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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,229 | 2,925 | 64.8 | 62.9-66.6 | 1,304 | 35.2 | 33.4-37.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 103 | 76 | 63.6 | 48.7-76.2 | 27 | 36.4 | 23.8-51.3 |
Buncombe | 110 | 82 | 69.5 | 58.9-78.4 | 28 | 30.5 | 21.6-41.1 |
Cabarrus | 115 | 77 | 60.8 | 49.6-70.9 | 38 | 39.2 | 29.1-50.4 |
Catawba | 124 | 88 | 65.7 | 55.2-74.8 | 36 | 34.3 | 25.2-44.8 |
Cumberland | 101 | 67 | 64.3 | 53.3-73.9 | 34 | 35.7 | 26.1-46.7 |
Davidson | 132 | 79 | 55.0 | 45.0-64.5 | 53 | 45.0 | 35.5-55.0 |
Durham | 97 | 66 | 63.5 | 51.5-74.1 | 31 | 36.5 | 25.9-48.5 |
Forsyth | 100 | 80 | 78.8 | 68.7-86.3 | 20 | 21.2 | 13.7-31.3 |
Gaston | 114 | 79 | 63.1 | 52.5-72.7 | 35 | 36.9 | 27.3-47.5 |
Guilford | 119 | 81 | 65.1 | 54.6-74.3 | 38 | 34.9 | 25.7-45.4 |
Iredell | 107 | 76 | 71.1 | 60.5-79.7 | 31 | 28.9 | 20.3-39.5 |
Johnston | 90 | 68 | 71.0 | 57.5-81.5 | 22 | 29.0 | 18.5-42.5 |
Mecklenburg | 217 | 149 | 66.0 | 58.7-72.6 | 68 | 34.0 | 27.4-41.3 |
New Hanover | 111 | 82 | 75.0 | 65.2-82.7 | 29 | 25.0 | 17.3-34.8 |
Onslow | 73 | 50 | 63.3 | 49.9-74.9 | 23 | 36.7 | 25.1-50.1 |
Orange | 109 | 79 | 68.0 | 57.1-77.3 | 30 | 32.0 | 22.7-42.9 |
Pitt | 106 | 72 | 61.8 | 50.7-71.9 | 34 | 38.2 | 28.1-49.3 |
Randolph | 126 | 77 | 55.2 | 45.1-65.0 | 49 | 44.8 | 35.0-54.9 |
Robeson | 97 | 61 | 60.6 | 48.5-71.5 | 36 | 39.4 | 28.5-51.5 |
Rowan | 117 | 77 | 64.6 | 54.3-73.7 | 40 | 35.4 | 26.3-45.7 |
Union | 104 | 62 | 54.4 | 43.1-65.3 | 42 | 45.6 | 34.7-56.9 |
Wake | 196 | 127 | 59.6 | 51.4-67.2 | 69 | 40.4 | 32.8-48.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 134 | 92 | 64.9 | 55.2-73.5 | 42 | 35.1 | 26.5-44.8 |
Northeast Partnership II | 120 | 77 | 57.9 | 46.6-68.5 | 43 | 42.1 | 31.5-53.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 141 | 101 | 65.3 | 54.9-74.5 | 40 | 34.7 | 25.5-45.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 104 | 68 | 55.5 | 43.4-67.0 | 36 | 44.5 | 33.0-56.6 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 109 | 69 | 58.8 | 47.6-69.2 | 40 | 41.2 | 30.8-52.4 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 107 | 89 | 78.7 | 67.5-86.9 | 18 | 21.3 | 13.1-32.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 114 | 81 | 65.8 | 53.5-76.3 | 33 | 34.2 | 23.7-46.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 134 | 101 | 71.0 | 60.7-79.5 | 33 | 29.0 | 20.5-39.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 154 | 112 | 67.6 | 58.0-75.9 | 42 | 32.4 | 24.1-42.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 124 | 83 | 62.8 | 52.6-71.9 | 41 | 37.2 | 28.1-47.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 105 | 76 | 69.4 | 58.4-78.6 | 29 | 30.6 | 21.4-41.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 125 | 93 | 69.0 | 58.9-77.6 | 32 | 31.0 | 22.4-41.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 190 | 128 | 65.6 | 56.8-73.4 | 62 | 34.4 | 26.6-43.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 309 | 203 | 59.4 | 52.4-66.1 | 106 | 40.6 | 33.9-47.6 |
No | 3,920 | 2,722 | 65.1 | 63.2-67.0 | 1,198 | 34.9 | 33.0-36.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,301 | 904 | 64.2 | 60.9-67.5 | 397 | 35.8 | 32.5-39.1 |
Piedmont | 2,427 | 1,662 | 64.2 | 61.8-66.6 | 765 | 35.8 | 33.4-38.2 |
Western NC | 501 | 359 | 67.7 | 62.5-72.6 | 142 | 32.3 | 27.4-37.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 300 | 210 | 66.8 | 59.9-73.0 | 90 | 33.2 | 27.0-40.1 |
Northwest | 848 | 585 | 66.4 | 62.4-70.1 | 263 | 33.6 | 29.9-37.6 |
Charlotte | 656 | 444 | 64.4 | 60.0-68.7 | 212 | 35.6 | 31.3-40.0 |
Greensboro | 556 | 392 | 66.0 | 60.7-71.0 | 164 | 34.0 | 29.0-39.3 |
Southern Regional | 404 | 277 | 62.0 | 55.7-67.9 | 127 | 38.0 | 32.1-44.3 |
Coastal | 210 | 161 | 75.9 | 68.4-82.1 | 49 | 24.1 | 17.9-31.6 |
Wake | 563 | 387 | 62.6 | 57.3-67.5 | 176 | 37.4 | 32.5-42.7 |
Area L | 172 | 112 | 53.5 | 43.8-62.8 | 60 | 46.5 | 37.2-56.2 |
Eastern | 520 | 357 | 64.6 | 59.5-69.4 | 163 | 35.4 | 30.6-40.5 |
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*This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.
^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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