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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 | 15,246 | 14,091 | 90.8 | 90.0-91.5 | 419 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 | 736 | 6.0 | 5.4- 6.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 399 | 369 | 87.8 | 80.3-92.7 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 | 17 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.6 |
Buncombe | 401 | 377 | 92.2 | 85.7-95.9 | 13 | 5.3 | 2.1-12.5 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 |
Cabarrus | 379 | 346 | 88.4 | 82.4-92.6 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.9 | 23 | 8.1 | 4.5-14.1 |
Catawba | 399 | 371 | 91.5 | 86.5-94.8 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5- 8.1 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.8 |
Cumberland | 409 | 388 | 95.1 | 92.2-96.9 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.3 |
Davidson | 402 | 373 | 89.8 | 83.0-94.1 | 14 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.5 | 15 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.2 |
Durham | 426 | 389 | 85.9 | 79.5-90.5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 24 | 11.5 | 7.1-18.0 |
Forsyth | 403 | 378 | 92.2 | 86.3-95.7 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.2 | 17 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.1 |
Gaston | 389 | 367 | 93.5 | 89.7-96.0 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.4 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.3 |
Guilford | 420 | 388 | 90.8 | 85.4-94.4 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.7 | 21 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.7 |
Iredell | 359 | 340 | 94.4 | 90.9-96.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.0 |
Johnston | 344 | 315 | 89.9 | 83.6-94.0 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.1- 9.9 | 16 | 5.4 | 2.6-10.8 |
Mecklenburg | 778 | 730 | 91.4 | 88.0-93.9 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.2 | 36 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.7 |
New Hanover | 392 | 367 | 92.6 | 88.0-95.5 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 17 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.0 |
Onslow | 361 | 334 | 89.6 | 83.6-93.5 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.7 | 19 | 7.5 | 4.1-13.2 |
Orange | 379 | 362 | 91.0 | 83.4-95.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.8 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.4-13.1 |
Pitt | 390 | 359 | 88.2 | 82.4-92.3 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 19 | 8.8 | 5.2-14.7 |
Randolph | 409 | 370 | 89.5 | 85.0-92.8 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.5 | 29 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.6 |
Robeson | 395 | 348 | 86.9 | 81.8-90.7 | 13 | 3.9 | 1.9- 8.0 | 34 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.5 |
Rowan | 420 | 386 | 90.4 | 85.3-93.8 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.1-11.1 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.1 |
Union | 351 | 330 | 93.0 | 88.6-95.8 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.7 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 |
Wake | 768 | 707 | 90.8 | 87.4-93.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.1 | 36 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 414 | 387 | 92.3 | 87.2-95.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.6 | 16 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 451 | 409 | 90.9 | 87.0-93.6 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.3 | 28 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 451 | 405 | 91.8 | 88.2-94.3 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.3- 4.8 | 32 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 381 | 355 | 92.1 | 87.5-95.0 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.2 | 17 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 454 | 422 | 91.7 | 87.7-94.5 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.9 | 22 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 340 | 92.7 | 88.5-95.4 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.0- 4.9 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.9 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 424 | 387 | 87.6 | 81.7-91.8 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.8 | 21 | 7.4 | 4.1-13.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 467 | 422 | 84.1 | 78.2-88.7 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.4 | 29 | 10.2 | 6.6-15.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 579 | 539 | 91.4 | 87.7-94.1 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.6 | 26 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 416 | 384 | 91.5 | 87.0-94.5 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 19 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 324 | 89.4 | 82.6-93.7 | 9 | 4.2 | 1.4-12.1 | 17 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 409 | 89.7 | 84.9-93.1 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.0 | 28 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 671 | 614 | 90.7 | 86.7-93.7 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.7 | 32 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,042 | 946 | 92.0 | 89.7-93.9 | 29 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.5 | 67 | 5.8 | 4.2- 7.9 |
No | 14,204 | 13,145 | 90.7 | 89.9-91.4 | 390 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.8 | 669 | 6.0 | 5.4- 6.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,897 | 4,513 | 91.5 | 90.4-92.6 | 130 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.3 | 254 | 5.8 | 4.9- 6.9 |
Piedmont | 8,597 | 7,963 | 90.4 | 89.3-91.4 | 232 | 3.3 | 2.7- 3.9 | 402 | 6.3 | 5.5- 7.2 |
Western NC | 1,752 | 1,615 | 90.8 | 88.4-92.8 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.1 | 80 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,072 | 991 | 91.2 | 88.0-93.7 | 38 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 43 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.3 |
Northwest | 2,891 | 2,681 | 91.0 | 89.2-92.6 | 84 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.6 | 126 | 5.6 | 4.3- 7.2 |
Charlotte | 2,264 | 2,114 | 91.5 | 89.5-93.1 | 48 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.6 | 102 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.9 |
Greensboro | 1,980 | 1,830 | 89.8 | 87.3-91.9 | 49 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 101 | 7.2 | 5.4- 9.6 |
Southern Regional | 1,581 | 1,451 | 91.5 | 89.4-93.2 | 43 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.2 | 87 | 5.8 | 4.4- 7.5 |
Coastal | 758 | 707 | 91.3 | 88.0-93.8 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | 34 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.9 |
Wake | 2,163 | 1,980 | 89.1 | 86.9-91.0 | 74 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.8 | 109 | 6.7 | 5.3- 8.5 |
Area L | 620 | 565 | 91.6 | 88.3-94.1 | 17 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 38 | 5.8 | 3.7- 8.9 |
Eastern | 1,917 | 1,772 | 91.6 | 89.6-93.3 | 49 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 96 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.0 |
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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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