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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 | 1,517 | 1,002 | 65.2 | 62.1-68.1 | 327 | 22.3 | 19.7-25.0 | 61 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.3 | 33 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 94 | 6.7 | 5.3- 8.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 40 | 33 | 81.4 | 64.8-91.3 | 4 | 10.1 | 3.6-25.4 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.7 |
Buncombe | 40 | 28 | 66.2 | 47.6-80.9 | 7 | 22.2 | 10.4-41.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.5 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-28.9 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.3-15.5 |
Cabarrus | 37 | 21 | 53.3 | 35.8-70.1 | 13 | 39.7 | 23.8-58.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.4 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.2-18.2 |
Catawba | 36 | 26 | 73.2 | 54.4-86.2 | 5 | 13.9 | 5.2-32.4 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 8.7 | 2.7-25.0 |
Cumberland | 53 | 37 | 73.1 | 58.7-83.9 | 11 | 19.3 | 10.3-33.2 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.1-17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.7 |
Davidson | 35 | 23 | 66.8 | 48.1-81.4 | 8 | 16.9 | 8.1-32.0 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.5-19.8 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-27.6 | 2 | 8.1 | 2.0-27.8 |
Durham | 26 | 18 | 71.5 | 49.3-86.7 | 5 | 21.2 | 8.3-44.5 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.4 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.4 |
Forsyth | 33 | 25 | 70.2 | 48.9-85.3 | 5 | 21.7 | 8.8-44.3 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 5.8 | 1.2-23.0 |
Gaston | 49 | 28 | 58.7 | 42.4-73.4 | 13 | 29.2 | 16.5-46.1 | 5 | 7.4 | 2.8-18.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.5 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.7-14.9 |
Guilford | 42 | 28 | 59.4 | 41.7-74.9 | 11 | 31.3 | 17.5-49.5 | 2 | 8.2 | 2.0-27.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.5 |
Iredell | 43 | 23 | 48.0 | 32.3-64.2 | 12 | 31.1 | 17.7-48.7 | 3 | 8.1 | 2.3-24.5 | 4 | 11.4 | 4.4-26.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.5 |
Johnston | 53 | 44 | 89.1 | 78.4-94.8 | 6 | 6.5 | 2.7-14.9 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.3-14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Mecklenburg | 44 | 34 | 75.7 | 58.3-87.4 | 8 | 21.5 | 10.4-39.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.0 |
New Hanover | 32 | 20 | 61.1 | 40.8-78.2 | 6 | 19.0 | 7.9-38.9 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.8-32.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.1 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.0-33.0 |
Onslow | 35 | 24 | 64.4 | 45.3-79.8 | 6 | 19.1 | 8.4-37.9 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.5-26.6 | 2 | 5.8 | 1.4-20.9 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.6 |
Orange | 32 | 18 | 52.6 | 32.9-71.5 | 10 | 28.6 | 13.6-50.5 | 1 | 7.4 | 1.1-37.3 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.4-26.1 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.7-27.0 |
Pitt | 28 | 20 | 70.1 | 48.1-85.5 | 4 | 16.2 | 5.2-40.3 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.4-23.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 7.5 | 1.6-28.3 |
Randolph | 30 | 22 | 73.6 | 51.6-88.0 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.4-25.9 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.4-22.0 | 1 | 7.9 | 1.1-39.1 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.8 |
Robeson | 52 | 36 | 66.4 | 50.8-79.1 | 9 | 17.4 | 8.6-31.9 | 3 | 7.0 | 2.2-20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 9.2 | 3.4-23.0 |
Rowan | 43 | 29 | 63.0 | 44.8-78.1 | 10 | 22.2 | 11.7-37.9 | 1 | 7.2 | 1.0-36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 7.6 | 1.8-26.9 |
Union | 34 | 23 | 69.6 | 50.6-83.7 | 5 | 16.0 | 6.2-35.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 11.7 | 4.6-27.0 |
Wake | 40 | 23 | 58.2 | 40.9-73.7 | 14 | 36.0 | 21.5-53.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.1-20.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 32 | 19 | 62.5 | 42.9-78.7 | 11 | 32.9 | 17.7-52.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-21.2 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.9 |
Northeast Partnership II | 76 | 50 | 66.8 | 54.3-77.4 | 18 | 22.0 | 13.5-33.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 9.8 | 4.6-19.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 55 | 37 | 62.8 | 45.8-77.1 | 12 | 20.7 | 11.0-35.6 | 3 | 6.9 | 1.9-22.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.1 | 1 | 6.9 | 1.0-35.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 52 | 30 | 61.4 | 45.9-74.8 | 13 | 22.1 | 12.5-36.2 | 4 | 9.0 | 3.1-23.3 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 9.1 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.5-16.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 56 | 37 | 58.6 | 42.3-73.2 | 10 | 25.7 | 13.2-44.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.1 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.4-17.4 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.4-17.4 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 46 | 37 | 78.8 | 61.6-89.6 | 3 | 6.8 | 1.7-23.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.2 | 3 | 7.4 | 2.2-22.0 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.1-23.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 53 | 35 | 63.0 | 48.0-75.9 | 12 | 26.3 | 15.1-41.7 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.3 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.8-18.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 37 | 23 | 63.1 | 43.9-78.9 | 8 | 18.5 | 8.4-36.0 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 15.1 | 5.3-36.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 71 | 36 | 51.9 | 38.8-64.7 | 21 | 28.2 | 18.1-41.0 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.1-17.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.3 | 8 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 35 | 22 | 61.7 | 42.6-77.8 | 9 | 25.8 | 12.8-45.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 | 3 | 11.0 | 3.2-31.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 32 | 21 | 66.7 | 47.0-81.9 | 6 | 13.6 | 5.7-29.1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 16.1 | 5.6-38.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 45 | 28 | 70.5 | 55.3-82.2 | 11 | 19.6 | 10.4-34.0 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.3 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.9-18.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 70 | 44 | 63.3 | 47.7-76.6 | 17 | 18.7 | 10.5-31.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 14.2 | 5.8-30.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 140 | 91 | 64.0 | 54.3-72.6 | 34 | 23.5 | 16.5-32.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.2 | 9 | 8.4 | 3.9-17.0 |
No | 1,377 | 911 | 65.3 | 62.0-68.4 | 293 | 22.2 | 19.5-25.1 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 | 31 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.0 | 85 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 583 | 397 | 66.9 | 62.1-71.3 | 116 | 20.6 | 16.9-25.0 | 27 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.8 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.1 | 31 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.5 |
Piedmont | 766 | 494 | 63.7 | 59.3-67.9 | 177 | 24.5 | 20.8-28.7 | 27 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.9 | 19 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 49 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.5 |
Western NC | 168 | 111 | 66.0 | 56.6-74.3 | 34 | 18.6 | 12.8-26.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.2 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.5 | 14 | 10.6 | 5.6-19.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 109 | 71 | 63.5 | 51.2-74.2 | 24 | 20.1 | 12.7-30.3 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.9-11.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.6 | 9 | 11.6 | 5.2-23.8 |
Northwest | 262 | 171 | 64.6 | 57.4-71.3 | 56 | 21.7 | 16.2-28.5 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.2 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.4 | 17 | 7.2 | 4.2-12.1 |
Charlotte | 211 | 134 | 67.3 | 59.2-74.4 | 52 | 24.3 | 17.8-32.1 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 15 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.0 |
Greensboro | 170 | 115 | 63.3 | 53.2-72.3 | 37 | 23.4 | 15.8-33.1 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.2-14.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.9 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.3-12.5 |
Southern Regional | 196 | 124 | 61.5 | 53.0-69.3 | 44 | 24.3 | 17.5-32.7 | 12 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.8 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.0-10.1 |
Coastal | 70 | 51 | 72.2 | 58.8-82.5 | 7 | 11.8 | 5.3-24.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.8-15.1 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.7-13.7 | 6 | 7.4 | 2.9-17.4 |
Wake | 192 | 133 | 66.0 | 56.9-74.1 | 38 | 24.4 | 17.2-33.4 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.2-10.7 |
Area L | 84 | 57 | 70.1 | 58.2-79.8 | 18 | 21.7 | 13.4-33.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.3 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.5 |
Eastern | 206 | 136 | 65.1 | 57.0-72.4 | 46 | 21.6 | 15.7-28.8 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 | 14 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.8 |
^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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