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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 13,746 | 5,458 | 36.3 | 35.2-37.3 | 8,288 | 63.7 | 62.7-64.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 360 | 154 | 40.2 | 34.1-46.6 | 206 | 59.8 | 53.4-65.9 |
Buncombe | 353 | 144 | 35.2 | 29.7-41.2 | 209 | 64.8 | 58.8-70.3 |
Cabarrus | 339 | 121 | 32.2 | 26.7-38.1 | 218 | 67.8 | 61.9-73.3 |
Catawba | 360 | 138 | 36.8 | 31.0-42.9 | 222 | 63.2 | 57.1-69.0 |
Cumberland | 363 | 130 | 31.6 | 26.3-37.5 | 233 | 68.4 | 62.5-73.7 |
Davidson | 364 | 143 | 34.4 | 29.0-40.3 | 221 | 65.6 | 59.7-71.0 |
Durham | 366 | 109 | 29.0 | 23.8-34.8 | 257 | 71.0 | 65.2-76.2 |
Forsyth | 375 | 154 | 40.1 | 34.5-45.9 | 221 | 59.9 | 54.1-65.5 |
Gaston | 379 | 164 | 39.0 | 32.8-45.6 | 215 | 61.0 | 54.4-67.2 |
Guilford | 373 | 137 | 34.0 | 28.7-39.7 | 236 | 66.0 | 60.3-71.3 |
Iredell | 317 | 120 | 35.1 | 29.2-41.5 | 197 | 64.9 | 58.5-70.8 |
Johnston | 319 | 120 | 34.8 | 28.5-41.8 | 199 | 65.2 | 58.2-71.5 |
Mecklenburg | 712 | 254 | 33.2 | 29.3-37.3 | 458 | 66.8 | 62.7-70.7 |
New Hanover | 380 | 167 | 40.5 | 35.0-46.2 | 213 | 59.5 | 53.8-65.0 |
Onslow | 311 | 122 | 34.5 | 27.2-42.5 | 189 | 65.5 | 57.5-72.8 |
Orange | 359 | 97 | 29.1 | 23.0-36.0 | 262 | 70.9 | 64.0-77.0 |
Pitt | 360 | 143 | 36.4 | 31.0-42.2 | 217 | 63.6 | 57.8-69.0 |
Randolph | 359 | 160 | 40.5 | 34.5-46.7 | 199 | 59.5 | 53.3-65.5 |
Robeson | 332 | 147 | 41.9 | 35.5-48.6 | 185 | 58.1 | 51.4-64.5 |
Rowan | 372 | 152 | 36.9 | 31.3-42.8 | 220 | 63.1 | 57.2-68.7 |
Union | 314 | 135 | 41.0 | 34.9-47.4 | 179 | 59.0 | 52.6-65.1 |
Wake | 681 | 246 | 31.9 | 28.1-36.0 | 435 | 68.1 | 64.0-71.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 383 | 160 | 39.1 | 33.3-45.2 | 223 | 60.9 | 54.8-66.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 407 | 164 | 37.9 | 32.6-43.6 | 243 | 62.1 | 56.4-67.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 413 | 191 | 46.2 | 40.0-52.6 | 222 | 53.8 | 47.4-60.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 330 | 126 | 35.8 | 29.8-42.2 | 204 | 64.2 | 57.8-70.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 410 | 166 | 35.8 | 30.5-41.4 | 244 | 64.2 | 58.6-69.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 345 | 151 | 40.7 | 35.0-46.7 | 194 | 59.3 | 53.3-65.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 367 | 145 | 35.3 | 29.8-41.2 | 222 | 64.7 | 58.8-70.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 423 | 166 | 33.6 | 28.6-38.9 | 257 | 66.4 | 61.1-71.4 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 507 | 204 | 36.7 | 31.4-42.4 | 303 | 63.3 | 57.6-68.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 374 | 162 | 41.4 | 35.7-47.4 | 212 | 58.6 | 52.6-64.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 338 | 151 | 40.6 | 34.8-46.7 | 187 | 59.4 | 53.3-65.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 411 | 185 | 40.3 | 34.9-45.9 | 226 | 59.7 | 54.1-65.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 590 | 230 | 35.3 | 30.7-40.1 | 360 | 64.7 | 59.9-69.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 944 | 403 | 40.6 | 36.7-44.6 | 541 | 59.4 | 55.4-63.3 |
No | 12,802 | 5,055 | 36.0 | 35.0-37.0 | 7,747 | 64.0 | 63.0-65.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 4,415 | 1,802 | 37.3 | 35.5-39.1 | 2,613 | 62.7 | 60.9-64.5 |
Piedmont | 7,757 | 2,997 | 35.3 | 34.0-36.7 | 4,760 | 64.7 | 63.3-66.0 |
Western NC | 1,574 | 659 | 37.7 | 34.9-40.6 | 915 | 62.3 | 59.4-65.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 943 | 374 | 35.3 | 31.7-39.0 | 569 | 64.7 | 61.0-68.3 |
Northwest | 2,624 | 1,085 | 39.5 | 37.3-41.9 | 1,539 | 60.5 | 58.1-62.7 |
Charlotte | 2,086 | 818 | 35.3 | 32.8-37.9 | 1,268 | 64.7 | 62.1-67.2 |
Greensboro | 1,780 | 678 | 35.6 | 32.8-38.5 | 1,102 | 64.4 | 61.5-67.2 |
Southern Regional | 1,385 | 548 | 33.9 | 30.8-37.1 | 837 | 66.1 | 62.9-69.2 |
Coastal | 729 | 321 | 40.8 | 36.7-45.1 | 408 | 59.2 | 54.9-63.3 |
Wake | 1,920 | 689 | 32.5 | 29.9-35.2 | 1,231 | 67.5 | 64.8-70.1 |
Area L | 542 | 228 | 38.9 | 33.9-44.0 | 314 | 61.1 | 56.0-66.1 |
Eastern | 1,737 | 717 | 38.6 | 35.8-41.6 | 1,020 | 61.4 | 58.4-64.2 |
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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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