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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 | 14,948 | 9,273 | 58.9 | 57.9-59.9 | 1,774 | 12.3 | 11.6-13.0 | 1,868 | 13.8 | 13.0-14.5 | 1,537 | 11.5 | 10.8-12.2 | 496 | 3.6 | 3.2- 4.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 397 | 261 | 62.4 | 56.5-68.0 | 37 | 10.8 | 7.3-15.8 | 49 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.3 | 42 | 9.7 | 7.1-13.2 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 |
Buncombe | 365 | 190 | 50.4 | 44.6-56.2 | 48 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.9 | 58 | 16.0 | 12.2-20.8 | 47 | 14.2 | 10.6-18.9 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.2 |
Cabarrus | 427 | 265 | 59.2 | 53.8-64.4 | 62 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.6 | 59 | 15.5 | 11.9-19.9 | 37 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.5 |
Catawba | 373 | 229 | 57.1 | 50.9-63.1 | 56 | 15.6 | 11.7-20.6 | 46 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.3 | 31 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.7 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 |
Cumberland | 446 | 275 | 61.0 | 55.7-66.0 | 74 | 17.3 | 13.5-21.8 | 54 | 11.9 | 9.0-15.6 | 34 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.8 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
Davidson | 382 | 267 | 68.7 | 62.8-74.0 | 28 | 7.4 | 4.9-11.1 | 46 | 13.0 | 9.3-18.0 | 32 | 8.3 | 5.7-12.0 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.0 |
Durham | 409 | 206 | 51.2 | 45.5-56.9 | 55 | 13.7 | 10.3-18.1 | 64 | 15.6 | 11.8-20.3 | 75 | 17.7 | 14.0-22.2 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
Forsyth | 445 | 254 | 54.7 | 49.4-60.0 | 49 | 11.4 | 8.3-15.3 | 66 | 16.2 | 12.5-20.7 | 60 | 14.2 | 10.9-18.3 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.0 |
Gaston | 374 | 270 | 70.7 | 65.2-75.7 | 37 | 10.0 | 7.1-13.8 | 34 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 24 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.1 |
Guilford | 426 | 243 | 55.7 | 50.1-61.1 | 41 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.6 | 62 | 15.3 | 11.8-19.7 | 54 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.8 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.7 |
Iredell | 433 | 265 | 62.1 | 56.7-67.2 | 52 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.5 | 58 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.3 | 41 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.4 | 17 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 |
Johnston | 479 | 328 | 65.2 | 59.6-70.3 | 45 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.7 | 60 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.8 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.0 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.7 |
Mecklenburg | 637 | 279 | 42.8 | 38.5-47.2 | 105 | 15.3 | 12.5-18.5 | 110 | 18.3 | 15.1-22.0 | 113 | 18.6 | 15.5-22.3 | 30 | 5.0 | 3.3- 7.4 |
New Hanover | 372 | 170 | 43.6 | 37.9-49.4 | 56 | 14.8 | 11.3-19.2 | 57 | 17.2 | 13.0-22.5 | 61 | 16.5 | 12.7-21.2 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.6 |
Onslow | 387 | 225 | 54.5 | 48.8-60.0 | 60 | 14.7 | 11.4-18.9 | 53 | 15.7 | 12.0-20.4 | 36 | 10.6 | 7.4-15.1 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.3 |
Orange | 407 | 165 | 39.3 | 33.9-44.9 | 45 | 13.0 | 9.4-17.7 | 85 | 19.8 | 15.7-24.5 | 95 | 23.3 | 19.0-28.2 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.6 |
Pitt | 378 | 215 | 54.6 | 48.8-60.3 | 54 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.0 | 55 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.5 | 38 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.7 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.0 |
Randolph | 344 | 241 | 71.3 | 65.4-76.5 | 43 | 11.6 | 8.3-16.0 | 31 | 8.2 | 5.5-12.1 | 25 | 7.2 | 4.6-11.0 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.0 |
Robeson | 373 | 284 | 74.2 | 68.6-79.2 | 35 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.2 | 28 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.4 | 19 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.4 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 5.0 |
Rowan | 442 | 301 | 65.8 | 60.4-70.8 | 57 | 13.5 | 10.2-17.6 | 43 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 | 31 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 |
Union | 434 | 268 | 59.0 | 53.3-64.4 | 60 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.2 | 60 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.3 | 34 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.5 |
Wake | 594 | 261 | 42.7 | 38.2-47.4 | 100 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.5 | 116 | 20.7 | 17.1-24.8 | 100 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.6 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 359 | 198 | 54.5 | 48.5-60.3 | 39 | 9.4 | 6.8-13.0 | 46 | 13.7 | 10.1-18.4 | 52 | 15.8 | 11.9-20.8 | 24 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.1 |
Northeast Partnership II | 481 | 354 | 73.1 | 68.4-77.4 | 37 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.6 | 42 | 9.9 | 7.1-13.5 | 34 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.0 | 14 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.3 |
Northeast Partnership I | 396 | 295 | 69.7 | 62.6-76.0 | 35 | 10.4 | 7.2-14.8 | 37 | 11.7 | 6.7-19.7 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.4 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.1- 5.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 366 | 255 | 66.7 | 60.7-72.2 | 37 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.4 | 30 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.2 | 31 | 11.7 | 7.9-17.1 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 468 | 331 | 72.0 | 67.1-76.5 | 55 | 10.9 | 8.1-14.4 | 43 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.3 | 31 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.2 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 414 | 255 | 60.4 | 54.9-65.6 | 41 | 9.6 | 7.0-13.1 | 48 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.5 | 46 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.7 | 24 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 409 | 276 | 64.4 | 59.0-69.4 | 59 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 | 41 | 10.3 | 7.3-14.2 | 23 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.3 | 10 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 452 | 250 | 52.4 | 46.9-57.8 | 53 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 | 62 | 16.3 | 12.4-21.2 | 60 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.5 | 27 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 535 | 373 | 68.1 | 63.2-72.6 | 59 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.4 | 49 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 | 41 | 7.7 | 5.4-11.0 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 361 | 263 | 70.2 | 64.6-75.2 | 28 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.9 | 39 | 11.7 | 8.4-16.1 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.1 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 360 | 254 | 72.4 | 66.7-77.5 | 36 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.5 | 33 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 | 30 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.3 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 425 | 304 | 68.1 | 62.6-73.2 | 36 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.6 | 41 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.7 | 33 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.9 | 11 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 598 | 403 | 61.8 | 56.8-66.6 | 60 | 11.4 | 8.6-15.0 | 63 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.8 | 50 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.8 | 22 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 996 | 699 | 66.4 | 62.6-70.0 | 87 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.9 | 94 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.8 | 83 | 9.4 | 7.4-11.9 | 33 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 |
No | 13,952 | 8,574 | 58.4 | 57.4-59.4 | 1,687 | 12.5 | 11.8-13.2 | 1,774 | 13.9 | 13.2-14.7 | 1,454 | 11.6 | 10.9-12.3 | 463 | 3.6 | 3.2- 4.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,007 | 3,243 | 63.5 | 61.9-65.1 | 577 | 11.7 | 10.7-12.8 | 562 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.6 | 452 | 9.8 | 8.8-10.9 | 173 | 3.6 | 3.0- 4.2 |
Piedmont | 8,311 | 4,961 | 55.2 | 53.8-56.5 | 1,028 | 13.1 | 12.2-14.1 | 1,118 | 15.3 | 14.3-16.4 | 940 | 12.8 | 11.9-13.8 | 264 | 3.5 | 3.1- 4.1 |
Western NC | 1,630 | 1,069 | 63.4 | 60.4-66.2 | 169 | 10.6 | 8.9-12.6 | 188 | 12.4 | 10.5-14.6 | 145 | 9.9 | 8.2-11.9 | 59 | 3.7 | 2.8- 5.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 942 | 578 | 58.4 | 54.4-62.3 | 105 | 11.7 | 9.4-14.5 | 120 | 14.0 | 11.4-17.2 | 95 | 11.2 | 9.0-13.9 | 44 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 |
Northwest | 2,892 | 1,901 | 64.8 | 62.6-66.9 | 313 | 10.3 | 9.1-11.8 | 345 | 12.8 | 11.3-14.4 | 252 | 9.3 | 8.0-10.7 | 81 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.7 |
Charlotte | 2,217 | 1,324 | 53.5 | 50.9-56.0 | 294 | 13.3 | 11.7-15.2 | 298 | 15.6 | 13.8-17.7 | 233 | 13.4 | 11.7-15.5 | 68 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 |
Greensboro | 1,929 | 1,142 | 58.0 | 55.2-60.8 | 204 | 11.1 | 9.4-13.1 | 260 | 13.9 | 12.0-16.1 | 251 | 12.6 | 10.8-14.7 | 72 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.7 |
Southern Regional | 1,562 | 1,041 | 65.1 | 62.2-67.9 | 196 | 13.5 | 11.5-15.6 | 163 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.5 | 125 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.6 | 37 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.2 |
Coastal | 754 | 399 | 53.0 | 48.9-57.1 | 95 | 11.9 | 9.6-14.6 | 106 | 14.6 | 11.8-17.9 | 103 | 13.6 | 11.0-16.7 | 51 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.3 |
Wake | 2,042 | 1,161 | 50.2 | 47.4-53.1 | 280 | 15.8 | 13.8-18.0 | 300 | 17.2 | 15.0-19.6 | 247 | 14.0 | 12.1-16.2 | 54 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.8 |
Area L | 594 | 432 | 70.1 | 65.5-74.4 | 56 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.8 | 52 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.2 | 38 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.4 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.0 |
Eastern | 1,883 | 1,196 | 62.5 | 59.8-65.2 | 221 | 11.0 | 9.5-12.8 | 214 | 11.9 | 10.0-14.0 | 181 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.7 | 71 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.1 |
^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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