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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 479 | 304 | 65.5 | 59.4-71.0 | 175 | 34.5 | 29.0-40.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 5 | 3 | 68.0 | 25.1-93.1 | 2 | 32.0 | 6.9-74.9 |
Buncombe | 12 | 6 | 59.8 | 30.8-83.3 | 6 | 40.2 | 16.7-69.2 |
Cabarrus | 14 | 12 | 89.3 | 64.1-97.5 | 2 | 10.7 | 2.5-35.9 |
Catawba | 18 | 9 | 33.9 | 12.7-64.5 | 9 | 66.1 | 35.5-87.3 |
Cumberland | 15 | 6 | 42.9 | 19.2-70.4 | 9 | 57.1 | 29.6-80.8 |
Davidson | 15 | 11 | 88.3 | 67.8-96.4 | 4 | 11.7 | 3.6-32.2 |
Durham | 9 | 6 | 35.9 | 8.6-76.8 | 3 | 64.1 | 23.2-91.4 |
Forsyth | 7 | 5 | 73.6 | 33.4-93.9 | 2 | 26.4 | 6.1-66.6 |
Gaston | 8 | 6 | 83.5 | 50.0-96.3 | 2 | 16.5 | 3.7-50.0 |
Guilford | 17 | 11 | 70.1 | 43.9-87.5 | 6 | 29.9 | 12.5-56.1 |
Iredell | 12 | 8 | 64.9 | 33.7-87.0 | 4 | 35.1 | 13.0-66.3 |
Johnston | 10 | 5 | 44.6 | 17.4-75.5 | 5 | 55.4 | 24.5-82.6 |
Mecklenburg | 23 | 19 | 84.7 | 63.7-94.6 | 4 | 15.3 | 5.4-36.3 |
New Hanover | 13 | 9 | 64.8 | 32.7-87.4 | 4 | 35.2 | 12.6-67.3 |
Onslow | 11 | 8 | 73.7 | 40.3-92.1 | 3 | 26.3 | 7.9-59.7 |
Orange | 14 | 6 | 46.2 | 21.2-73.3 | 8 | 53.8 | 26.7-78.8 |
Pitt | 11 | 6 | 67.1 | 36.1-88.1 | 5 | 32.9 | 11.9-63.9 |
Randolph | 11 | 6 | 71.3 | 41.7-89.6 | 5 | 28.7 | 10.4-58.3 |
Robeson | 11 | 8 | 72.1 | 36.1-92.2 | 3 | 27.9 | 7.8-63.9 |
Rowan | 13 | 9 | 74.0 | 43.9-91.2 | 4 | 26.0 | 8.8-56.1 |
Union | 8 | 4 | 17.5 | 3.8-53.3 | 4 | 82.5 | 46.7-96.2 |
Wake | 21 | 16 | 83.4 | 61.3-94.1 | 5 | 16.6 | 5.9-38.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 16 | 12 | 75.7 | 47.6-91.4 | 4 | 24.3 | 8.6-52.4 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 18 | 9 | 56.8 | 32.2-78.4 | 9 | 43.2 | 21.6-67.8 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 15 | 10 | 74.3 | 46.3-90.7 | 5 | 25.7 | 9.3-53.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 17 | 11 | 69.5 | 42.0-87.8 | 6 | 30.5 | 12.2-58.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 15 | 13 | 81.5 | 48.1-95.4 | 2 | 18.5 | 4.6-51.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 14 | 10 | 62.3 | 30.4-86.2 | 4 | 37.7 | 13.8-69.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 9 | 4 | 61.2 | 27.0-87.0 | 5 | 38.8 | 13.0-73.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 14 | 9 | 66.5 | 36.5-87.2 | 5 | 33.5 | 12.8-63.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 20 | 11 | 63.7 | 38.0-83.4 | 9 | 36.3 | 16.6-62.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 16 | 7 | 56.6 | 30.6-79.5 | 9 | 43.4 | 20.5-69.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 16 | 11 | 65.1 | 36.1-86.0 | 5 | 34.9 | 14.0-63.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 12 | 10 | 87.0 | 58.6-96.9 | 2 | 13.0 | 3.1-41.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 19 | 8 | 45.9 | 20.5-73.7 | 11 | 54.1 | 26.3-79.5 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 40 | 24 | 66.1 | 48.9-79.8 | 16 | 33.9 | 20.2-51.1 |
No | 439 | 280 | 65.4 | 59.0-71.3 | 159 | 34.6 | 28.7-41.0 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 165 | 104 | 65.5 | 56.4-73.6 | 61 | 34.5 | 26.4-43.6 |
Piedmont | 257 | 171 | 69.0 | 60.0-76.7 | 86 | 31.0 | 23.3-40.0 |
Western NC | 57 | 29 | 52.9 | 36.8-68.4 | 28 | 47.1 | 31.6-63.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 31 | 14 | 50.0 | 28.9-71.0 | 17 | 50.0 | 29.0-71.1 |
Northwest | 97 | 61 | 65.4 | 52.6-76.4 | 36 | 34.6 | 23.6-47.4 |
Charlotte | 69 | 54 | 77.1 | 60.5-88.1 | 15 | 22.9 | 11.9-39.5 |
Greensboro | 64 | 36 | 65.9 | 51.5-77.8 | 28 | 34.1 | 22.2-48.5 |
Southern Regional | 49 | 27 | 57.2 | 40.2-72.6 | 22 | 42.8 | 27.4-59.8 |
Coastal | 25 | 18 | 62.5 | 37.9-82.0 | 7 | 37.5 | 18.0-62.1 |
Wake | 53 | 34 | 63.1 | 40.0-81.4 | 19 | 36.9 | 18.6-60.0 |
Area L | 24 | 17 | 75.3 | 53.2-89.1 | 7 | 24.7 | 10.9-46.8 |
Eastern | 67 | 43 | 70.2 | 57.1-80.7 | 24 | 29.8 | 19.3-42.9 |
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^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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