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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,237 | 2,979 | 16.6 | 15.9-17.4 | 14,258 | 83.4 | 82.6-84.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 463 | 74 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.1 | 389 | 86.8 | 82.9-89.9 |
Buncombe | 451 | 102 | 22.1 | 17.7-27.2 | 349 | 77.9 | 72.8-82.3 |
Cabarrus | 423 | 74 | 15.3 | 11.9-19.5 | 349 | 84.7 | 80.5-88.1 |
Catawba | 448 | 66 | 17.0 | 12.9-21.9 | 382 | 83.0 | 78.1-87.1 |
Cumberland | 456 | 76 | 14.0 | 10.9-17.7 | 380 | 86.0 | 82.3-89.1 |
Davidson | 458 | 74 | 15.9 | 12.0-20.8 | 384 | 84.1 | 79.2-88.0 |
Durham | 464 | 104 | 21.2 | 16.8-26.3 | 360 | 78.8 | 73.7-83.2 |
Forsyth | 457 | 83 | 17.6 | 13.7-22.2 | 374 | 82.4 | 77.8-86.3 |
Gaston | 449 | 69 | 15.0 | 11.5-19.4 | 380 | 85.0 | 80.6-88.5 |
Guilford | 470 | 87 | 16.0 | 12.3-20.4 | 383 | 84.0 | 79.6-87.7 |
Iredell | 406 | 62 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.6 | 344 | 85.0 | 80.4-88.7 |
Johnston | 388 | 68 | 14.8 | 11.2-19.1 | 320 | 85.2 | 80.9-88.8 |
Mecklenburg | 881 | 171 | 18.5 | 15.5-21.9 | 710 | 81.5 | 78.1-84.5 |
New Hanover | 449 | 91 | 20.1 | 16.0-25.0 | 358 | 79.9 | 75.0-84.0 |
Onslow | 397 | 58 | 14.1 | 10.5-18.7 | 339 | 85.9 | 81.3-89.5 |
Orange | 421 | 114 | 24.1 | 19.5-29.3 | 307 | 75.9 | 70.7-80.5 |
Pitt | 443 | 96 | 19.7 | 15.8-24.3 | 347 | 80.3 | 75.7-84.2 |
Randolph | 458 | 69 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.7 | 389 | 85.5 | 81.3-88.9 |
Robeson | 446 | 55 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 | 391 | 84.3 | 78.0-89.1 |
Rowan | 473 | 81 | 18.0 | 14.0-22.9 | 392 | 82.0 | 77.1-86.0 |
Union | 383 | 85 | 21.6 | 17.3-26.6 | 298 | 78.4 | 73.4-82.7 |
Wake | 861 | 195 | 20.3 | 17.3-23.6 | 666 | 79.7 | 76.4-82.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 471 | 80 | 17.8 | 13.7-22.8 | 391 | 82.2 | 77.2-86.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 511 | 72 | 12.7 | 9.8-16.3 | 439 | 87.3 | 83.7-90.2 |
Northeast Partnership I | 518 | 69 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.5 | 449 | 85.0 | 79.5-89.2 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 425 | 78 | 17.6 | 13.7-22.3 | 347 | 82.4 | 77.7-86.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 527 | 82 | 16.7 | 12.2-22.4 | 445 | 83.3 | 77.6-87.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 430 | 72 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.6 | 358 | 84.6 | 80.4-88.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 478 | 68 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.2 | 410 | 86.8 | 82.8-89.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 526 | 97 | 18.3 | 14.6-22.6 | 429 | 81.7 | 77.4-85.4 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 650 | 95 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.5 | 555 | 87.7 | 84.5-90.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 470 | 55 | 13.2 | 9.8-17.5 | 415 | 86.8 | 82.5-90.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 409 | 70 | 15.1 | 11.5-19.5 | 339 | 84.9 | 80.5-88.5 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 510 | 66 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.5 | 444 | 87.9 | 84.5-90.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 767 | 121 | 14.9 | 12.1-18.3 | 646 | 85.1 | 81.7-87.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 1,188 | 163 | 14.3 | 11.7-17.3 | 1,025 | 85.7 | 82.7-88.3 |
No | 16,049 | 2,816 | 16.8 | 16.0-17.6 | 13,233 | 83.2 | 82.4-84.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 5,560 | 914 | 16.0 | 14.7-17.4 | 4,646 | 84.0 | 82.6-85.3 |
Piedmont | 9,675 | 1,728 | 17.2 | 16.2-18.2 | 7,947 | 82.8 | 81.8-83.8 |
Western NC | 2,002 | 337 | 15.7 | 13.9-17.8 | 1,665 | 84.3 | 82.2-86.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,218 | 223 | 17.2 | 14.8-20.0 | 995 | 82.8 | 80.0-85.2 |
Northwest | 3,281 | 512 | 15.2 | 13.7-16.8 | 2,769 | 84.8 | 83.2-86.3 |
Charlotte | 2,551 | 462 | 17.0 | 15.2-18.9 | 2,089 | 83.0 | 81.1-84.8 |
Greensboro | 2,226 | 400 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.3 | 1,826 | 83.9 | 81.7-85.9 |
Southern Regional | 1,792 | 273 | 15.8 | 13.1-18.9 | 1,519 | 84.2 | 81.1-86.9 |
Coastal | 877 | 164 | 17.7 | 14.9-20.8 | 713 | 82.3 | 79.2-85.1 |
Wake | 2,421 | 474 | 18.7 | 16.8-20.8 | 1,947 | 81.3 | 79.2-83.2 |
Area L | 702 | 114 | 16.4 | 13.1-20.3 | 588 | 83.6 | 79.7-86.9 |
Eastern | 2,169 | 357 | 15.6 | 13.8-17.7 | 1,812 | 84.4 | 82.3-86.2 |
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*Derived from 6 stroke questions.
^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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