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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 | 10,346 | 1,002 | 9.0 | 8.4- 9.7 | 365 | 3.4 | 3.0- 3.9 | 193 | 1.8 | 1.5- 2.2 | 113 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.3 | 8,673 | 84.7 | 83.9-85.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 273 | 25 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.3 | 13 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.2 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.9 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.2 | 221 | 84.1 | 79.1-88.1 |
Buncombe | 251 | 37 | 13.1 | 9.4-18.1 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.3- 8.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.9 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.6 | 196 | 79.7 | 73.9-84.6 |
Cabarrus | 257 | 25 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.7 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 223 | 86.0 | 80.1-90.4 |
Catawba | 279 | 28 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 237 | 86.8 | 81.7-90.5 |
Cumberland | 266 | 23 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.9 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.5 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 5.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 | 227 | 86.9 | 81.5-90.8 |
Davidson | 282 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.7 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.0 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.7 | 238 | 84.6 | 78.8-89.0 |
Durham | 231 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.4-13.2 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.5 | 190 | 83.1 | 76.5-88.2 |
Forsyth | 281 | 29 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.8 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.2 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 238 | 85.8 | 80.7-89.8 |
Gaston | 267 | 24 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.9 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.7 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.5- 9.0 | 218 | 80.3 | 73.7-85.5 |
Guilford | 296 | 29 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.7 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 251 | 86.6 | 81.7-90.3 |
Iredell | 288 | 29 | 9.5 | 6.3-14.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.2 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.4 | 250 | 86.3 | 80.8-90.4 |
Johnston | 261 | 28 | 12.5 | 7.3-20.4 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 3 | 4.4 | 0.9-18.6 | 215 | 78.9 | 69.2-86.2 |
Mecklenburg | 490 | 53 | 9.8 | 7.1-13.4 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.9 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.2 | 412 | 85.0 | 80.9-88.3 |
New Hanover | 291 | 33 | 11.5 | 8.0-16.2 | 13 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 239 | 82.7 | 77.5-86.9 |
Onslow | 232 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.2 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.9 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.4 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.7 | 192 | 81.3 | 74.6-86.6 |
Orange | 235 | 20 | 7.7 | 4.9-12.0 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.5 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 203 | 85.4 | 79.0-90.1 |
Pitt | 242 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.4 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 212 | 87.3 | 81.7-91.3 |
Randolph | 263 | 21 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.4 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0- 5.7 | 7 | 2.4 | 0.9- 5.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 226 | 87.5 | 82.4-91.3 |
Robeson | 254 | 22 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.7 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.9 | 207 | 83.2 | 77.5-87.7 |
Rowan | 307 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.4-15.9 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.8 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 258 | 83.4 | 78.1-87.6 |
Union | 246 | 16 | 6.0 | 3.4-10.4 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 219 | 89.8 | 84.7-93.4 |
Wake | 382 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.7- 8.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 349 | 92.1 | 88.6-94.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 303 | 31 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.4 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 254 | 84.7 | 79.7-88.7 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 374 | 36 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.7 | 16 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.6 | 309 | 82.5 | 77.7-86.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 324 | 34 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.6 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.1 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.6 | 272 | 83.7 | 78.4-87.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 294 | 33 | 10.0 | 6.7-14.6 | 16 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 | 241 | 83.8 | 78.4-88.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 312 | 29 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.0 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.2 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.3 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.0 | 260 | 84.1 | 78.8-88.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 323 | 32 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.1 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.4 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.4- 5.9 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.0 | 268 | 83.4 | 78.5-87.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 248 | 23 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.3 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 6.0 | 206 | 82.3 | 76.0-87.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 313 | 30 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.6 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.9 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.5 | 258 | 83.5 | 78.3-87.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 378 | 39 | 9.1 | 6.5-12.7 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 | 319 | 85.2 | 80.8-88.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 296 | 30 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.7 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.6 | 6 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 244 | 82.7 | 77.3-87.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 283 | 40 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.4 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.7 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.1 | 217 | 77.0 | 71.0-82.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 299 | 26 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.4 | 15 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.8 | 248 | 83.3 | 78.0-87.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 425 | 39 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.0 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 356 | 86.1 | 82.1-89.4 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 790 | 82 | 9.7 | 7.7-12.3 | 27 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.2 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.8- 3.0 | 657 | 83.2 | 80.0-86.0 |
No | 9,556 | 920 | 9.0 | 8.3- 9.7 | 338 | 3.4 | 3.0- 3.8 | 179 | 1.8 | 1.5- 2.2 | 103 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.3 | 8,016 | 84.9 | 84.0-85.7 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 3,475 | 336 | 9.1 | 8.0-10.3 | 141 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.0 | 58 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 | 41 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 | 2,899 | 83.8 | 82.2-85.2 |
Piedmont | 5,698 | 535 | 8.7 | 7.9- 9.6 | 174 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.4 | 107 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.3 | 56 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.2 | 4,826 | 85.7 | 84.6-86.8 |
Western NC | 1,173 | 131 | 9.9 | 8.1-12.0 | 50 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.5 | 28 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 | 948 | 83.1 | 80.5-85.4 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 676 | 76 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 25 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.3 | 13 | 1.6 | 0.9- 3.0 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 552 | 84.4 | 81.1-87.2 |
Northwest | 2,098 | 210 | 9.5 | 8.1-11.2 | 71 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.1 | 48 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.9 | 18 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 | 1,751 | 83.8 | 81.7-85.6 |
Charlotte | 1,536 | 143 | 9.2 | 7.5-11.1 | 45 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.1 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 1,302 | 84.6 | 82.3-86.7 |
Greensboro | 1,351 | 132 | 9.3 | 7.5-11.3 | 44 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.9 | 26 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 | 16 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 1,133 | 85.2 | 82.8-87.4 |
Southern Regional | 993 | 97 | 8.6 | 6.8-10.8 | 42 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 | 18 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.9 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 823 | 84.1 | 81.1-86.7 |
Coastal | 608 | 59 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.3 | 27 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.6 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 506 | 83.3 | 79.6-86.5 |
Wake | 1,266 | 115 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.5 | 43 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.4 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.7 | 1,080 | 87.6 | 85.2-89.7 |
Area L | 469 | 46 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.0 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 393 | 82.9 | 78.4-86.7 |
Eastern | 1,349 | 124 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.0 | 44 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.5 | 30 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.9 | 18 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 1,133 | 84.6 | 82.1-86.7 |
Asked only of respondents age 45 and older.
^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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