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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,254 | 233 | 4.5 | 3.9- 5.3 | 4,021 | 95.5 | 94.7-96.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 122 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.6-12.8 | 114 | 94.1 | 87.2-97.4 |
Buncombe | 100 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.7-13.0 | 94 | 93.9 | 87.0-97.3 |
Cabarrus | 105 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.0 | 103 | 98.7 | 95.0-99.7 |
Catawba | 122 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.8 | 115 | 95.9 | 91.2-98.2 |
Cumberland | 93 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 89 | 97.7 | 93.8-99.2 |
Davidson | 126 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.5 | 118 | 95.3 | 90.5-97.7 |
Durham | 103 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.6-16.4 | 96 | 92.1 | 83.6-96.4 |
Forsyth | 122 | 10 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.3 | 112 | 93.9 | 88.7-96.8 |
Gaston | 112 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.4 | 107 | 96.9 | 91.6-98.9 |
Guilford | 137 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.9 | 131 | 96.4 | 92.1-98.4 |
Iredell | 122 | 7 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.8 | 115 | 95.8 | 91.2-98.0 |
Johnston | 126 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.4 | 119 | 96.0 | 91.6-98.2 |
Mecklenburg | 190 | 11 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.3 | 179 | 95.6 | 91.7-97.7 |
New Hanover | 98 | 10 | 8.1 | 4.3-14.8 | 88 | 91.9 | 85.2-95.7 |
Onslow | 99 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.3 | 94 | 96.5 | 91.7-98.6 |
Orange | 104 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.9 | 102 | 98.8 | 95.1-99.7 |
Pitt | 76 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.3 | 68 | 92.2 | 84.7-96.2 |
Randolph | 116 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.7 | 113 | 98.0 | 93.3-99.4 |
Robeson | 114 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.5 | 109 | 97.4 | 93.5-99.0 |
Rowan | 136 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.8 | 128 | 95.2 | 90.2-97.7 |
Union | 94 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 93 | 99.5 | 96.7-99.9 |
Wake | 153 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.5 | 144 | 95.1 | 90.5-97.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 118 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.5 | 115 | 97.9 | 93.5-99.3 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 147 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.2 | 140 | 95.6 | 90.8-97.9 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 132 | 11 | 7.7 | 4.1-14.0 | 121 | 92.3 | 86.0-95.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 114 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.6 | 108 | 95.3 | 89.4-98.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 116 | 7 | 6.1 | 2.8-13.0 | 109 | 93.9 | 87.0-97.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 130 | 10 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.5 | 120 | 94.4 | 89.5-97.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 109 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.8-11.9 | 103 | 95.3 | 88.1-98.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 122 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.3 | 117 | 96.3 | 90.7-98.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 140 | 10 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.7 | 130 | 93.7 | 88.3-96.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 136 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.6 | 130 | 96.7 | 92.4-98.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 125 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.4 | 121 | 97.6 | 93.6-99.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 114 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.5 | 108 | 94.9 | 88.5-97.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 181 | 13 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.9 | 168 | 94.7 | 90.1-97.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 316 | 20 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.7 | 296 | 94.5 | 91.3-96.5 |
No | 3,938 | 213 | 4.5 | 3.8- 5.2 | 3,725 | 95.5 | 94.8-96.2 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,374 | 85 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.3 | 1,289 | 95.1 | 93.7-96.2 |
Piedmont | 2,390 | 122 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.4 | 2,268 | 95.6 | 94.6-96.4 |
Western NC | 490 | 26 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 | 464 | 95.5 | 93.0-97.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 281 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.1 | 262 | 94.5 | 90.9-96.7 |
Northwest | 915 | 51 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.8 | 864 | 95.7 | 94.2-96.9 |
Charlotte | 606 | 25 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.8 | 581 | 96.2 | 94.2-97.6 |
Greensboro | 592 | 25 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.6 | 567 | 96.5 | 94.4-97.8 |
Southern Regional | 398 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 | 379 | 96.6 | 94.4-98.0 |
Coastal | 228 | 23 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.5 | 205 | 91.5 | 86.5-94.7 |
Wake | 535 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.7 | 504 | 94.8 | 92.3-96.6 |
Area L | 188 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.5- 8.8 | 177 | 95.2 | 91.2-97.5 |
Eastern | 511 | 29 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 | 482 | 95.2 | 92.7-96.9 |
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*This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.
^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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