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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,120 | 3,786 | 74.0 | 71.9-76.0 | 764 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.8 | 570 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.3 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 139 | 100 | 70.2 | 59.8-78.9 | 20 | 16.0 | 9.6-25.4 | 19 | 13.8 | 7.8-23.2 |
| Buncombe | 121 | 91 | 75.3 | 65.9-82.9 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.6-22.1 | 12 | 10.6 | 5.9-18.3 |
| Cabarrus | 127 | 97 | 72.8 | 60.9-82.2 | 18 | 18.6 | 10.5-30.7 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.2 |
| Catawba | 151 | 110 | 76.3 | 68.1-82.9 | 23 | 12.5 | 7.9-19.3 | 18 | 11.2 | 6.7-18.0 |
| Cumberland | 165 | 122 | 75.9 | 67.3-82.8 | 18 | 11.9 | 6.9-19.8 | 25 | 12.2 | 7.7-18.8 |
| Davidson | 177 | 140 | 76.6 | 68.2-83.3 | 20 | 12.9 | 8.0-20.1 | 17 | 10.5 | 6.1-17.5 |
| Durham | 150 | 113 | 77.4 | 68.0-84.6 | 20 | 12.7 | 7.5-20.8 | 17 | 9.9 | 5.5-17.3 |
| Forsyth | 130 | 100 | 81.2 | 72.5-87.5 | 15 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.5 | 15 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.1 |
| Gaston | 146 | 99 | 68.2 | 58.8-76.3 | 31 | 24.4 | 17.0-33.7 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 |
| Guilford | 165 | 131 | 80.5 | 72.8-86.4 | 21 | 12.8 | 8.0-19.8 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.6-12.1 |
| Iredell | 183 | 136 | 76.5 | 67.7-83.4 | 26 | 13.4 | 8.6-20.3 | 21 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.5 |
| Johnston | 129 | 97 | 78.0 | 67.2-86.0 | 18 | 13.5 | 7.5-23.2 | 14 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 226 | 168 | 75.4 | 68.1-81.6 | 40 | 18.0 | 12.6-25.1 | 18 | 6.5 | 3.9-10.8 |
| New Hanover | 188 | 134 | 68.8 | 58.4-77.6 | 36 | 22.0 | 13.9-33.0 | 18 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.4 |
| Onslow | 147 | 105 | 66.0 | 55.8-75.0 | 24 | 23.2 | 15.1-33.8 | 18 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.8 |
| Orange | 109 | 76 | 69.5 | 58.0-79.0 | 17 | 17.2 | 9.7-28.8 | 16 | 13.3 | 7.7-22.0 |
| Pitt | 139 | 105 | 78.6 | 70.2-85.1 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.4-20.1 | 17 | 9.0 | 5.4-14.5 |
| Randolph | 118 | 89 | 74.3 | 63.8-82.7 | 11 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.9 | 18 | 15.2 | 8.9-24.6 |
| Robeson | 161 | 129 | 78.3 | 69.6-85.1 | 19 | 13.9 | 8.5-22.1 | 13 | 7.7 | 4.1-14.1 |
| Rowan | 176 | 119 | 69.0 | 60.0-76.8 | 30 | 14.9 | 10.1-21.5 | 27 | 16.1 | 10.1-24.7 |
| Union | 131 | 89 | 71.7 | 62.2-79.6 | 26 | 19.8 | 13.0-28.9 | 16 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.5 |
| Wake | 197 | 146 | 74.2 | 65.8-81.2 | 29 | 17.8 | 11.7-26.1 | 22 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 |
| Wayne | 171 | 134 | 79.9 | 71.8-86.1 | 20 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.2 | 17 | 7.7 | 4.5-12.8 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,509 | 1,139 | 72.9 | 68.1-77.3 | 207 | 18.5 | 14.3-23.4 | 163 | 8.6 | 6.7-11.1 |
| Piedmont | 2,531 | 1,852 | 74.7 | 72.1-77.2 | 391 | 16.1 | 14.0-18.4 | 288 | 9.2 | 7.8-10.7 |
| Western NC | 1,080 | 795 | 73.6 | 70.2-76.7 | 166 | 15.9 | 13.3-18.8 | 119 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.0 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 748 | 551 | 73.7 | 69.6-77.4 | 113 | 15.2 | 12.3-18.7 | 84 | 11.1 | 8.7-14.1 |
| Northwest | 1,181 | 868 | 73.9 | 70.2-77.4 | 173 | 14.4 | 11.7-17.7 | 140 | 11.6 | 9.4-14.3 |
| Charlotte | 678 | 488 | 74.4 | 69.6-78.7 | 126 | 19.4 | 15.6-23.9 | 64 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.4 |
| Greensboro | 581 | 419 | 72.5 | 66.1-78.1 | 88 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.6 | 74 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.9 |
| Southern Regional | 495 | 376 | 72.4 | 65.9-78.0 | 62 | 17.1 | 12.3-23.4 | 57 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.8 |
| Coastal | 256 | 185 | 68.6 | 58.1-77.4 | 45 | 22.4 | 14.4-33.2 | 26 | 9.0 | 5.1-15.5 |
| Wake | 527 | 400 | 78.6 | 73.3-83.0 | 72 | 13.9 | 10.2-18.6 | 55 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.8 |
| Area L | 57 | 47 | 73.8 | 45.9-90.3 | 6 | 22.0 | 6.6-53.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.4-11.7 |
| Eastern | 597 | 452 | 73.6 | 65.8-80.1 | 79 | 17.2 | 11.5-24.8 | 66 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.6 |
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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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