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| Total Respond.^ |
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 | 15,235 | 12,698 | 81.9 | 81.0-82.8 | 943 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.2 | 1,594 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.2 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 399 | 337 | 82.7 | 75.8-87.9 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.4 | 42 | 12.9 | 8.1-19.9 |
| Buncombe | 401 | 343 | 86.6 | 82.4-90.0 | 23 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.7 | 35 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.3 |
| Cabarrus | 379 | 306 | 78.6 | 72.1-83.9 | 21 | 8.5 | 4.7-14.9 | 52 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.7 |
| Catawba | 399 | 329 | 81.7 | 76.7-85.8 | 28 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 | 42 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.5 |
| Cumberland | 409 | 344 | 81.3 | 75.2-86.2 | 25 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.7 | 40 | 12.4 | 8.1-18.5 |
| Davidson | 402 | 321 | 79.0 | 72.5-84.2 | 37 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.9 | 44 | 10.8 | 7.2-15.9 |
| Durham | 427 | 359 | 77.5 | 70.8-83.1 | 28 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.5 | 40 | 15.1 | 10.1-21.8 |
| Forsyth | 403 | 352 | 85.1 | 79.1-89.6 | 15 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 | 36 | 11.4 | 7.3-17.5 |
| Gaston | 389 | 337 | 85.8 | 81.1-89.5 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 31 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.8 |
| Guilford | 419 | 362 | 84.5 | 78.8-88.9 | 21 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.4 | 36 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.2 |
| Iredell | 359 | 302 | 83.1 | 77.8-87.4 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.4 | 33 | 10.9 | 7.4-15.9 |
| Johnston | 344 | 290 | 83.0 | 76.6-88.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.2 | 36 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 778 | 670 | 82.9 | 78.6-86.4 | 37 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.2 | 71 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 |
| New Hanover | 391 | 334 | 86.2 | 81.6-89.8 | 25 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.5 | 32 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 |
| Onslow | 361 | 307 | 84.7 | 79.0-89.1 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 | 31 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.1 |
| Orange | 379 | 340 | 87.0 | 81.2-91.2 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.0 | 25 | 8.7 | 5.5-13.7 |
| Pitt | 390 | 337 | 84.8 | 79.6-88.9 | 23 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 | 30 | 8.5 | 5.6-12.7 |
| Randolph | 409 | 322 | 77.2 | 71.8-81.9 | 27 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.5 | 60 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.1 |
| Robeson | 394 | 312 | 77.6 | 71.8-82.5 | 25 | 6.7 | 4.1-10.9 | 57 | 15.7 | 11.7-20.8 |
| Rowan | 420 | 350 | 84.4 | 79.9-88.1 | 30 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.8 | 40 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.7 |
| Union | 351 | 301 | 86.6 | 81.8-90.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.8 | 30 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.3 |
| Wake | 768 | 652 | 83.1 | 79.2-86.4 | 48 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.6 | 68 | 9.6 | 7.3-12.6 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 412 | 349 | 83.7 | 77.4-88.5 | 31 | 9.1 | 5.4-14.9 | 32 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.7 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 451 | 346 | 78.0 | 73.2-82.2 | 39 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.1 | 66 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.3 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 449 | 356 | 81.4 | 76.4-85.4 | 37 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.4 | 56 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.0 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 381 | 332 | 84.3 | 77.5-89.4 | 18 | 6.1 | 2.7-13.2 | 31 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.4 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 454 | 380 | 84.3 | 79.8-88.0 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.1 | 51 | 11.2 | 8.1-15.4 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 365 | 308 | 85.3 | 80.5-89.2 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 | 42 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.8 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 422 | 332 | 74.0 | 67.7-79.5 | 30 | 9.9 | 6.4-15.0 | 60 | 16.1 | 11.6-21.8 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 466 | 388 | 78.2 | 72.2-83.2 | 27 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.1 | 51 | 14.2 | 10.0-19.6 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 578 | 470 | 77.6 | 72.3-82.1 | 40 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.3 | 68 | 14.2 | 10.6-18.8 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 416 | 335 | 78.2 | 72.4-83.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 6.0-12.8 | 46 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.3 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 350 | 290 | 82.4 | 77.1-86.8 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.3 | 40 | 11.8 | 8.3-16.6 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 450 | 356 | 79.0 | 73.6-83.6 | 32 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.7 | 62 | 14.4 | 10.4-19.6 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 670 | 549 | 78.6 | 73.8-82.8 | 43 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.6 | 78 | 13.5 | 10.2-17.7 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,040 | 821 | 80.5 | 77.1-83.5 | 87 | 8.2 | 6.1-11.0 | 132 | 11.3 | 9.1-13.9 |
| No | 14,195 | 11,877 | 82.0 | 81.1-82.9 | 856 | 6.5 | 6.0- 7.2 | 1,462 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.3 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,893 | 4,064 | 82.7 | 81.1-84.1 | 314 | 6.6 | 5.7- 7.8 | 515 | 10.7 | 9.5-11.9 |
| Piedmont | 8,591 | 7,193 | 82.0 | 80.8-83.2 | 520 | 6.6 | 5.8- 7.4 | 878 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.5 |
| Western NC | 1,751 | 1,441 | 80.2 | 77.5-82.7 | 109 | 6.8 | 5.4- 8.6 | 201 | 13.0 | 10.9-15.4 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 1,071 | 892 | 81.3 | 77.8-84.4 | 66 | 7.3 | 5.3- 9.9 | 113 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.3 |
| Northwest | 2,891 | 2,390 | 81.2 | 79.0-83.1 | 199 | 6.7 | 5.6- 7.9 | 302 | 12.2 | 10.5-14.1 |
| Charlotte | 2,263 | 1,909 | 82.7 | 80.3-84.9 | 125 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.3 | 229 | 11.4 | 9.5-13.7 |
| Greensboro | 1,978 | 1,653 | 81.8 | 79.0-84.3 | 105 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.7 | 220 | 12.3 | 10.1-14.8 |
| Southern Regional | 1,579 | 1,305 | 81.8 | 78.8-84.4 | 102 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.3 | 172 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 |
| Coastal | 757 | 637 | 83.9 | 80.2-87.0 | 40 | 5.5 | 3.8- 8.0 | 80 | 10.6 | 8.1-13.8 |
| Wake | 2,161 | 1,810 | 81.4 | 78.8-83.7 | 129 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.1 | 222 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.5 |
| Area L | 620 | 508 | 81.6 | 76.3-85.9 | 43 | 7.8 | 4.6-12.9 | 69 | 10.7 | 7.9-14.3 |
| Eastern | 1,915 | 1,594 | 83.2 | 80.8-85.4 | 134 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.0 | 187 | 9.7 | 8.1-11.6 |
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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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