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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | > 3 years | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,164 | 2,110 | 48.3 | 46.4-50.2 | 568 | 13.6 | 12.4-14.9 | 211 | 5.1 | 4.4- 6.0 | 494 | 11.9 | 10.7-13.2 | 781 | 21.1 | 19.6-22.8 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamance | 117 | 57 | 47.2 | 37.5-57.2 | 12 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.5 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.7 | 19 | 14.0 | 8.7-21.9 | 24 | 25.2 | 17.0-35.8 |
| Buncombe | 96 | 45 | 42.4 | 32.0-53.5 | 17 | 16.8 | 10.2-26.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3- 7.6 | 15 | 16.3 | 9.3-26.8 | 17 | 22.9 | 14.3-34.5 |
| Cabarrus | 103 | 48 | 45.1 | 34.8-55.8 | 14 | 11.3 | 6.5-19.2 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.1 | 12 | 13.3 | 7.4-22.7 | 25 | 27.3 | 18.2-38.7 |
| Catawba | 121 | 66 | 46.9 | 37.1-56.9 | 15 | 11.5 | 6.7-19.1 | 8 | 7.9 | 3.7-15.8 | 14 | 15.1 | 8.8-24.6 | 18 | 18.6 | 11.5-28.8 |
| Cumberland | 91 | 50 | 53.9 | 42.1-65.4 | 13 | 12.5 | 6.5-22.7 | 5 | 5.1 | 1.9-12.7 | 9 | 11.3 | 5.4-21.9 | 14 | 17.2 | 9.7-28.6 |
| Davidson | 125 | 60 | 47.1 | 37.4-56.9 | 20 | 13.8 | 8.7-21.3 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.5 | 14 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.8 | 24 | 21.2 | 14.1-30.6 |
| Durham | 103 | 61 | 51.5 | 40.2-62.6 | 19 | 18.5 | 11.2-29.1 | 8 | 8.4 | 4.1-16.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 | 13 | 19.9 | 11.2-32.9 |
| Forsyth | 120 | 68 | 49.7 | 39.5-59.8 | 14 | 11.1 | 6.3-18.7 | 8 | 5.7 | 2.7-11.6 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.2-14.5 | 19 | 25.7 | 16.7-37.3 |
| Gaston | 111 | 54 | 45.5 | 35.5-55.9 | 13 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.4 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.7 | 18 | 15.5 | 9.5-24.2 | 19 | 21.1 | 13.7-31.1 |
| Guilford | 134 | 81 | 60.1 | 49.8-69.5 | 13 | 10.4 | 5.6-18.5 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.1-11.2 | 10 | 8.0 | 4.1-15.1 | 23 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.3 |
| Iredell | 119 | 60 | 46.7 | 36.8-56.8 | 13 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.3 | 8 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.3 | 13 | 13.0 | 7.4-21.8 | 25 | 23.9 | 15.8-34.5 |
| Johnston | 124 | 65 | 48.5 | 37.2-59.9 | 22 | 20.0 | 12.0-31.3 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.9 | 11 | 7.4 | 3.7-14.3 | 23 | 21.9 | 14.0-32.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 188 | 94 | 45.8 | 37.8-54.1 | 25 | 13.7 | 8.9-20.4 | 12 | 7.7 | 4.2-13.7 | 22 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.4 | 35 | 21.3 | 14.8-29.5 |
| New Hanover | 94 | 51 | 52.8 | 42.0-63.4 | 8 | 6.7 | 3.2-13.6 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.4-18.6 | 13 | 13.7 | 8.0-22.5 | 16 | 18.5 | 11.4-28.6 |
| Onslow | 96 | 48 | 53.9 | 41.9-65.6 | 11 | 10.1 | 5.2-18.6 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.8 | 16 | 14.9 | 8.7-24.3 | 17 | 19.0 | 11.7-29.3 |
| Orange | 103 | 62 | 58.7 | 47.6-69.1 | 18 | 19.6 | 12.1-30.1 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.6 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.3 | 10 | 11.9 | 6.1-22.0 |
| Pitt | 75 | 36 | 42.1 | 30.7-54.4 | 14 | 19.6 | 11.6-31.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 9 | 14.5 | 7.4-26.4 | 15 | 23.4 | 13.8-36.8 |
| Randolph | 115 | 47 | 36.9 | 27.8-47.1 | 20 | 17.2 | 10.7-26.3 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.7 | 19 | 19.6 | 12.4-29.6 | 22 | 21.2 | 13.9-31.0 |
| Robeson | 111 | 47 | 38.4 | 28.9-48.9 | 14 | 11.6 | 6.7-19.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.7 | 19 | 19.1 | 11.8-29.5 | 25 | 25.1 | 16.7-35.9 |
| Rowan | 135 | 69 | 48.0 | 38.7-57.4 | 15 | 12.2 | 7.1-20.2 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0-10.2 | 18 | 11.4 | 7.0-18.0 | 30 | 25.2 | 17.6-34.8 |
| Union | 94 | 49 | 46.3 | 33.7-59.4 | 10 | 14.4 | 6.2-29.9 | 7 | 7.3 | 3.1-16.1 | 10 | 11.0 | 5.7-20.3 | 18 | 21.0 | 12.6-32.9 |
| Wake | 151 | 91 | 54.7 | 45.6-63.5 | 13 | 11.2 | 6.3-19.1 | 9 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.4 | 12 | 9.4 | 5.1-16.6 | 26 | 18.3 | 12.2-26.6 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 112 | 64 | 61.3 | 50.9-70.7 | 13 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.9 | 14 | 12.3 | 7.2-20.3 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.5-22.2 |
| Northeast Partnership II*** | 144 | 58 | 36.4 | 28.2-45.4 | 26 | 15.1 | 10.0-22.1 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.1-11.8 | 20 | 13.4 | 8.3-21.0 | 33 | 30.0 | 21.7-39.8 |
| Northeast Partnership I*** | 127 | 63 | 51.4 | 41.6-61.0 | 22 | 15.7 | 10.1-23.6 | 8 | 5.7 | 2.7-11.6 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.6 | 25 | 19.8 | 13.0-29.0 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 110 | 53 | 45.5 | 35.4-55.9 | 17 | 16.8 | 10.1-26.8 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.2 | 12 | 10.9 | 6.0-19.2 | 23 | 23.2 | 15.3-33.6 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 113 | 55 | 45.6 | 35.5-56.2 | 18 | 15.4 | 9.4-24.3 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.8-12.4 | 19 | 17.2 | 10.6-26.7 | 16 | 16.8 | 10.2-26.5 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 128 | 67 | 51.2 | 41.7-60.7 | 16 | 13.0 | 7.8-20.9 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.8 | 18 | 14.2 | 8.7-22.3 | 19 | 16.0 | 9.8-25.1 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 110 | 45 | 36.6 | 27.5-46.7 | 19 | 17.4 | 10.7-26.9 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.3- 9.7 | 15 | 16.5 | 9.7-26.5 | 27 | 25.9 | 17.7-36.3 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 118 | 71 | 55.2 | 44.7-65.2 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.2 | 8 | 6.5 | 3.0-13.4 | 13 | 11.4 | 6.1-20.2 | 19 | 20.7 | 13.1-31.3 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 135 | 73 | 50.3 | 41.1-59.5 | 19 | 15.1 | 9.6-22.9 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.5 | 12 | 9.3 | 4.9-17.1 | 24 | 20.4 | 13.7-29.5 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 132 | 54 | 40.6 | 31.7-50.1 | 25 | 17.7 | 11.7-25.9 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.2 | 15 | 11.0 | 6.3-18.6 | 31 | 25.5 | 17.8-35.1 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 124 | 61 | 44.9 | 35.3-54.8 | 17 | 14.8 | 9.1-23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 17.9 | 10.8-28.1 | 26 | 22.5 | 15.1-32.1 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 112 | 49 | 40.7 | 30.8-51.5 | 18 | 20.0 | 12.4-30.5 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.6-16.0 | 13 | 10.0 | 5.4-17.8 | 24 | 21.6 | 13.8-32.2 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 173 | 88 | 49.0 | 40.1-58.1 | 18 | 11.1 | 6.7-17.8 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.1 | 23 | 13.3 | 7.8-21.8 | 38 | 22.9 | 15.8-32.0 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 307 | 137 | 42.4 | 36.3-48.8 | 51 | 14.3 | 10.7-19.0 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.8 | 34 | 11.7 | 8.1-16.5 | 67 | 25.7 | 20.2-32.1 |
| No | 3,857 | 1,973 | 48.7 | 46.7-50.6 | 517 | 13.5 | 12.2-15.0 | 193 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.0 | 460 | 11.9 | 10.7-13.2 | 714 | 20.8 | 19.2-22.6 |
| NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,337 | 661 | 48.2 | 44.9-51.4 | 195 | 14.0 | 12.0-16.4 | 62 | 4.4 | 3.3- 6.0 | 171 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.6 | 248 | 20.1 | 17.6-22.9 |
| Piedmont | 2,352 | 1,216 | 48.8 | 46.3-51.4 | 307 | 13.0 | 11.4-14.8 | 137 | 6.1 | 5.0- 7.4 | 255 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.3 | 437 | 21.4 | 19.3-23.7 |
| Western NC | 475 | 233 | 46.2 | 40.8-51.6 | 66 | 15.0 | 11.5-19.3 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.3 | 68 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.4 | 96 | 22.0 | 17.6-27.2 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC*** | 269 | 133 | 47.2 | 40.1-54.5 | 35 | 12.7 | 8.8-17.9 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.4 | 38 | 14.1 | 9.4-20.6 | 55 | 22.9 | 17.1-30.1 |
| Northwest | 901 | 456 | 46.2 | 42.2-50.1 | 124 | 14.8 | 12.1-17.9 | 41 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.9 | 107 | 11.6 | 9.4-14.3 | 173 | 22.6 | 19.1-26.4 |
| Charlotte | 598 | 294 | 45.5 | 40.7-50.4 | 75 | 13.0 | 10.0-16.7 | 38 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.2 | 69 | 11.2 | 8.6-14.5 | 122 | 23.1 | 19.0-27.8 |
| Greensboro | 581 | 301 | 51.6 | 46.2-57.0 | 78 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.6 | 36 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.0 | 67 | 11.1 | 8.3-14.8 | 99 | 19.2 | 15.3-23.7 |
| Southern Regional | 385 | 193 | 48.8 | 42.6-55.0 | 49 | 12.1 | 8.8-16.4 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.4- 9.8 | 46 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.3 | 76 | 20.9 | 16.3-26.4 |
| Coastal | 221 | 116 | 48.4 | 40.8-56.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.5-19.4 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.2 | 36 | 18.4 | 12.9-25.5 | 31 | 15.2 | 10.0-22.3 |
| Wake | 530 | 288 | 51.2 | 45.9-56.6 | 78 | 14.5 | 11.0-18.9 | 27 | 5.9 | 3.8- 8.9 | 43 | 8.4 | 5.8-12.1 | 94 | 20.0 | 15.9-24.8 |
| Area L | 183 | 85 | 46.3 | 38.2-54.6 | 26 | 12.7 | 8.4-18.8 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.5- 6.8 | 19 | 11.2 | 6.9-17.5 | 44 | 26.6 | 19.6-34.9 |
| Eastern | 496 | 244 | 48.7 | 43.4-54.1 | 77 | 14.7 | 11.4-18.8 | 19 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.1 | 69 | 14.0 | 10.7-18.1 | 87 | 19.0 | 15.1-23.6 |
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*This question was asked only of only male respondents and reported having a DRE and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.
^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.
**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.
***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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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