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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,172 | 1,508 | 46.5 | 44.2-48.8 | 1,664 | 53.5 | 51.2-55.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 74 | 32 | 41.8 | 29.5-55.2 | 42 | 58.2 | 44.8-70.5 |
Buncombe | 64 | 47 | 73.1 | 58.7-83.9 | 17 | 26.9 | 16.1-41.3 |
Cabarrus | 84 | 51 | 60.8 | 47.6-72.6 | 33 | 39.2 | 27.4-52.4 |
Catawba | 85 | 40 | 40.4 | 27.4-54.8 | 45 | 59.6 | 45.2-72.6 |
Cumberland | 113 | 60 | 54.0 | 42.8-64.9 | 53 | 46.0 | 35.1-57.2 |
Davidson | 79 | 30 | 36.9 | 25.4-50.0 | 49 | 63.1 | 50.0-74.6 |
Durham | 94 | 43 | 43.6 | 32.7-55.2 | 51 | 56.4 | 44.8-67.3 |
Forsyth | 81 | 38 | 47.7 | 35.7-59.9 | 43 | 52.3 | 40.1-64.3 |
Gaston | 79 | 40 | 53.8 | 40.3-66.8 | 39 | 46.2 | 33.2-59.7 |
Guilford | 88 | 41 | 47.6 | 36.0-59.5 | 47 | 52.4 | 40.5-64.0 |
Iredell | 97 | 45 | 49.3 | 37.7-60.9 | 52 | 50.7 | 39.1-62.3 |
Johnston | 119 | 61 | 48.1 | 36.3-60.0 | 58 | 51.9 | 40.0-63.7 |
Mecklenburg | 203 | 99 | 47.4 | 39.9-55.1 | 104 | 52.6 | 44.9-60.1 |
New Hanover | 66 | 39 | 59.9 | 46.2-72.3 | 27 | 40.1 | 27.7-53.8 |
Onslow | 96 | 51 | 44.1 | 33.1-55.7 | 45 | 55.9 | 44.3-66.9 |
Orange | 68 | 40 | 52.1 | 38.0-65.8 | 28 | 47.9 | 34.2-62.0 |
Pitt | 105 | 53 | 48.8 | 37.9-59.8 | 52 | 51.2 | 40.2-62.1 |
Randolph | 72 | 33 | 45.9 | 31.8-60.6 | 39 | 54.1 | 39.4-68.2 |
Robeson | 81 | 23 | 31.8 | 18.3-49.3 | 58 | 68.2 | 50.7-81.7 |
Rowan | 86 | 44 | 53.5 | 40.6-65.9 | 42 | 46.5 | 34.1-59.4 |
Union | 90 | 52 | 60.5 | 47.9-71.8 | 38 | 39.5 | 28.2-52.1 |
Wake | 168 | 93 | 55.4 | 46.2-64.3 | 75 | 44.6 | 35.7-53.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 62 | 28 | 52.5 | 36.8-67.7 | 34 | 47.5 | 32.3-63.2 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 80 | 21 | 31.7 | 19.8-46.6 | 59 | 68.3 | 53.4-80.2 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 71 | 23 | 27.1 | 17.4-39.7 | 48 | 72.9 | 60.3-82.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 88 | 36 | 36.6 | 25.7-49.2 | 52 | 63.4 | 50.8-74.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 93 | 34 | 33.2 | 23.3-44.8 | 59 | 66.8 | 55.2-76.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 74 | 38 | 50.4 | 37.6-63.2 | 36 | 49.6 | 36.8-62.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 86 | 30 | 31.1 | 20.2-44.7 | 56 | 68.9 | 55.3-79.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 83 | 39 | 44.3 | 32.0-57.3 | 44 | 55.7 | 42.7-68.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 107 | 50 | 44.5 | 33.3-56.3 | 57 | 55.5 | 43.7-66.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 70 | 28 | 38.3 | 26.9-51.0 | 42 | 61.7 | 49.0-73.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 79 | 40 | 47.1 | 34.4-60.1 | 39 | 52.9 | 39.9-65.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 100 | 44 | 39.7 | 29.0-51.5 | 56 | 60.3 | 48.5-71.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 87 | 42 | 47.1 | 32.8-61.9 | 45 | 52.9 | 38.1-67.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 172 | 54 | 34.4 | 25.8-44.2 | 118 | 65.6 | 55.8-74.2 |
No | 3,000 | 1,454 | 47.2 | 44.8-49.5 | 1,546 | 52.8 | 50.5-55.2 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,071 | 480 | 42.7 | 38.9-46.6 | 591 | 57.3 | 53.4-61.1 |
Piedmont | 1,817 | 874 | 47.2 | 44.2-50.2 | 943 | 52.8 | 49.8-55.8 |
Western NC | 284 | 154 | 52.0 | 44.2-59.7 | 130 | 48.0 | 40.3-55.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 151 | 89 | 56.4 | 45.2-66.9 | 62 | 43.6 | 33.1-54.8 |
Northwest | 604 | 280 | 44.7 | 39.7-49.9 | 324 | 55.3 | 50.1-60.3 |
Charlotte | 534 | 275 | 48.4 | 43.2-53.5 | 259 | 51.6 | 46.5-56.8 |
Greensboro | 380 | 174 | 44.1 | 37.7-50.6 | 206 | 55.9 | 49.4-62.3 |
Southern Regional | 354 | 160 | 45.2 | 38.6-52.0 | 194 | 54.8 | 48.0-61.4 |
Coastal | 139 | 74 | 49.2 | 39.4-58.9 | 65 | 50.8 | 41.1-60.6 |
Wake | 497 | 242 | 49.9 | 43.9-55.8 | 255 | 50.1 | 44.2-56.1 |
Area L | 121 | 40 | 30.2 | 21.1-41.3 | 81 | 69.8 | 58.7-78.9 |
Eastern | 392 | 174 | 42.6 | 36.2-49.3 | 218 | 57.4 | 50.7-63.8 |
*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.
^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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