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| Total Respond.^ |
Not allowed | Allowed in some areas | Allowed in all areas | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,139 | 2,647 | 83.7 | 81.9-85.4 | 440 | 14.7 | 13.1-16.5 | 52 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 67 | 50 | 78.3 | 65.9-87.0 | 16 | 20.3 | 11.8-32.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 |
| Buncombe | 87 | 78 | 89.5 | 78.8-95.1 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.7-16.5 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.9-13.1 |
| Cabarrus | 80 | 65 | 78.8 | 66.4-87.5 | 14 | 20.2 | 11.7-32.6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.8 |
| Catawba | 64 | 51 | 75.5 | 60.5-86.2 | 12 | 23.2 | 12.8-38.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 |
| Cumberland | 96 | 80 | 77.4 | 62.8-87.4 | 15 | 22.0 | 12.1-36.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 |
| Davidson | 74 | 58 | 84.7 | 74.0-91.6 | 15 | 14.8 | 8.1-25.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 |
| Durham | 104 | 95 | 87.9 | 75.5-94.5 | 9 | 12.1 | 5.5-24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Forsyth | 88 | 75 | 83.2 | 71.9-90.5 | 12 | 16.2 | 9.0-27.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 |
| Gaston | 84 | 69 | 76.7 | 60.5-87.7 | 12 | 15.7 | 7.5-30.0 | 3 | 7.6 | 1.8-27.1 |
| Guilford | 99 | 82 | 76.2 | 63.4-85.6 | 15 | 19.9 | 11.4-32.4 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-15.2 |
| Iredell | 89 | 74 | 79.4 | 67.4-87.7 | 10 | 14.0 | 7.3-25.2 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.5-16.3 |
| Johnston | 98 | 84 | 86.2 | 77.0-92.1 | 12 | 12.4 | 6.8-21.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 240 | 207 | 84.7 | 78.2-89.6 | 33 | 15.3 | 10.4-21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| New Hanover | 80 | 71 | 90.2 | 80.4-95.4 | 8 | 9.4 | 4.3-19.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
| Onslow | 72 | 63 | 80.4 | 61.1-91.5 | 8 | 17.9 | 7.2-37.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.1 |
| Orange | 101 | 95 | 95.6 | 88.0-98.5 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.3-11.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Pitt | 91 | 76 | 80.9 | 68.4-89.3 | 13 | 17.2 | 9.2-29.9 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.4 |
| Randolph | 74 | 61 | 75.5 | 51.0-90.1 | 11 | 23.3 | 8.9-48.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.9 |
| Robeson | 79 | 61 | 76.8 | 63.6-86.2 | 18 | 23.2 | 13.8-36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Rowan | 71 | 60 | 83.8 | 70.2-91.9 | 11 | 16.2 | 8.1-29.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Union | 87 | 76 | 86.1 | 75.7-92.5 | 9 | 11.3 | 5.7-21.4 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6- 9.8 |
| Wake | 179 | 165 | 91.1 | 84.9-94.9 | 14 | 8.9 | 5.1-15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 78 | 65 | 83.6 | 72.3-90.9 | 12 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.4 |
| Northeast Partnership II*** | 87 | 75 | 88.1 | 78.9-93.6 | 9 | 8.1 | 4.0-16.0 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.1-11.8 |
| Northeast Partnership I*** | 67 | 50 | 70.2 | 55.5-81.6 | 15 | 27.8 | 16.6-42.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4- 9.4 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 94 | 77 | 77.1 | 63.7-86.7 | 17 | 22.9 | 13.3-36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 99 | 78 | 78.5 | 65.7-87.4 | 18 | 18.1 | 9.9-30.6 | 3 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.8 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 67 | 62 | 90.4 | 76.3-96.5 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.6-22.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 78 | 62 | 85.0 | 74.5-91.7 | 15 | 13.5 | 7.3-23.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.7 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 86 | 75 | 89.4 | 80.3-94.6 | 8 | 7.9 | 3.6-16.4 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 9.0 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 87 | 62 | 73.6 | 60.5-83.5 | 23 | 24.0 | 14.5-37.0 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.3 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 57 | 44 | 83.5 | 71.3-91.1 | 11 | 14.3 | 7.3-26.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.7 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 64 | 58 | 94.4 | 86.8-97.8 | 6 | 5.6 | 2.2-13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 74 | 62 | 84.4 | 70.1-92.6 | 11 | 15.0 | 6.9-29.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 97 | 81 | 83.3 | 72.5-90.5 | 13 | 15.0 | 8.3-25.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.3- 8.8 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 180 | 147 | 82.2 | 74.8-87.8 | 27 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.2 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.4 |
| No | 2,959 | 2,500 | 83.8 | 81.9-85.6 | 413 | 14.8 | 13.1-16.6 | 46 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 |
| NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,021 | 850 | 81.8 | 78.3-84.9 | 154 | 16.5 | 13.5-19.9 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.2 |
| Piedmont | 1,822 | 1,540 | 83.8 | 81.3-86.0 | 254 | 14.8 | 12.7-17.2 | 28 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
| Western NC | 296 | 257 | 87.3 | 81.8-91.3 | 32 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.8 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC*** | 184 | 159 | 85.8 | 78.4-90.9 | 19 | 11.8 | 7.1-18.8 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.8- 6.9 |
| Northwest | 541 | 450 | 83.6 | 79.1-87.3 | 81 | 15.0 | 11.4-19.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 |
| Charlotte | 546 | 459 | 82.7 | 78.2-86.5 | 78 | 15.6 | 12.0-20.0 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 |
| Greensboro | 407 | 340 | 80.3 | 73.4-85.7 | 59 | 17.1 | 12.0-23.8 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.8 |
| Southern Regional | 304 | 245 | 80.5 | 73.8-85.8 | 56 | 18.6 | 13.4-25.2 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.3 |
| Coastal | 154 | 136 | 85.8 | 76.1-92.0 | 15 | 10.6 | 5.8-18.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.8-14.6 |
| Wake | 483 | 429 | 89.0 | 84.8-92.1 | 51 | 10.8 | 7.7-15.0 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| Area L | 135 | 105 | 75.9 | 65.3-84.1 | 29 | 23.6 | 15.5-34.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.8 |
| Eastern | 385 | 324 | 82.6 | 76.4-87.5 | 52 | 15.5 | 10.8-21.6 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 |
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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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