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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,464 | 4,152 | 78.3 | 76.8-79.8 | 1,312 | 21.7 | 20.2-23.2 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
| Alamance | 117 | 96 | 83.4 | 74.3-89.7 | 21 | 16.6 | 10.3-25.7 |
| Buncombe | 123 | 90 | 74.9 | 65.1-82.6 | 33 | 25.1 | 17.4-34.9 |
| Cabarrus | 122 | 94 | 77.9 | 68.0-85.3 | 28 | 22.1 | 14.7-32.0 |
| Catawba | 151 | 109 | 71.1 | 60.2-80.1 | 42 | 28.9 | 19.9-39.8 |
| Cumberland | 150 | 113 | 78.1 | 69.6-84.8 | 37 | 21.9 | 15.2-30.4 |
| Davidson | 140 | 93 | 67.4 | 56.8-76.5 | 47 | 32.6 | 23.5-43.2 |
| Durham | 119 | 92 | 74.2 | 62.9-83.0 | 27 | 25.8 | 17.0-37.1 |
| Forsyth | 135 | 102 | 75.7 | 65.9-83.4 | 33 | 24.3 | 16.6-34.1 |
| Gaston | 151 | 107 | 74.6 | 64.5-82.6 | 44 | 25.4 | 17.4-35.5 |
| Guilford | 148 | 115 | 79.5 | 70.2-86.4 | 33 | 20.5 | 13.6-29.8 |
| Iredell | 136 | 98 | 75.1 | 65.1-83.1 | 38 | 24.9 | 16.9-34.9 |
| Johnston | 157 | 124 | 83.7 | 76.2-89.2 | 33 | 16.3 | 10.8-23.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 215 | 170 | 75.5 | 65.6-83.3 | 45 | 24.5 | 16.7-34.4 |
| New Hanover | 149 | 104 | 74.6 | 65.0-82.3 | 45 | 25.4 | 17.7-35.0 |
| Onslow | 132 | 101 | 75.5 | 64.1-84.2 | 31 | 24.5 | 15.8-35.9 |
| Orange | 106 | 81 | 78.7 | 67.1-87.1 | 25 | 21.3 | 12.9-32.9 |
| Pitt | 157 | 117 | 74.6 | 65.9-81.7 | 40 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.1 |
| Randolph | 141 | 111 | 81.0 | 72.7-87.3 | 30 | 19.0 | 12.7-27.3 |
| Robeson | 184 | 131 | 74.1 | 65.8-80.9 | 53 | 25.9 | 19.1-34.2 |
| Rowan | 152 | 112 | 78.8 | 71.0-85.0 | 40 | 21.2 | 15.0-29.0 |
| Union | 119 | 93 | 81.2 | 72.1-87.9 | 26 | 18.8 | 12.1-27.9 |
| Wake | 180 | 140 | 82.9 | 76.7-87.8 | 40 | 17.1 | 12.2-23.3 |
| Wayne | 156 | 118 | 75.8 | 65.9-83.5 | 38 | 24.2 | 16.5-34.1 |
| NC REGIONS | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,909 | 1,443 | 77.7 | 75.3-79.9 | 466 | 22.3 | 20.1-24.7 |
| Piedmont | 2,471 | 1,881 | 78.8 | 76.6-81.0 | 590 | 21.2 | 19.0-23.4 |
| Western NC | 1,084 | 828 | 77.6 | 74.5-80.4 | 256 | 22.4 | 19.6-25.5 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | |||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 707 | 548 | 77.8 | 73.8-81.3 | 159 | 22.2 | 18.7-26.2 |
| Northwest | 1,139 | 835 | 76.3 | 73.0-79.4 | 304 | 23.7 | 20.6-27.0 |
| Charlotte | 706 | 538 | 77.2 | 72.2-81.6 | 168 | 22.8 | 18.4-27.8 |
| Greensboro | 580 | 458 | 81.8 | 77.0-85.7 | 122 | 18.2 | 14.3-23.0 |
| Southern Regional | 545 | 409 | 77.5 | 72.7-81.7 | 136 | 22.5 | 18.3-27.3 |
| Coastal | 313 | 232 | 77.2 | 71.4-82.2 | 81 | 22.8 | 17.8-28.6 |
| Wake | 538 | 418 | 81.0 | 76.7-84.6 | 120 | 19.0 | 15.4-23.3 |
| Area L | 171 | 137 | 85.8 | 79.6-90.4 | 34 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.4 |
| Eastern | 765 | 577 | 74.6 | 70.6-78.3 | 188 | 25.4 | 21.7-29.4 |
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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.
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