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Make strong bones | Prevent birth defects | Prevent high bp | Other | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,367 | 648 | 19.9 | 18.0-21.9 | 1,978 | 56.7 | 54.4-59.0 | 133 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.4 | 608 | 18.3 | 16.6-20.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 79 | 19 | 17.2 | 10.2-27.6 | 47 | 64.8 | 50.1-77.1 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.1-27.0 | 9 | 9.9 | 4.6-19.9 |
Buncombe | 74 | 7 | 12.6 | 5.5-26.4 | 60 | 78.2 | 64.5-87.7 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 | 6 | 8.0 | 3.3-17.8 |
Cabarrus | 78 | 9 | 14.3 | 6.4-28.9 | 46 | 51.5 | 38.0-64.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.0 | 19 | 30.9 | 19.2-45.7 |
Catawba | 82 | 17 | 23.4 | 14.1-36.2 | 52 | 62.3 | 49.1-73.8 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.5 | 9 | 11.0 | 5.4-21.1 |
Cumberland | 116 | 22 | 18.4 | 11.2-28.8 | 61 | 53.2 | 42.1-64.1 | 7 | 8.8 | 3.5-20.6 | 26 | 19.5 | 12.7-28.8 |
Davidson | 84 | 17 | 22.0 | 12.9-34.8 | 45 | 48.6 | 36.3-61.1 | 7 | 10.5 | 4.8-21.5 | 15 | 19.0 | 10.2-32.5 |
Durham | 128 | 18 | 11.9 | 6.8-19.8 | 80 | 58.9 | 46.8-70.0 | 7 | 9.5 | 3.6-22.9 | 23 | 19.7 | 11.9-30.8 |
Forsyth | 84 | 14 | 20.2 | 10.3-35.7 | 52 | 56.3 | 42.5-69.2 | 5 | 7.7 | 2.4-22.5 | 13 | 15.8 | 8.9-26.5 |
Gaston | 69 | 15 | 25.4 | 13.7-42.2 | 39 | 45.0 | 30.9-60.0 | 2 | 8.9 | 2.3-28.7 | 13 | 20.8 | 11.0-35.7 |
Guilford | 99 | 15 | 17.6 | 9.6-30.0 | 56 | 52.0 | 40.1-63.7 | 5 | 6.3 | 2.5-15.0 | 23 | 24.1 | 14.9-36.6 |
Iredell | 102 | 21 | 26.8 | 17.1-39.3 | 59 | 45.2 | 33.7-57.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 21 | 27.5 | 16.1-42.9 |
Johnston | 121 | 16 | 13.9 | 7.9-23.2 | 81 | 65.9 | 54.3-75.8 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.1 | 20 | 18.3 | 11.0-28.9 |
Mecklenburg | 238 | 46 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.5 | 137 | 55.8 | 47.6-63.6 | 14 | 9.7 | 4.7-19.2 | 41 | 16.4 | 11.7-22.5 |
New Hanover | 78 | 11 | 20.8 | 10.4-37.3 | 49 | 54.6 | 40.3-68.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-13.5 | 16 | 21.6 | 11.5-36.7 |
Onslow | 91 | 17 | 19.0 | 11.1-30.5 | 50 | 53.5 | 40.7-65.8 | 6 | 6.5 | 2.5-15.9 | 18 | 21.1 | 12.7-32.9 |
Orange | 87 | 6 | 7.7 | 3.3-16.9 | 66 | 70.7 | 56.1-82.0 | 4 | 10.1 | 3.4-26.2 | 11 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.6 |
Pitt | 115 | 23 | 23.7 | 15.2-35.1 | 63 | 49.1 | 38.6-59.6 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.9 | 26 | 24.2 | 16.3-34.4 |
Randolph | 76 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.1-21.7 | 52 | 75.3 | 62.8-84.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 | 10 | 11.3 | 5.6-21.5 |
Robeson | 76 | 12 | 18.6 | 10.1-31.8 | 43 | 57.0 | 43.3-69.7 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.1 | 19 | 22.0 | 13.2-34.5 |
Rowan | 84 | 23 | 22.4 | 13.8-34.2 | 38 | 50.7 | 38.1-63.3 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.3-16.2 | 19 | 20.6 | 12.7-31.7 |
Union | 92 | 14 | 14.1 | 7.8-24.2 | 61 | 62.3 | 48.0-74.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.2 | 15 | 21.7 | 11.1-38.1 |
Wake | 198 | 35 | 22.9 | 15.5-32.5 | 132 | 61.0 | 51.6-69.5 | 4 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.5 | 27 | 13.3 | 8.5-20.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 67 | 16 | 26.4 | 15.1-41.9 | 33 | 50.3 | 34.9-65.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.6 | 16 | 20.9 | 11.6-34.7 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 81 | 20 | 23.5 | 14.0-36.5 | 42 | 49.0 | 35.6-62.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5-11.1 | 17 | 25.1 | 14.6-39.7 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 76 | 19 | 23.3 | 13.9-36.2 | 35 | 43.1 | 30.8-56.2 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.5-13.8 | 20 | 31.0 | 19.7-45.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 87 | 24 | 23.3 | 15.0-34.5 | 47 | 58.5 | 46.3-69.8 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.8 | 13 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 91 | 17 | 20.9 | 11.8-34.3 | 61 | 63.2 | 48.9-75.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.2 | 11 | 13.5 | 5.9-28.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 71 | 18 | 33.0 | 18.5-51.7 | 36 | 46.0 | 31.5-61.1 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.0-20.2 | 13 | 14.3 | 7.3-26.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 88 | 23 | 18.3 | 10.5-30.0 | 45 | 58.8 | 45.3-71.0 | 4 | 7.9 | 2.5-22.7 | 16 | 15.0 | 8.5-25.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 91 | 18 | 16.3 | 9.7-26.2 | 55 | 48.9 | 36.3-61.6 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.3 | 16 | 31.9 | 19.5-47.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 114 | 29 | 22.3 | 14.2-33.4 | 55 | 46.3 | 35.0-57.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.8 | 26 | 28.1 | 18.5-40.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 76 | 24 | 30.9 | 20.6-43.5 | 39 | 51.0 | 38.4-63.5 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.0 | 11 | 15.1 | 7.9-27.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 88 | 20 | 25.7 | 15.8-38.9 | 44 | 44.3 | 32.6-56.8 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.6-18.6 | 17 | 21.6 | 11.9-35.8 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 94 | 17 | 20.1 | 11.7-32.5 | 60 | 56.4 | 43.9-68.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 16 | 23.1 | 14.0-35.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 92 | 14 | 11.5 | 5.9-21.3 | 57 | 68.9 | 55.7-79.6 | 4 | 6.4 | 1.7-21.8 | 17 | 13.1 | 7.3-22.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 183 | 49 | 25.4 | 18.5-33.9 | 87 | 47.5 | 38.1-57.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.3 | 43 | 25.1 | 17.9-34.0 |
No | 3,184 | 599 | 19.6 | 17.7-21.6 | 1,891 | 57.2 | 54.8-59.6 | 129 | 5.2 | 4.1- 6.6 | 565 | 18.0 | 16.2-19.9 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,099 | 223 | 22.5 | 19.1-26.2 | 610 | 53.5 | 49.3-57.5 | 41 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.0 | 225 | 20.0 | 17.0-23.4 |
Piedmont | 1,952 | 374 | 19.4 | 17.0-22.1 | 1,167 | 56.7 | 53.6-59.7 | 79 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.6 | 332 | 18.3 | 16.0-20.7 |
Western NC | 316 | 51 | 16.3 | 11.8-22.1 | 201 | 64.4 | 57.4-70.8 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.6 | 51 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 166 | 21 | 11.9 | 7.1-19.4 | 117 | 72.6 | 63.2-80.4 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.3-13.7 | 23 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.5 |
Northwest | 635 | 137 | 23.4 | 19.2-28.2 | 353 | 51.6 | 46.5-56.7 | 30 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.2 | 115 | 19.9 | 16.0-24.5 |
Charlotte | 540 | 97 | 18.3 | 14.5-22.9 | 324 | 55.8 | 50.2-61.3 | 25 | 7.2 | 4.1-12.6 | 94 | 18.6 | 14.8-23.2 |
Greensboro | 423 | 73 | 16.2 | 11.9-21.7 | 267 | 60.1 | 53.5-66.3 | 17 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.6 | 66 | 18.2 | 13.5-24.2 |
Southern Regional | 368 | 82 | 22.5 | 17.0-29.1 | 198 | 54.5 | 47.3-61.5 | 14 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.8 | 74 | 18.7 | 14.0-24.4 |
Coastal | 148 | 28 | 29.0 | 18.6-42.0 | 85 | 48.3 | 37.7-59.0 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.0 | 30 | 17.3 | 11.0-26.2 |
Wake | 564 | 92 | 18.4 | 13.7-24.1 | 359 | 60.9 | 54.9-66.6 | 19 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 | 94 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.5 |
Area L | 121 | 35 | 27.1 | 18.9-37.2 | 55 | 45.8 | 35.4-56.6 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.0 | 25 | 22.4 | 14.4-33.2 |
Eastern | 402 | 83 | 21.6 | 16.7-27.5 | 220 | 51.8 | 45.1-58.5 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.1 | 87 | 23.9 | 18.3-30.6 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being between ages 18 and 44.
^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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