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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,850 | 620 | 6.3 | 5.7- 6.9 | 599 | 6.3 | 5.7- 6.9 | 1,426 | 16.5 | 15.6-17.5 | 5,815 | 66.8 | 65.6-68.0 | 390 | 4.1 | 3.7- 4.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 235 | 15 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.3 | 29 | 10.3 | 7.0-14.9 | 34 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.6 | 146 | 64.7 | 57.5-71.4 | 11 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.0 |
Buncombe | 240 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 | 18 | 7.6 | 4.6-12.1 | 47 | 18.6 | 13.7-24.8 | 153 | 64.2 | 57.1-70.7 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.6 |
Cabarrus | 201 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.1 | 19 | 8.9 | 5.6-14.0 | 32 | 14.5 | 10.1-20.4 | 130 | 64.8 | 56.9-72.0 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.5-13.0 |
Catawba | 239 | 29 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.5 | 47 | 20.1 | 14.9-26.4 | 139 | 60.2 | 53.1-66.9 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.6 |
Cumberland | 185 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.2-10.4 | 29 | 12.9 | 8.6-18.7 | 132 | 75.6 | 68.3-81.7 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.7 |
Davidson | 231 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.5 | 19 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.8 | 37 | 18.9 | 13.5-26.0 | 150 | 63.1 | 55.7-70.0 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.8 |
Durham | 191 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.5 | 38 | 16.4 | 11.4-23.1 | 133 | 73.7 | 66.2-80.0 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.2 |
Forsyth | 255 | 17 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.8 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.9 | 46 | 17.6 | 13.0-23.2 | 159 | 65.0 | 58.3-71.2 | 16 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.5 |
Gaston | 259 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.7 | 14 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.2 | 39 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.2 | 181 | 71.3 | 64.9-76.9 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.1 |
Guilford | 247 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.7 | 20 | 7.7 | 4.6-12.5 | 34 | 15.1 | 10.6-20.9 | 169 | 68.5 | 61.6-74.7 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 |
Iredell | 194 | 17 | 8.3 | 5.0-13.4 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.2 | 29 | 13.9 | 9.1-20.8 | 126 | 67.1 | 59.2-74.2 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 8.0 |
Johnston | 177 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 | 8 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.4 | 33 | 19.6 | 13.3-27.8 | 113 | 65.2 | 56.5-72.9 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.6 |
Mecklenburg | 428 | 22 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 | 26 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.6 | 72 | 19.6 | 15.3-24.7 | 294 | 67.4 | 62.0-72.4 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.6 |
New Hanover | 252 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.1- 8.0 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 | 33 | 13.9 | 9.6-19.7 | 187 | 75.5 | 69.0-81.0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.4 |
Onslow | 158 | 13 | 9.6 | 5.2-17.1 | 12 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.7 | 24 | 16.8 | 11.2-24.4 | 106 | 64.5 | 55.5-72.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.7 |
Orange | 198 | 13 | 6.3 | 3.5-11.1 | 21 | 10.6 | 6.7-16.4 | 34 | 16.5 | 11.4-23.3 | 122 | 61.1 | 52.8-68.8 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.1-14.0 |
Pitt | 216 | 17 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.2 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.7 | 37 | 17.3 | 12.0-24.2 | 142 | 66.9 | 58.9-73.9 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.4 |
Randolph | 242 | 19 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.2 | 16 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.1 | 44 | 18.5 | 13.7-24.6 | 147 | 61.9 | 54.7-68.6 | 16 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.3 |
Robeson | 211 | 12 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.6 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.5-12.6 | 27 | 14.2 | 9.0-21.6 | 141 | 65.2 | 56.5-72.9 | 17 | 9.2 | 4.8-17.0 |
Rowan | 269 | 24 | 8.5 | 5.4-13.0 | 17 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.6 | 49 | 18.0 | 13.5-23.6 | 166 | 61.8 | 55.1-68.2 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.6 |
Union | 180 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.1 | 12 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.8 | 20 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.6 | 131 | 75.5 | 68.4-81.4 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.8 |
Wake | 343 | 24 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.3 | 16 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.0 | 52 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.5 | 240 | 69.3 | 63.4-74.6 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 268 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.8- 9.0 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.4-12.0 | 33 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.5 | 196 | 74.4 | 68.2-79.7 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 289 | 18 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.6 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.3 | 58 | 20.6 | 15.8-26.5 | 183 | 65.6 | 59.0-71.6 | 15 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 313 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.9 | 26 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.5 | 49 | 14.3 | 10.3-19.5 | 201 | 67.2 | 60.8-73.1 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 226 | 14 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.6 | 16 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.4 | 28 | 12.1 | 8.1-17.6 | 156 | 70.0 | 63.0-76.2 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 273 | 27 | 10.0 | 6.6-14.9 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.0 | 41 | 18.6 | 13.1-25.7 | 181 | 64.5 | 57.3-71.1 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 251 | 19 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 | 20 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.0 | 31 | 14.3 | 9.8-20.3 | 160 | 65.0 | 58.0-71.4 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.6-12.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 239 | 22 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.8 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.9-12.1 | 33 | 14.0 | 9.8-19.5 | 159 | 65.0 | 57.8-71.5 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 325 | 30 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.2 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 46 | 15.0 | 11.1-20.1 | 220 | 68.6 | 62.8-74.0 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 332 | 22 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.7 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.3 | 57 | 15.9 | 12.0-20.7 | 216 | 66.8 | 60.8-72.3 | 11 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 249 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.9-11.9 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.2 | 34 | 12.9 | 8.9-18.4 | 173 | 71.3 | 64.7-77.1 | 11 | 4.3 | 2.3- 8.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 229 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 15 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 | 41 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.6 | 141 | 64.6 | 57.5-71.2 | 13 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 273 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.4-10.9 | 26 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.2 | 51 | 20.8 | 15.8-26.9 | 156 | 55.1 | 48.4-61.7 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 432 | 27 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.2 | 33 | 6.0 | 4.0- 8.7 | 87 | 20.0 | 15.9-25.0 | 266 | 64.8 | 59.3-69.9 | 19 | 4.1 | 2.3- 6.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 688 | 43 | 5.2 | 3.7- 7.3 | 48 | 7.1 | 5.0- 9.9 | 115 | 16.4 | 13.4-19.9 | 445 | 66.6 | 62.3-70.6 | 37 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.8 |
No | 8,162 | 577 | 6.4 | 5.8- 7.0 | 551 | 6.2 | 5.6- 6.9 | 1,311 | 16.5 | 15.5-17.6 | 5,370 | 66.8 | 65.5-68.0 | 353 | 4.1 | 3.6- 4.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 2,834 | 189 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.5 | 176 | 5.8 | 4.9- 6.9 | 424 | 15.4 | 13.8-17.2 | 1,915 | 68.5 | 66.3-70.5 | 130 | 4.0 | 3.3- 4.9 |
Piedmont | 4,905 | 351 | 6.3 | 5.5- 7.1 | 339 | 6.4 | 5.6- 7.3 | 786 | 16.2 | 15.0-17.5 | 3,227 | 67.3 | 65.6-68.8 | 202 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.6 |
Western NC | 1,111 | 80 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 | 84 | 6.8 | 5.3- 8.6 | 216 | 19.4 | 16.8-22.4 | 673 | 62.3 | 58.9-65.5 | 58 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 672 | 41 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.6 | 51 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.7 | 134 | 19.6 | 16.3-23.5 | 419 | 64.6 | 60.2-68.8 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 |
Northwest | 1,756 | 153 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.7 | 124 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.4 | 309 | 17.7 | 15.7-20.0 | 1,085 | 62.8 | 60.0-65.4 | 85 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.9 |
Charlotte | 1,296 | 78 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.9 | 89 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.7 | 200 | 17.1 | 14.7-19.9 | 880 | 67.7 | 64.6-70.7 | 49 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.1 |
Greensboro | 1,161 | 87 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.7 | 100 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.1 | 184 | 15.8 | 13.3-18.7 | 733 | 65.3 | 61.8-68.7 | 57 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 |
Southern Regional | 857 | 46 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.3 | 52 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.1 | 129 | 15.4 | 12.3-19.1 | 588 | 70.3 | 66.1-74.1 | 42 | 4.1 | 2.9- 6.0 |
Coastal | 500 | 37 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.8 | 31 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.4 | 60 | 13.7 | 10.2-18.2 | 349 | 69.2 | 64.1-73.9 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.3 |
Wake | 1,079 | 74 | 6.5 | 5.0- 8.6 | 52 | 5.0 | 3.6- 6.9 | 170 | 15.3 | 12.8-18.2 | 739 | 69.7 | 66.2-73.0 | 44 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 |
Area L | 384 | 28 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.6 | 24 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.4 | 60 | 13.6 | 10.3-17.8 | 247 | 68.9 | 63.4-73.9 | 25 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.5 |
Eastern | 1,145 | 76 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.5 | 76 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.6 | 180 | 16.4 | 13.9-19.2 | 775 | 67.5 | 64.2-70.7 | 38 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 |
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*This question was asked only of respondents (male & female) age 50 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.
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