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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,969 | 2,725 | 63.2 | 61.2-65.1 | 1,244 | 36.8 | 34.9-38.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 117 | 87 | 66.4 | 55.5-75.9 | 30 | 33.6 | 24.1-44.5 |
Buncombe | 95 | 64 | 64.7 | 53.1-74.8 | 31 | 35.3 | 25.2-46.9 |
Cabarrus | 97 | 64 | 62.6 | 51.0-72.9 | 33 | 37.4 | 27.1-49.0 |
Catawba | 115 | 81 | 61.5 | 50.5-71.4 | 34 | 38.5 | 28.6-49.5 |
Cumberland | 87 | 64 | 69.1 | 56.4-79.5 | 23 | 30.9 | 20.5-43.6 |
Davidson | 118 | 77 | 60.3 | 50.0-69.9 | 41 | 39.7 | 30.1-50.0 |
Durham | 97 | 69 | 62.7 | 50.3-73.6 | 28 | 37.3 | 26.4-49.7 |
Forsyth | 116 | 78 | 56.4 | 45.5-66.7 | 38 | 43.6 | 33.3-54.5 |
Gaston | 105 | 76 | 68.1 | 57.3-77.2 | 29 | 31.9 | 22.8-42.7 |
Guilford | 127 | 89 | 64.5 | 52.9-74.6 | 38 | 35.5 | 25.4-47.1 |
Iredell | 107 | 78 | 67.5 | 56.0-77.2 | 29 | 32.5 | 22.8-44.0 |
Johnston | 115 | 73 | 54.8 | 42.4-66.6 | 42 | 45.2 | 33.4-57.6 |
Mecklenburg | 172 | 111 | 58.0 | 49.0-66.5 | 61 | 42.0 | 33.5-51.0 |
New Hanover | 91 | 75 | 77.4 | 65.7-85.9 | 16 | 22.6 | 14.1-34.3 |
Onslow | 94 | 66 | 66.5 | 54.1-77.0 | 28 | 33.5 | 23.0-45.9 |
Orange | 99 | 70 | 65.8 | 54.3-75.8 | 29 | 34.2 | 24.2-45.7 |
Pitt | 73 | 46 | 55.3 | 42.4-67.6 | 27 | 44.7 | 32.4-57.6 |
Randolph | 107 | 68 | 58.2 | 47.3-68.3 | 39 | 41.8 | 31.7-52.7 |
Robeson | 104 | 77 | 69.5 | 57.9-79.1 | 27 | 30.5 | 20.9-42.1 |
Rowan | 124 | 77 | 55.6 | 45.7-65.1 | 47 | 44.4 | 34.9-54.3 |
Union | 92 | 57 | 51.3 | 38.0-64.4 | 35 | 48.7 | 35.6-62.0 |
Wake | 143 | 106 | 68.9 | 59.6-76.9 | 37 | 31.1 | 23.1-40.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 108 | 73 | 59.6 | 48.2-70.1 | 35 | 40.4 | 29.9-51.8 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 141 | 96 | 58.6 | 49.0-67.7 | 45 | 41.4 | 32.3-51.0 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 121 | 89 | 74.4 | 64.9-82.1 | 32 | 25.6 | 17.9-35.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 105 | 67 | 61.7 | 50.8-71.6 | 38 | 38.3 | 28.4-49.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 108 | 69 | 57.2 | 46.2-67.5 | 39 | 42.8 | 32.5-53.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 120 | 86 | 70.7 | 60.8-78.9 | 34 | 29.3 | 21.1-39.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 102 | 57 | 49.7 | 39.0-60.4 | 45 | 50.3 | 39.6-61.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 114 | 76 | 57.9 | 46.9-68.1 | 38 | 42.1 | 31.9-53.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 132 | 106 | 76.5 | 66.9-84.0 | 26 | 23.5 | 16.0-33.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 121 | 67 | 46.7 | 37.1-56.6 | 54 | 53.3 | 43.4-62.9 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 120 | 84 | 68.8 | 58.7-77.4 | 36 | 31.2 | 22.6-41.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 109 | 78 | 70.3 | 59.5-79.2 | 31 | 29.7 | 20.8-40.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 173 | 124 | 70.7 | 60.9-78.8 | 49 | 29.3 | 21.2-39.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 295 | 203 | 62.3 | 55.5-68.6 | 92 | 37.7 | 31.4-44.5 |
No | 3,674 | 2,522 | 63.2 | 61.2-65.2 | 1,152 | 36.8 | 34.8-38.8 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,277 | 895 | 64.1 | 60.7-67.4 | 382 | 35.9 | 32.6-39.3 |
Piedmont | 2,227 | 1,503 | 61.2 | 58.5-63.8 | 724 | 38.8 | 36.2-41.5 |
Western NC | 465 | 327 | 68.9 | 63.3-74.0 | 138 | 31.1 | 26.0-36.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 268 | 188 | 69.0 | 61.4-75.7 | 80 | 31.0 | 24.3-38.6 |
Northwest | 847 | 566 | 59.6 | 55.4-63.7 | 281 | 40.4 | 36.3-44.6 |
Charlotte | 568 | 378 | 60.8 | 55.6-65.8 | 190 | 39.2 | 34.2-44.4 |
Greensboro | 554 | 379 | 62.4 | 56.5-67.9 | 175 | 37.6 | 32.1-43.5 |
Southern Regional | 368 | 273 | 66.9 | 60.3-72.8 | 95 | 33.1 | 27.2-39.7 |
Coastal | 212 | 162 | 70.3 | 62.0-77.5 | 50 | 29.7 | 22.5-38.0 |
Wake | 499 | 336 | 63.4 | 57.8-68.6 | 163 | 36.6 | 31.4-42.2 |
Area L | 173 | 114 | 63.8 | 55.2-71.7 | 59 | 36.2 | 28.3-44.8 |
Eastern | 480 | 329 | 61.5 | 55.9-66.8 | 151 | 38.5 | 33.2-44.1 |
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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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