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Prevent Pregnancy | Prevent diseases | Both Preg. and Disease | Other reason | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,291 | 484 | 36.9 | 33.7-40.3 | 133 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.6 | 614 | 48.7 | 45.2-52.3 | 60 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 34 | 13 | 48.0 | 29.7-66.9 | 5 | 10.1 | 4.0-23.3 | 16 | 42.0 | 24.8-61.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Buncombe | 32 | 12 | 43.2 | 25.4-63.0 | 4 | 9.0 | 3.3-22.6 | 15 | 45.1 | 27.5-64.1 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.7 |
Cabarrus | 39 | 20 | 52.3 | 35.1-68.9 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.1-16.3 | 17 | 43.3 | 27.2-60.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Catawba | 21 | 8 | 46.5 | 24.0-70.4 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.6-24.7 | 10 | 41.7 | 20.6-66.4 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7-28.7 |
Cumberland | 45 | 18 | 37.1 | 22.3-54.8 | 7 | 17.7 | 6.8-38.9 | 18 | 43.2 | 26.3-61.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.3 |
Davidson | 27 | 10 | 45.2 | 25.6-66.4 | 8 | 24.4 | 11.4-44.8 | 7 | 27.3 | 12.1-50.7 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.7-12.2 |
Durham | 64 | 22 | 32.8 | 20.6-47.7 | 7 | 16.0 | 5.9-36.6 | 33 | 48.7 | 33.1-64.6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.0 |
Forsyth | 43 | 14 | 39.1 | 23.6-57.1 | 11 | 22.8 | 11.9-39.1 | 18 | 38.1 | 23.2-55.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Gaston | 29 | 15 | 46.0 | 27.9-65.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 49.0 | 30.2-68.1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.0-20.8 |
Guilford | 31 | 7 | 19.9 | 8.7-39.3 | 3 | 8.8 | 2.5-26.8 | 19 | 66.3 | 45.6-82.3 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.1-19.5 |
Iredell | 32 | 14 | 38.9 | 22.7-58.1 | 4 | 17.4 | 6.7-38.2 | 14 | 43.7 | 26.1-63.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Johnston | 30 | 11 | 25.9 | 13.1-44.6 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.9-18.9 | 14 | 55.9 | 35.3-74.7 | 3 | 13.8 | 3.8-39.1 |
Mecklenburg | 79 | 32 | 42.7 | 31.0-55.2 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.8-10.1 | 44 | 54.4 | 41.9-66.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
New Hanover | 30 | 13 | 48.3 | 29.7-67.4 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.1-29.0 | 11 | 33.6 | 17.8-54.3 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.7-28.4 |
Onslow | 30 | 10 | 31.0 | 16.5-50.6 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.6-23.4 | 16 | 54.2 | 35.1-72.1 | 2 | 8.2 | 2.0-27.5 |
Orange | 53 | 27 | 49.4 | 34.2-64.7 | 4 | 9.2 | 2.7-27.0 | 22 | 41.4 | 27.0-57.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Pitt | 57 | 25 | 38.6 | 25.4-53.7 | 4 | 5.9 | 1.9-16.9 | 26 | 52.3 | 37.0-67.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-12.4 |
Randolph | 24 | 9 | 34.8 | 16.7-58.5 | 3 | 9.9 | 2.7-30.1 | 10 | 46.9 | 24.5-70.6 | 2 | 8.5 | 2.0-29.7 |
Robeson | 41 | 11 | 38.7 | 22.0-58.6 | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-11.1 | 27 | 57.9 | 38.8-74.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Rowan | 36 | 10 | 36.4 | 19.3-57.8 | 4 | 9.3 | 3.1-24.4 | 19 | 44.0 | 26.4-63.2 | 3 | 10.4 | 2.8-31.4 |
Union | 33 | 14 | 45.8 | 27.7-65.1 | 5 | 17.6 | 6.2-40.7 | 12 | 33.5 | 17.9-53.7 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.7-12.3 |
Wake | 73 | 32 | 43.6 | 31.4-56.7 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.6-18.5 | 28 | 38.9 | 26.8-52.6 | 6 | 9.1 | 4.0-19.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 19 | 10 | 52.7 | 28.1-76.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.3 | 8 | 45.0 | 22.0-70.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast Partnership II | 25 | 5 | 25.9 | 10.8-50.3 | 3 | 10.1 | 2.9-29.5 | 15 | 58.6 | 36.2-77.9 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 32 | 8 | 19.4 | 9.2-36.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.9-18.8 | 19 | 68.0 | 49.2-82.3 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.5-23.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 27 | 9 | 32.6 | 16.5-54.1 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-15.7 | 15 | 61.1 | 40.1-78.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 50 | 13 | 20.6 | 11.3-34.6 | 6 | 23.0 | 10.0-44.6 | 28 | 54.6 | 36.9-71.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.0 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 28 | 9 | 32.6 | 17.1-53.1 | 2 | 8.4 | 1.7-33.3 | 16 | 54.2 | 34.2-72.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.7-27.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 21 | 6 | 26.2 | 11.6-48.9 | 2 | 11.6 | 2.7-38.5 | 12 | 57.0 | 34.2-77.2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-29.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 37 | 15 | 34.0 | 18.8-53.4 | 2 | 11.6 | 2.0-46.0 | 15 | 43.2 | 24.9-63.6 | 5 | 11.1 | 3.7-28.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 39 | 10 | 27.7 | 14.4-46.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 2.8-18.4 | 19 | 55.5 | 37.3-72.4 | 4 | 9.3 | 3.1-24.5 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 24 | 8 | 29.9 | 14.4-51.9 | 3 | 8.3 | 2.5-24.0 | 11 | 53.7 | 31.9-74.2 | 2 | 8.1 | 1.8-30.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 30 | 15 | 49.2 | 28.4-70.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.8 | 12 | 40.7 | 21.8-62.8 | 2 | 7.5 | 1.5-31.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 34 | 13 | 35.8 | 20.5-54.8 | 4 | 8.2 | 2.5-23.5 | 15 | 46.5 | 28.6-65.3 | 2 | 9.5 | 2.3-31.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 42 | 16 | 39.1 | 23.2-57.7 | 5 | 9.6 | 2.9-27.2 | 21 | 51.3 | 32.9-69.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 61 | 14 | 23.0 | 13.2-36.9 | 7 | 8.5 | 3.8-18.1 | 36 | 63.0 | 48.8-75.3 | 4 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.3 |
No | 1,230 | 470 | 37.5 | 34.2-41.0 | 126 | 10.1 | 8.0-12.7 | 578 | 48.1 | 44.5-51.8 | 56 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 431 | 142 | 29.7 | 24.7-35.2 | 43 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.1 | 222 | 55.0 | 48.5-61.3 | 24 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.3 |
Piedmont | 731 | 292 | 40.5 | 36.1-45.0 | 77 | 9.8 | 7.3-12.9 | 330 | 45.0 | 40.4-49.6 | 32 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.2 |
Western NC | 129 | 50 | 38.5 | 28.9-49.1 | 13 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.8 | 62 | 50.5 | 39.9-61.1 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 72 | 27 | 40.1 | 27.2-54.5 | 8 | 7.0 | 2.7-16.6 | 36 | 52.0 | 37.7-66.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 |
Northwest | 222 | 82 | 38.8 | 31.2-47.0 | 32 | 12.6 | 8.6-18.2 | 98 | 44.1 | 36.1-52.4 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.2 |
Charlotte | 196 | 87 | 44.7 | 36.5-53.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.5 | 92 | 48.8 | 40.4-57.3 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.5 |
Greensboro | 161 | 66 | 37.3 | 28.6-46.9 | 17 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.7 | 72 | 48.0 | 38.2-58.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.3-12.5 |
Southern Regional | 153 | 47 | 31.8 | 23.4-41.7 | 19 | 13.5 | 6.6-25.7 | 76 | 50.0 | 39.2-60.8 | 11 | 4.6 | 2.3- 8.9 |
Coastal | 62 | 23 | 33.4 | 21.6-47.6 | 8 | 23.3 | 10.7-43.4 | 27 | 38.0 | 24.7-53.4 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.8-14.8 |
Wake | 204 | 78 | 38.1 | 30.1-46.8 | 18 | 10.9 | 6.1-18.9 | 97 | 44.5 | 35.9-53.4 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.3-12.4 |
Area L | 51 | 14 | 27.3 | 15.8-43.0 | 4 | 6.0 | 2.1-15.9 | 30 | 62.6 | 47.1-75.9 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.3-12.0 |
Eastern | 156 | 56 | 32.2 | 24.2-41.3 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.2-14.0 | 80 | 56.9 | 47.3-66.0 | 8 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.2 |
^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.
** 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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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