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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 | 1,826 | 1,390 | 73.6 | 70.8-76.2 | 255 | 15.0 | 12.9-17.3 | 39 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.9 | 16 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | 126 | 7.7 | 6.1- 9.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 50 | 36 | 60.3 | 42.2-75.9 | 10 | 25.3 | 13.4-42.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 14.4 | 4.1-39.5 |
Buncombe | 33 | 24 | 64.7 | 42.3-82.2 | 5 | 19.1 | 6.8-43.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 13.4 | 3.6-39.3 |
Cabarrus | 44 | 36 | 79.4 | 56.5-92.0 | 5 | 9.9 | 3.4-25.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 10.7 | 2.2-39.0 |
Catawba | 46 | 36 | 78.6 | 62.5-89.0 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.4-25.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 9.2 | 3.6-21.4 |
Cumberland | 53 | 44 | 81.6 | 65.2-91.3 | 6 | 11.0 | 4.7-23.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.5-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 |
Davidson | 48 | 39 | 69.4 | 44.5-86.5 | 6 | 10.6 | 4.4-23.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 20.0 | 5.5-51.8 |
Durham | 27 | 18 | 50.6 | 27.5-73.4 | 3 | 13.8 | 3.7-40.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 1.0-16.5 | 1 | 8.6 | 1.2-41.8 | 3 | 22.6 | 5.7-58.6 |
Forsyth | 39 | 32 | 80.6 | 61.4-91.6 | 4 | 13.6 | 4.6-33.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.8 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.8 |
Gaston | 53 | 38 | 70.5 | 54.4-82.7 | 11 | 19.7 | 10.0-35.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.0-18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 5.1 | 1.2-18.7 |
Guilford | 48 | 34 | 69.4 | 53.0-82.0 | 7 | 15.2 | 7.0-29.9 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.5-23.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.9 |
Iredell | 46 | 41 | 90.4 | 78.0-96.2 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.7-17.1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.5 |
Johnston | 44 | 30 | 61.9 | 39.2-80.4 | 8 | 16.4 | 7.4-32.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 21.8 | 6.5-52.6 |
Mecklenburg | 65 | 53 | 78.8 | 65.2-88.0 | 5 | 8.4 | 3.4-19.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.8 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-13.9 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.6-21.1 |
New Hanover | 43 | 31 | 65.0 | 40.1-83.7 | 6 | 23.7 | 7.3-55.2 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.4-15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 6.4 | 1.8-19.8 |
Onslow | 42 | 31 | 76.8 | 60.8-87.6 | 7 | 13.8 | 6.3-27.6 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 6.0 | 1.7-19.3 |
Orange | 30 | 18 | 59.7 | 39.6-76.9 | 8 | 26.7 | 12.6-48.0 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-23.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 9.5 | 2.8-27.6 |
Pitt | 48 | 31 | 67.0 | 50.8-80.0 | 10 | 21.8 | 11.3-37.9 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.8-18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.1 | 1.7-13.9 |
Randolph | 37 | 29 | 82.3 | 66.2-91.7 | 7 | 14.1 | 6.2-28.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.5 |
Robeson | 50 | 42 | 83.6 | 69.3-92.0 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.2-16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-17.7 | 3 | 7.2 | 2.2-20.8 |
Rowan | 66 | 51 | 77.8 | 64.4-87.1 | 12 | 15.2 | 8.3-26.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-13.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.8 | 1.0-20.5 |
Union | 33 | 25 | 71.0 | 46.4-87.4 | 4 | 11.9 | 3.8-31.5 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.8 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.7 | 2 | 13.1 | 2.7-45.3 |
Wake | 49 | 32 | 59.7 | 43.0-74.5 | 9 | 19.5 | 9.4-36.1 | 2 | 5.6 | 1.4-19.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.7-13.2 | 4 | 12.0 | 4.1-30.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 46 | 40 | 88.1 | 73.4-95.2 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.1-21.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.5 | 0.4-15.8 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 73 | 57 | 79.5 | 67.0-88.1 | 9 | 11.0 | 5.1-22.1 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.6- 8.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.0 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.1 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 95 | 72 | 71.3 | 58.4-81.4 | 14 | 17.3 | 10.1-27.8 | 3 | 7.4 | 1.9-24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.4 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 63 | 48 | 72.6 | 56.6-84.3 | 6 | 9.5 | 3.7-22.3 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.4 | 6 | 9.7 | 4.0-21.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 68 | 54 | 78.8 | 64.6-88.3 | 7 | 13.8 | 6.1-28.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.2 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.0-11.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 48 | 31 | 65.8 | 50.0-78.7 | 7 | 18.0 | 8.6-33.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.2 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.8-19.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 49 | 38 | 70.5 | 45.6-87.2 | 7 | 11.5 | 5.0-24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 18.0 | 4.5-50.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 61 | 49 | 78.2 | 63.6-88.0 | 8 | 13.6 | 6.2-27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 8.2 | 2.9-21.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 82 | 65 | 81.2 | 70.0-88.9 | 8 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 | 7 | 10.3 | 4.6-21.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 62 | 48 | 78.2 | 63.6-88.1 | 8 | 15.4 | 6.9-30.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 6.3 | 2.7-14.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 48 | 33 | 68.0 | 51.7-80.8 | 10 | 23.0 | 12.2-39.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 9.0 | 3.5-21.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 70 | 51 | 71.2 | 58.0-81.6 | 12 | 19.9 | 11.3-32.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.9-13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 67 | 53 | 75.3 | 60.8-85.7 | 11 | 21.6 | 11.8-36.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.4-12.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 181 | 141 | 76.8 | 68.5-83.4 | 23 | 12.9 | 8.4-19.5 | 6 | 5.2 | 1.9-13.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.5 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.7- 8.9 |
No | 1,645 | 1,249 | 73.3 | 70.3-76.1 | 232 | 15.1 | 13.0-17.6 | 33 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.6 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.0 | 117 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.2 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 678 | 513 | 75.3 | 70.9-79.3 | 93 | 14.4 | 11.2-18.3 | 18 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.3 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.1 | 47 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.4 |
Piedmont | 958 | 737 | 73.2 | 69.1-76.8 | 129 | 13.6 | 11.0-16.7 | 19 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 65 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.7 |
Western NC | 190 | 140 | 71.2 | 62.7-78.4 | 33 | 21.3 | 14.9-29.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 14 | 5.8 | 3.0-10.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 100 | 77 | 72.4 | 60.3-81.9 | 16 | 20.9 | 12.5-32.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 1.8-14.7 |
Northwest | 369 | 288 | 75.6 | 69.3-81.1 | 51 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.5 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 23 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.1 |
Charlotte | 255 | 198 | 76.3 | 69.3-82.1 | 32 | 12.1 | 8.1-17.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.4 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.7 | 17 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.2 |
Greensboro | 229 | 169 | 69.2 | 60.2-77.0 | 38 | 16.4 | 11.1-23.5 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 11.1 | 5.9-20.1 |
Southern Regional | 207 | 170 | 82.0 | 74.1-87.8 | 23 | 11.8 | 7.0-19.2 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 6.9 |
Coastal | 91 | 59 | 60.8 | 47.3-72.9 | 15 | 23.0 | 12.6-38.2 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.7- 9.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.2-16.8 | 9 | 7.6 | 3.7-14.7 |
Wake | 204 | 145 | 65.2 | 55.6-73.7 | 30 | 14.9 | 9.4-22.7 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.4 | 20 | 12.8 | 7.2-21.9 |
Area L | 110 | 85 | 70.5 | 59.0-80.0 | 15 | 16.2 | 9.6-26.1 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.2-18.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.2 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.8-15.8 |
Eastern | 261 | 199 | 80.6 | 74.7-85.4 | 35 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.9 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 18 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.0 |
Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.
^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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