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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 | 5,090 | 3,435 | 68.4 | 66.2-70.6 | 1,425 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 230 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 138 | 92 | 69.5 | 59.4-78.1 | 38 | 23.2 | 16.1-32.3 | 8 | 7.2 | 2.8-17.4 |
| Buncombe | 120 | 79 | 64.6 | 53.9-74.0 | 38 | 32.8 | 23.6-43.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.3 |
| Cabarrus | 128 | 91 | 71.2 | 59.7-80.4 | 32 | 25.8 | 16.9-37.3 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.7 |
| Catawba | 147 | 91 | 61.5 | 52.1-70.0 | 48 | 34.6 | 26.3-44.0 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.9- 8.0 |
| Cumberland | 165 | 116 | 74.9 | 66.9-81.5 | 39 | 20.5 | 14.5-28.2 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.8 |
| Davidson | 177 | 126 | 71.7 | 63.2-78.8 | 47 | 25.0 | 18.4-32.9 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.7 |
| Durham | 149 | 105 | 68.2 | 56.0-78.2 | 36 | 26.7 | 17.0-39.2 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.6 |
| Forsyth | 128 | 81 | 63.4 | 51.8-73.6 | 41 | 31.0 | 21.6-42.3 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.6 |
| Gaston | 144 | 94 | 69.6 | 60.5-77.4 | 45 | 27.5 | 20.0-36.5 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.0 |
| Guilford | 164 | 116 | 72.6 | 64.4-79.5 | 40 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.5 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.9 |
| Iredell | 181 | 117 | 65.3 | 54.2-75.0 | 59 | 32.4 | 23.0-43.4 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 6.2 |
| Johnston | 129 | 91 | 73.4 | 61.9-82.4 | 30 | 21.4 | 13.6-32.0 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 225 | 149 | 68.1 | 60.3-75.1 | 69 | 29.5 | 22.8-37.2 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.8 |
| New Hanover | 188 | 121 | 66.2 | 56.0-75.2 | 64 | 30.7 | 22.1-41.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.8-10.3 |
| Onslow | 143 | 108 | 74.7 | 65.5-82.0 | 32 | 22.7 | 15.8-31.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.1 |
| Orange | 107 | 66 | 62.3 | 50.7-72.6 | 31 | 30.1 | 20.4-41.9 | 10 | 7.6 | 3.7-14.8 |
| Pitt | 140 | 95 | 71.8 | 62.9-79.2 | 38 | 24.8 | 17.8-33.5 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.3 |
| Randolph | 116 | 79 | 64.4 | 52.5-74.8 | 30 | 27.7 | 18.2-39.7 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.5-16.7 |
| Robeson | 161 | 120 | 73.2 | 64.4-80.5 | 34 | 21.6 | 15.0-30.0 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.0 |
| Rowan | 176 | 115 | 66.7 | 57.1-75.1 | 50 | 26.6 | 18.9-36.1 | 11 | 6.7 | 3.3-13.1 |
| Union | 130 | 82 | 65.8 | 55.6-74.6 | 42 | 31.6 | 23.0-41.8 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.1 |
| Wake | 198 | 131 | 68.1 | 59.6-75.6 | 57 | 28.1 | 21.0-36.5 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.3 |
| Wayne | 171 | 114 | 68.3 | 59.0-76.4 | 46 | 26.7 | 19.1-36.1 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.4 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,501 | 1,046 | 69.2 | 64.5-73.4 | 385 | 26.2 | 22.1-30.8 | 70 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 |
| Piedmont | 2,512 | 1,666 | 67.9 | 65.0-70.7 | 733 | 28.6 | 25.8-31.5 | 113 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.4 |
| Western NC | 1,077 | 723 | 69.1 | 65.5-72.5 | 307 | 27.5 | 24.2-31.1 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 748 | 499 | 69.5 | 65.2-73.4 | 215 | 26.9 | 23.1-31.1 | 34 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.4 |
| Northwest | 1,170 | 775 | 66.6 | 62.5-70.4 | 348 | 29.7 | 26.0-33.7 | 47 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.4 |
| Charlotte | 674 | 445 | 66.5 | 60.4-72.1 | 206 | 31.5 | 25.9-37.6 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.5 |
| Greensboro | 574 | 380 | 69.3 | 62.8-75.1 | 157 | 25.1 | 19.8-31.3 | 37 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.6 |
| Southern Regional | 495 | 355 | 70.6 | 64.2-76.3 | 114 | 25.3 | 19.9-31.6 | 26 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.3 |
| Coastal | 256 | 161 | 62.6 | 52.4-71.8 | 87 | 32.0 | 23.3-42.1 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.5 |
| Wake | 527 | 366 | 70.8 | 64.8-76.2 | 134 | 25.8 | 20.6-31.7 | 27 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.2 |
| Area L | 56 | 42 | 69.0 | 43.6-86.5 | 12 | 29.0 | 11.8-55.5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.5 |
| Eastern | 590 | 412 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.2 | 152 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.5 | 26 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.7 |
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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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