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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 | 1,580 | 387 | 25.8 | 22.7-29.2 | 711 | 44.7 | 41.0-48.4 | 482 | 29.5 | 26.2-33.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
Alamance | 32 | 8 | 24.3 | 10.6-46.4 | 13 | 45.4 | 23.7-68.9 | 11 | 30.4 | 14.2-53.5 |
Buncombe | 38 | 12 | 32.6 | 18.0-51.5 | 15 | 45.5 | 27.4-65.0 | 11 | 21.9 | 11.4-37.9 |
Cabarrus | 47 | 19 | 41.2 | 25.5-58.9 | 20 | 48.4 | 31.3-65.9 | 8 | 10.4 | 4.9-20.8 |
Catawba | 51 | 8 | 24.4 | 9.6-49.5 | 22 | 36.2 | 21.9-53.5 | 21 | 39.4 | 24.4-56.6 |
Cumberland | 39 | 10 | 25.8 | 12.4-46.0 | 14 | 49.2 | 28.6-70.1 | 15 | 25.0 | 13.4-41.8 |
Davidson | 52 | 15 | 23.2 | 13.0-37.9 | 26 | 58.9 | 43.2-73.0 | 11 | 18.0 | 9.3-31.9 |
Durham | 23 | 4 | 35.5 | 10.3-72.4 | 15 | 44.8 | 20.0-72.5 | 4 | 19.7 | 6.2-47.5 |
Forsyth | 45 | 13 | 31.3 | 18.1-48.4 | 20 | 44.1 | 28.9-60.6 | 12 | 24.5 | 13.5-40.3 |
Gaston | 39 | 10 | 29.4 | 14.8-50.0 | 16 | 37.9 | 21.8-57.1 | 13 | 32.7 | 15.8-55.7 |
Guilford | 44 | 9 | 22.4 | 11.1-40.1 | 17 | 45.2 | 28.3-63.2 | 18 | 32.4 | 19.4-48.9 |
Iredell | 39 | 12 | 31.0 | 16.3-50.8 | 16 | 40.5 | 24.7-58.6 | 11 | 28.4 | 14.1-49.0 |
Johnston | 48 | 13 | 34.5 | 19.1-54.2 | 23 | 47.7 | 31.4-64.5 | 12 | 17.7 | 9.1-31.7 |
Mecklenburg | 82 | 22 | 20.4 | 11.7-33.0 | 39 | 49.4 | 31.7-67.2 | 21 | 30.3 | 14.4-52.8 |
New Hanover | 31 | 11 | 49.0 | 26.2-72.1 | 12 | 31.3 | 15.6-53.0 | 8 | 19.7 | 8.8-38.5 |
Onslow | 35 | 7 | 30.2 | 11.9-58.2 | 12 | 34.4 | 17.9-55.9 | 16 | 35.3 | 19.3-55.5 |
Orange | 25 | 6 | 26.4 | 11.7-49.2 | 11 | 33.2 | 17.0-54.7 | 8 | 40.4 | 20.3-64.3 |
Pitt | 29 | 5 | 14.1 | 5.2-32.8 | 16 | 52.2 | 28.8-74.7 | 8 | 33.7 | 14.1-61.2 |
Randolph | 35 | 5 | 28.6 | 8.0-64.8 | 16 | 38.9 | 18.3-64.4 | 14 | 32.5 | 15.7-55.4 |
Robeson | 56 | 13 | 18.9 | 10.3-32.1 | 28 | 52.5 | 37.4-67.2 | 15 | 28.6 | 17.3-43.5 |
Rowan | 44 | 13 | 31.6 | 17.4-50.5 | 20 | 40.8 | 25.3-58.4 | 11 | 27.6 | 14.4-46.3 |
Union | 36 | 10 | 28.9 | 15.0-48.3 | 17 | 51.7 | 33.4-69.6 | 9 | 19.4 | 9.7-35.0 |
Wake | 63 | 10 | 16.3 | 7.8-31.1 | 35 | 57.3 | 40.6-72.4 | 18 | 26.4 | 15.0-42.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 45 | 15 | 32.9 | 18.5-51.4 | 15 | 30.2 | 16.9-47.7 | 15 | 36.9 | 20.0-57.8 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 54 | 14 | 27.6 | 13.7-47.9 | 26 | 40.5 | 26.1-56.7 | 14 | 31.8 | 17.6-50.6 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 45 | 9 | 17.1 | 7.7-33.5 | 18 | 31.2 | 16.4-51.2 | 18 | 51.8 | 29.7-73.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 48 | 7 | 13.3 | 5.8-27.7 | 24 | 53.4 | 36.4-69.7 | 17 | 33.3 | 19.8-50.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 40 | 11 | 28.2 | 14.4-47.9 | 14 | 35.2 | 17.6-58.1 | 15 | 36.5 | 20.5-56.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 62 | 15 | 27.6 | 16.2-43.1 | 27 | 45.4 | 31.9-59.5 | 20 | 27.0 | 17.1-39.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 29 | 6 | 23.7 | 10.4-45.5 | 16 | 46.2 | 27.4-66.1 | 7 | 30.1 | 14.0-53.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 45 | 10 | 23.7 | 11.6-42.3 | 21 | 47.5 | 30.3-65.3 | 14 | 28.8 | 14.8-48.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 60 | 10 | 14.4 | 6.8-28.0 | 31 | 44.7 | 27.9-62.9 | 19 | 40.9 | 22.9-61.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 38 | 6 | 13.5 | 5.3-30.2 | 14 | 36.6 | 19.7-57.5 | 18 | 49.9 | 29.0-70.9 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 56 | 13 | 25.8 | 14.3-42.0 | 27 | 50.0 | 35.3-64.6 | 16 | 24.2 | 14.5-37.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 59 | 15 | 25.8 | 14.0-42.7 | 25 | 42.2 | 27.9-58.0 | 19 | 32.0 | 18.8-48.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 66 | 21 | 41.2 | 23.8-61.1 | 30 | 40.6 | 25.6-57.6 | 15 | 18.2 | 9.6-31.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||
Yes | 108 | 27 | 25.9 | 16.1-39.0 | 47 | 37.0 | 26.4-49.0 | 34 | 37.1 | 24.7-51.5 |
No | 1,472 | 360 | 25.8 | 22.5-29.4 | 664 | 45.1 | 41.3-49.0 | 448 | 29.1 | 25.6-32.7 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 528 | 130 | 26.9 | 21.9-32.5 | 226 | 41.2 | 35.4-47.2 | 172 | 31.9 | 26.6-37.8 |
Piedmont | 853 | 203 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.3 | 397 | 46.8 | 41.6-52.1 | 253 | 30.1 | 25.3-35.3 |
Western NC | 199 | 54 | 33.1 | 23.5-44.5 | 88 | 43.4 | 34.2-53.0 | 57 | 23.5 | 16.8-31.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 104 | 33 | 38.8 | 25.0-54.7 | 45 | 42.0 | 29.5-55.6 | 26 | 19.2 | 11.9-29.5 |
Northwest | 352 | 87 | 25.5 | 19.6-32.5 | 157 | 43.7 | 36.8-50.9 | 108 | 30.8 | 24.0-38.5 |
Charlotte | 249 | 72 | 25.6 | 19.1-33.4 | 111 | 48.0 | 38.0-58.3 | 66 | 26.4 | 17.0-38.5 |
Greensboro | 169 | 35 | 23.3 | 15.3-33.8 | 70 | 39.9 | 30.1-50.7 | 64 | 36.7 | 27.6-46.9 |
Southern Regional | 165 | 34 | 18.8 | 12.0-28.2 | 78 | 50.9 | 39.3-62.4 | 53 | 30.3 | 20.9-41.7 |
Coastal | 93 | 27 | 33.6 | 22.3-47.1 | 38 | 37.2 | 26.6-49.2 | 28 | 29.2 | 19.5-41.2 |
Wake | 193 | 38 | 20.9 | 13.3-31.3 | 107 | 54.0 | 42.7-64.8 | 48 | 25.1 | 17.1-35.2 |
Area L | 74 | 16 | 21.4 | 10.5-38.5 | 31 | 37.4 | 23.7-53.4 | 27 | 41.3 | 25.8-58.7 |
Eastern | 181 | 45 | 28.7 | 20.6-38.4 | 74 | 36.0 | 27.7-45.2 | 62 | 35.3 | 26.1-45.8 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for DNK/Not sure category are also presented.
^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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