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| Total Respond.^ |
Take them to the hospital | Tell them to call doctor | Call 911 | Call a family member | Do something else | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,137 | 678 | 5.8 | 5.2- 6.5 | 107 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.2 | 12,562 | 87.9 | 87.0-88.7 | 93 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.0 | 697 | 4.8 | 4.3- 5.3 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamance | 335 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.4 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 6.2 | 299 | 84.2 | 73.9-90.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 16 | 8.2 | 3.0-20.9 |
| Buncombe | 341 | 20 | 7.0 | 3.9-12.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 297 | 86.3 | 80.6-90.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.1- 4.1 | 21 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 |
| Cabarrus | 347 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.7- 7.0 | 305 | 89.0 | 83.9-92.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 |
| Catawba | 391 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.0-14.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 348 | 86.7 | 80.3-91.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.4 |
| Cumberland | 362 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 | 324 | 87.5 | 81.8-91.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.5 |
| Davidson | 347 | 16 | 7.5 | 3.4-15.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.5 | 304 | 84.4 | 76.4-90.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 23 | 7.2 | 3.9-12.9 |
| Durham | 315 | 9 | 8.0 | 2.8-21.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 282 | 82.4 | 72.1-89.5 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.3 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 |
| Forsyth | 365 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.2-13.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 318 | 85.1 | 78.9-89.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 22 | 6.6 | 3.9-11.0 |
| Gaston | 372 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.5- 6.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 | 335 | 91.0 | 86.7-94.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 18 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.1 |
| Guilford | 365 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 333 | 91.8 | 87.5-94.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.4 | 17 | 3.4 | 2.0- 6.0 |
| Iredell | 370 | 11 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.6 | 341 | 91.4 | 86.7-94.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.6 |
| Johnston | 416 | 12 | 5.9 | 2.1-15.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 379 | 88.6 | 80.7-93.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 649 | 41 | 6.6 | 4.3- 9.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.1 | 572 | 86.5 | 82.3-89.8 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 |
| New Hanover | 374 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.6-12.6 | 345 | 92.7 | 86.3-96.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 |
| Onslow | 363 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 323 | 91.1 | 87.1-94.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 18 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.6 |
| Orange | 337 | 17 | 6.7 | 3.3-13.2 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 305 | 89.4 | 83.0-93.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 |
| Pitt | 369 | 13 | 7.0 | 3.4-13.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.3- 7.2 | 333 | 87.5 | 80.8-92.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.6 |
| Randolph | 362 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.5 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.2- 5.6 | 323 | 88.1 | 82.9-91.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.3 |
| Robeson | 394 | 23 | 10.5 | 6.2-17.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 346 | 83.5 | 76.6-88.7 | 7 | 2.4 | 0.8- 7.0 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 |
| Rowan | 428 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.5 | 382 | 91.0 | 87.1-93.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.8 |
| Union | 358 | 14 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.1 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 | 318 | 89.1 | 84.8-92.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 20 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 |
| Wake | 588 | 28 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 532 | 88.7 | 84.6-91.8 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.2 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 |
| Wayne | 343 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 303 | 87.0 | 81.4-91.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 17 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 4,581 | 220 | 6.1 | 5.1- 7.3 | 38 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 4,076 | 88.2 | 86.7-89.5 | 31 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 | 216 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.3 |
| Piedmont | 6,797 | 310 | 5.6 | 4.7- 6.6 | 49 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 | 6,069 | 87.9 | 86.5-89.1 | 45 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 | 324 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 |
| Western NC | 2,759 | 148 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 | 20 | 0.4 | 0.3- 0.7 | 2,417 | 87.1 | 85.3-88.8 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 157 | 5.3 | 4.4- 6.3 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 1,825 | 91 | 6.6 | 5.0- 8.8 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.2- 0.9 | 1,606 | 86.7 | 84.2-88.8 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 106 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.2 |
| Northwest | 2,955 | 156 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.7 | 23 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | 2,607 | 87.7 | 85.7-89.4 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 | 149 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.4 |
| Charlotte | 1,940 | 99 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.9 | 14 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 1,721 | 87.8 | 85.3-89.9 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 | 94 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.3 |
| Greensboro | 1,599 | 56 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | 1,445 | 90.2 | 87.7-92.2 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 79 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.7 |
| Southern Regional | 1,308 | 70 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.5 | 17 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.8 | 1,156 | 85.9 | 82.3-88.8 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 55 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 |
| Coastal | 730 | 29 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 659 | 91.4 | 88.1-93.8 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 | 31 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 |
| Wake | 1,525 | 62 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.7 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.7 | 1,372 | 87.5 | 84.5-89.9 | 16 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 67 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 |
| Area L | 385 | 22 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 340 | 89.9 | 86.1-92.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 |
| Eastern | 1,870 | 93 | 7.1 | 5.3- 9.4 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.8 | 1,656 | 87.1 | 84.4-89.3 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 98 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.3 |
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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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