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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 | 15,249 | 13,373 | 85.0 | 84.0-85.8 | 658 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.1 | 1,218 | 9.6 | 8.9-10.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 399 | 350 | 83.1 | 75.9-88.4 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.5 | 35 | 12.6 | 7.7-20.0 |
Buncombe | 401 | 365 | 87.8 | 80.8-92.6 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.8 | 20 | 8.2 | 4.0-15.8 |
Cabarrus | 379 | 331 | 83.7 | 77.3-88.5 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.1 | 35 | 11.2 | 7.1-17.3 |
Catawba | 399 | 336 | 82.8 | 77.7-86.9 | 24 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.8 | 39 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.4 |
Cumberland | 409 | 363 | 87.6 | 82.9-91.1 | 12 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.2 | 34 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.9 |
Davidson | 401 | 346 | 83.8 | 77.1-88.8 | 24 | 7.0 | 3.7-12.9 | 31 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.6 |
Durham | 427 | 380 | 82.2 | 75.7-87.2 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 33 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.6 |
Forsyth | 403 | 362 | 88.6 | 83.9-92.1 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.6 | 28 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.9 |
Gaston | 389 | 343 | 85.9 | 80.7-90.0 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.4- 9.0 | 32 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.7 |
Guilford | 420 | 362 | 83.2 | 77.4-87.7 | 18 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.4 | 40 | 11.1 | 7.3-16.6 |
Iredell | 359 | 322 | 88.6 | 83.9-92.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.3- 8.0 | 24 | 7.1 | 4.5-10.9 |
Johnston | 344 | 310 | 89.8 | 84.4-93.5 | 16 | 5.5 | 2.7-11.0 | 18 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.8 |
Mecklenburg | 779 | 701 | 85.7 | 81.6-89.0 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.4 | 54 | 10.3 | 7.5-14.2 |
New Hanover | 392 | 357 | 88.4 | 82.9-92.3 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.4 | 25 | 8.0 | 4.8-13.1 |
Onslow | 361 | 314 | 80.2 | 71.7-86.6 | 20 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.5 | 27 | 11.7 | 6.3-20.6 |
Orange | 379 | 343 | 85.5 | 78.5-90.5 | 16 | 7.9 | 4.0-15.2 | 20 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.0 |
Pitt | 390 | 348 | 88.0 | 83.4-91.5 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.2 | 26 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.8 |
Randolph | 409 | 341 | 81.8 | 76.6-86.1 | 20 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.8 | 48 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.9 |
Robeson | 395 | 328 | 81.4 | 75.9-85.9 | 22 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.8 | 45 | 12.1 | 8.6-16.8 |
Rowan | 420 | 364 | 84.2 | 78.0-89.0 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.8 | 30 | 8.3 | 4.7-14.3 |
Union | 351 | 320 | 90.5 | 85.7-93.8 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.4 | 22 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 |
Wake | 768 | 675 | 83.8 | 79.5-87.3 | 39 | 8.1 | 5.4-12.1 | 54 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.0 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 414 | 374 | 89.4 | 84.6-92.9 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.0 | 24 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.1 |
Northeast Partnership II | 451 | 389 | 83.8 | 78.7-87.8 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.3 | 43 | 11.7 | 8.3-16.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 451 | 375 | 81.1 | 75.7-85.5 | 28 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.8 | 48 | 11.3 | 7.9-15.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 381 | 347 | 87.1 | 80.3-91.8 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.2 | 21 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 455 | 386 | 86.0 | 81.7-89.4 | 26 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.4 | 43 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 328 | 89.6 | 85.0-92.9 | 12 | 4.2 | 2.2- 8.1 | 25 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 425 | 368 | 79.0 | 72.3-84.4 | 28 | 10.3 | 6.6-15.7 | 29 | 10.8 | 6.7-16.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 405 | 79.7 | 73.5-84.7 | 17 | 7.1 | 3.9-12.5 | 45 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.4 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 579 | 508 | 86.3 | 82.2-89.5 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.2 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 416 | 363 | 85.3 | 79.9-89.4 | 21 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.9 | 32 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 307 | 83.7 | 77.2-88.6 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.8 | 33 | 12.8 | 8.5-18.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 379 | 80.2 | 74.1-85.1 | 26 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.0 | 45 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 671 | 583 | 85.4 | 81.0-88.9 | 26 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.7 | 62 | 10.0 | 7.1-13.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,042 | 892 | 84.4 | 81.2-87.1 | 52 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 | 98 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.0 |
No | 14,207 | 12,481 | 85.0 | 84.0-85.9 | 606 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.1 | 1,120 | 9.5 | 8.8-10.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,898 | 4,291 | 86.1 | 84.6-87.4 | 215 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.1 | 392 | 8.8 | 7.8-10.0 |
Piedmont | 8,599 | 7,553 | 84.5 | 83.3-85.7 | 371 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.7 | 675 | 9.6 | 8.6-10.6 |
Western NC | 1,752 | 1,529 | 84.3 | 81.5-86.8 | 72 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.4 | 151 | 10.9 | 8.8-13.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,072 | 948 | 86.2 | 82.6-89.1 | 42 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.6 | 82 | 9.4 | 6.8-12.7 |
Northwest | 2,890 | 2,507 | 84.3 | 82.2-86.1 | 146 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.1 | 237 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.8 |
Charlotte | 2,265 | 2,021 | 85.9 | 83.5-88.1 | 77 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 | 167 | 9.9 | 8.0-12.2 |
Greensboro | 1,980 | 1,717 | 83.5 | 80.7-85.9 | 82 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.7 | 181 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.1 |
Southern Regional | 1,581 | 1,369 | 85.4 | 82.8-87.7 | 65 | 5.1 | 3.8- 7.0 | 147 | 9.4 | 7.7-11.5 |
Coastal | 758 | 684 | 88.2 | 84.7-91.0 | 22 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.1 | 52 | 8.0 | 5.8-11.1 |
Wake | 2,165 | 1,906 | 83.5 | 80.8-85.8 | 105 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.7 | 154 | 9.1 | 7.5-11.1 |
Area L | 620 | 547 | 86.2 | 80.9-90.1 | 29 | 5.8 | 3.0-10.9 | 44 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 |
Eastern | 1,918 | 1,674 | 85.5 | 83.1-87.6 | 90 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.4 | 154 | 9.5 | 7.7-11.7 |
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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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