 69.2-81.5 | 41 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.7 | 34 | 12.6 | 8.2-18.8 |
| Forsyth | 403 | 357 | 86.3 | 80.8-90.4 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.9 | 21 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.8 |
| Gaston | 389 | 355 | 91.5 | 87.8-94.2 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.6 | 14 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.8 |
| Guilford | 420 | 358 | 82.6 | 76.5-87.4 | 30 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.5 | 32 | 9.9 | 6.0-15.8 |
| Iredell | 360 | 321 | 89.5 | 84.9-92.9 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.7 |
| Johnston | 344 | 302 | 84.2 | 77.3-89.3 | 23 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.6 | 19 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 780 | 673 | 81.0 | 76.5-84.8 | 54 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.4 | 53 | 8.6 | 6.1-11.9 |
| New Hanover | 392 | 355 | 88.3 | 82.9-92.1 | 26 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.6 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.2 |
| Onslow | 361 | 313 | 85.0 | 79.0-89.5 | 26 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.2 | 22 | 7.2 | 3.9-12.6 |
| Orange | 379 | 338 | 86.6 | 80.8-90.9 | 24 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.3 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.5 |
| Pitt | 390 | 341 | 83.8 | 78.1-88.2 | 27 | 8.7 | 5.5-13.4 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.1 |
| Randolph | 409 | 354 | 86.8 | 82.2-90.4 | 24 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.2 | 31 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.3 |
| Robeson | 395 | 329 | 79.3 | 73.0-84.4 | 33 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.4 | 33 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.8 |
| Rowan | 422 | 367 | 87.0 | 82.7-90.4 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.2 | 27 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 |
| Union | 351 | 314 | 88.8 | 84.2-92.2 | 17 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.5 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 |
| Wake | 768 | 663 | 83.6 | 79.3-87.1 | 58 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.5 | 47 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.3 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 415 | 369 | 84.4 | 77.4-89.5 | 27 | 10.9 | 6.4-18.0 | 19 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 451 | 366 | 78.3 | 73.0-82.8 | 50 | 13.4 | 9.7-18.3 | 35 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.0 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 451 | 369 | 80.1 | 74.8-84.6 | 38 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.5 | 44 | 10.5 | 7.2-15.1 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 382 | 342 | 86.1 | 79.2-90.9 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.0-14.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.2 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 456 | 384 | 83.2 | 78.1-87.2 | 40 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.6 | 32 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.2 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 310 | 84.3 | 79.1-88.5 | 28 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 | 27 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.9 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 425 | 363 | 76.9 | 69.9-82.6 | 38 | 13.9 | 9.5-20.0 | 24 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.2 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 407 | 80.4 | 74.5-85.1 | 29 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.4 | 31 | 11.4 | 7.5-16.8 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 580 | 488 | 79.0 | 73.6-83.6 | 48 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.6 | 44 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.5 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 417 | 371 | 88.2 | 83.6-91.7 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.1 | 19 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.1 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 305 | 85.7 | 79.9-90.0 | 21 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.0 | 24 | 7.6 | 4.7-11.8 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 389 | 87.9 | 83.2-91.4 | 32 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.1 | 29 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.5 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 672 | 582 | 86.2 | 81.9-89.6 | 50 | 7.4 | 5.1-10.6 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.1 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,042 | 857 | 78.8 | 74.8-82.4 | 97 | 12.3 | 9.3-16.1 | 88 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.6 |
| No | 14,219 | 12,356 | 84.3 | 83.4-85.2 | 1,006 | 8.5 | 7.8- 9.3 | 857 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.8 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,902 | 4,196 | 83.0 | 81.3-84.5 | 387 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 319 | 7.1 | 6.2- 8.2 |
| Piedmont | 8,606 | 7,489 | 83.9 | 82.7-85.1 | 607 | 8.7 | 7.8- 9.8 | 510 | 7.3 | 6.5- 8.2 |
| Western NC | 1,753 | 1,528 | 86.4 | 83.9-88.6 | 109 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.4 | 116 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.1 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 1,073 | 937 | 86.7 | 83.4-89.4 | 72 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.0 | 64 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.5 |
| Northwest | 2,894 | 2,536 | 86.4 | 84.5-88.1 | 194 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.5 | 164 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.0 |
| Charlotte | 2,266 | 1,983 | 84.2 | 81.7-86.4 | 152 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.0 | 131 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.6 |
| Greensboro | 1,982 | 1,723 | 83.7 | 80.8-86.2 | 128 | 7.1 | 5.6- 8.9 | 131 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.8 |
| Southern Regional | 1,583 | 1,333 | 81.6 | 78.6-84.3 | 134 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.2 | 116 | 7.9 | 6.3- 9.9 |
| Coastal | 758 | 669 | 86.1 | 82.5-89.1 | 52 | 7.3 | 5.3-10.0 | 37 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.6 |
| Wake | 2,165 | 1,861 | 82.0 | 79.3-84.4 | 171 | 10.5 | 8.5-12.9 | 133 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.3 |
| Area L | 620 | 528 | 81.5 | 75.9-86.0 | 51 | 11.9 | 8.0-17.3 | 41 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.0 |
| Eastern | 1,920 | 1,643 | 83.2 | 80.5-85.5 | 149 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.9 | 128 | 7.3 | 5.9- 9.0 |
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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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