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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,653 | 560 | 26.4 | 24.0-29.0 | 2,093 | 73.6 | 71.0-76.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 46 | 4 | 13.4 | 4.1-36.0 | 42 | 86.6 | 64.0-95.9 |
Buncombe | 62 | 19 | 35.6 | 21.4-52.9 | 43 | 64.4 | 47.1-78.6 |
Cabarrus | 78 | 17 | 24.9 | 14.7-38.9 | 61 | 75.1 | 61.1-85.3 |
Catawba | 60 | 7 | 16.3 | 6.6-34.9 | 53 | 83.7 | 65.1-93.4 |
Cumberland | 88 | 23 | 30.7 | 19.5-44.8 | 65 | 69.3 | 55.2-80.5 |
Davidson | 71 | 11 | 13.4 | 6.7-24.9 | 60 | 86.6 | 75.1-93.3 |
Durham | 74 | 22 | 39.9 | 24.3-57.8 | 52 | 60.1 | 42.2-75.7 |
Forsyth | 65 | 9 | 16.2 | 7.2-32.3 | 56 | 83.8 | 67.7-92.8 |
Gaston | 65 | 16 | 31.4 | 17.6-49.7 | 49 | 68.6 | 50.3-82.4 |
Guilford | 75 | 21 | 36.8 | 23.5-52.5 | 54 | 63.2 | 47.5-76.5 |
Iredell | 74 | 15 | 29.5 | 16.8-46.3 | 59 | 70.5 | 53.7-83.2 |
Johnston | 83 | 16 | 19.3 | 11.3-31.0 | 67 | 80.7 | 69.0-88.7 |
Mecklenburg | 208 | 52 | 27.6 | 20.6-36.0 | 156 | 72.4 | 64.0-79.4 |
New Hanover | 53 | 16 | 33.2 | 18.2-52.7 | 37 | 66.8 | 47.3-81.8 |
Onslow | 76 | 8 | 11.1 | 4.5-24.8 | 68 | 88.9 | 75.2-95.5 |
Orange | 64 | 18 | 35.2 | 22.9-49.8 | 46 | 64.8 | 50.2-77.1 |
Pitt | 76 | 10 | 10.1 | 4.9-19.8 | 66 | 89.9 | 80.2-95.1 |
Randolph | 65 | 9 | 23.4 | 9.7-46.3 | 56 | 76.6 | 53.7-90.3 |
Robeson | 72 | 16 | 31.1 | 18.0-48.2 | 56 | 68.9 | 51.8-82.0 |
Rowan | 70 | 12 | 21.1 | 10.6-37.6 | 58 | 78.9 | 62.4-89.4 |
Union | 72 | 9 | 14.6 | 6.7-28.9 | 63 | 85.4 | 71.1-93.3 |
Wake | 158 | 30 | 22.0 | 14.7-31.6 | 128 | 78.0 | 68.4-85.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 63 | 13 | 29.9 | 15.7-49.2 | 50 | 70.1 | 50.8-84.3 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 78 | 13 | 22.1 | 12.2-36.8 | 65 | 77.9 | 63.2-87.8 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 53 | 12 | 31.5 | 16.0-52.7 | 41 | 68.5 | 47.3-84.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 75 | 27 | 50.7 | 37.2-64.0 | 48 | 49.3 | 36.0-62.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 74 | 18 | 28.4 | 16.5-44.4 | 56 | 71.6 | 55.6-83.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 55 | 7 | 14.3 | 6.6-28.4 | 48 | 85.7 | 71.6-93.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 70 | 17 | 28.8 | 16.7-44.9 | 53 | 71.2 | 55.1-83.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 80 | 21 | 33.6 | 21.5-48.3 | 59 | 66.4 | 51.7-78.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 94 | 18 | 22.9 | 12.9-37.4 | 76 | 77.1 | 62.6-87.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 57 | 12 | 23.2 | 12.4-39.3 | 45 | 76.8 | 60.7-87.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 64 | 17 | 30.4 | 17.9-46.6 | 47 | 69.6 | 53.4-82.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 69 | 13 | 23.5 | 13.1-38.6 | 56 | 76.5 | 61.4-86.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 66 | 12 | 24.1 | 11.8-42.9 | 54 | 75.9 | 57.1-88.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 159 | 29 | 26.7 | 17.4-38.6 | 130 | 73.3 | 61.4-82.6 |
No | 2,494 | 531 | 26.4 | 23.9-29.0 | 1,963 | 73.6 | 71.0-76.1 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 866 | 179 | 26.6 | 22.4-31.1 | 687 | 73.4 | 68.9-77.6 |
Piedmont | 1,543 | 323 | 26.3 | 23.2-29.6 | 1,220 | 73.7 | 70.4-76.8 |
Western NC | 244 | 58 | 26.8 | 19.7-35.3 | 186 | 73.2 | 64.7-80.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 128 | 31 | 28.6 | 18.6-41.3 | 97 | 71.4 | 58.7-81.4 |
Northwest | 486 | 87 | 21.2 | 16.5-26.7 | 399 | 78.8 | 73.3-83.5 |
Charlotte | 476 | 104 | 26.6 | 21.4-32.6 | 372 | 73.4 | 67.4-78.6 |
Greensboro | 313 | 70 | 30.4 | 23.1-38.9 | 243 | 69.6 | 61.1-76.9 |
Southern Regional | 288 | 68 | 28.5 | 21.4-36.7 | 220 | 71.5 | 63.3-78.6 |
Coastal | 112 | 23 | 21.8 | 13.4-33.4 | 89 | 78.2 | 66.6-86.6 |
Wake | 417 | 92 | 27.0 | 21.3-33.5 | 325 | 73.0 | 66.5-78.7 |
Area L | 103 | 34 | 44.4 | 32.2-57.3 | 69 | 55.6 | 42.7-67.8 |
Eastern | 330 | 51 | 21.4 | 15.1-29.3 | 279 | 78.6 | 70.7-84.9 |
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*This question was asked of respondents less than age 50 who had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months.
^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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