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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,065 | 3,859 | 76.7 | 75.2-78.2 | 1,206 | 23.3 | 21.8-24.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 120 | 90 | 75.7 | 66.5-83.1 | 30 | 24.3 | 16.9-33.5 |
Buncombe | 100 | 72 | 73.6 | 63.3-81.8 | 28 | 26.4 | 18.2-36.7 |
Cabarrus | 151 | 108 | 69.3 | 60.2-77.1 | 43 | 30.7 | 22.9-39.8 |
Catawba | 110 | 79 | 72.0 | 62.0-80.2 | 31 | 28.0 | 19.8-38.0 |
Cumberland | 173 | 134 | 78.7 | 71.4-84.5 | 39 | 21.3 | 15.5-28.6 |
Davidson | 122 | 98 | 81.8 | 72.9-88.3 | 24 | 18.2 | 11.7-27.1 |
Durham | 140 | 108 | 78.0 | 69.0-84.9 | 32 | 22.0 | 15.1-31.0 |
Forsyth | 140 | 109 | 79.7 | 71.0-86.4 | 31 | 20.3 | 13.6-29.0 |
Gaston | 128 | 99 | 75.1 | 65.7-82.7 | 29 | 24.9 | 17.3-34.3 |
Guilford | 116 | 94 | 81.5 | 72.8-87.9 | 22 | 18.5 | 12.1-27.2 |
Iredell | 157 | 122 | 77.8 | 69.7-84.3 | 35 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.3 |
Johnston | 181 | 145 | 82.9 | 76.1-88.1 | 36 | 17.1 | 11.9-23.9 |
Mecklenburg | 238 | 185 | 78.9 | 72.7-84.0 | 53 | 21.1 | 16.0-27.3 |
New Hanover | 102 | 76 | 74.4 | 63.8-82.7 | 26 | 25.6 | 17.3-36.2 |
Onslow | 166 | 134 | 81.7 | 74.5-87.2 | 32 | 18.3 | 12.8-25.5 |
Orange | 149 | 108 | 73.9 | 65.5-80.8 | 41 | 26.1 | 19.2-34.5 |
Pitt | 137 | 105 | 78.2 | 69.9-84.7 | 32 | 21.8 | 15.3-30.1 |
Randolph | 119 | 82 | 71.0 | 60.7-79.5 | 37 | 29.0 | 20.5-39.3 |
Robeson | 146 | 108 | 69.2 | 59.4-77.5 | 38 | 30.8 | 22.5-40.6 |
Rowan | 158 | 123 | 82.8 | 75.8-88.0 | 35 | 17.2 | 12.0-24.2 |
Union | 174 | 133 | 75.8 | 67.9-82.3 | 41 | 24.2 | 17.7-32.1 |
Wake | 242 | 190 | 78.5 | 71.8-84.0 | 52 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 118 | 90 | 77.5 | 68.0-84.7 | 28 | 22.5 | 15.3-32.0 |
Northeast Partnership II | 141 | 109 | 79.2 | 70.2-85.9 | 32 | 20.8 | 14.1-29.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 129 | 88 | 68.5 | 58.7-76.8 | 41 | 31.5 | 23.2-41.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 122 | 94 | 73.5 | 62.8-82.0 | 28 | 26.5 | 18.0-37.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 168 | 129 | 76.6 | 68.2-83.3 | 39 | 23.4 | 16.7-31.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 115 | 90 | 79.5 | 70.5-86.3 | 25 | 20.5 | 13.7-29.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 147 | 114 | 77.6 | 69.5-84.0 | 33 | 22.4 | 16.0-30.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 135 | 94 | 71.3 | 61.7-79.3 | 41 | 28.7 | 20.7-38.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 181 | 137 | 75.8 | 68.3-82.1 | 44 | 24.2 | 17.9-31.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 119 | 84 | 72.0 | 62.7-79.8 | 35 | 28.0 | 20.2-37.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 95 | 77 | 72.2 | 53.4-85.5 | 18 | 27.8 | 14.5-46.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 145 | 112 | 78.5 | 69.7-85.3 | 33 | 21.5 | 14.7-30.3 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 181 | 139 | 73.3 | 64.1-80.9 | 42 | 26.7 | 19.1-35.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 309 | 226 | 74.0 | 67.8-79.3 | 83 | 26.0 | 20.7-32.2 |
No | 4,756 | 3,633 | 76.9 | 75.3-78.4 | 1,123 | 23.1 | 21.6-24.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,752 | 1,342 | 76.8 | 74.4-79.2 | 410 | 23.2 | 20.8-25.6 |
Piedmont | 2,836 | 2,153 | 77.2 | 75.2-79.0 | 683 | 22.8 | 21.0-24.8 |
Western NC | 477 | 364 | 74.4 | 68.9-79.1 | 113 | 25.6 | 20.9-31.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 273 | 206 | 74.7 | 67.6-80.7 | 67 | 25.3 | 19.3-32.4 |
Northwest | 934 | 721 | 78.0 | 74.6-81.0 | 213 | 22.0 | 19.0-25.4 |
Charlotte | 799 | 608 | 76.7 | 72.9-80.0 | 191 | 23.3 | 20.0-27.1 |
Greensboro | 620 | 460 | 77.1 | 72.9-80.8 | 160 | 22.9 | 19.2-27.1 |
Southern Regional | 565 | 424 | 75.5 | 71.1-79.4 | 141 | 24.5 | 20.6-28.9 |
Coastal | 212 | 160 | 73.9 | 66.2-80.5 | 52 | 26.1 | 19.5-33.8 |
Wake | 751 | 583 | 78.2 | 74.1-81.9 | 168 | 21.8 | 18.1-25.9 |
Area L | 206 | 155 | 73.7 | 65.8-80.4 | 51 | 26.3 | 19.6-34.2 |
Eastern | 666 | 512 | 77.1 | 72.8-80.8 | 154 | 22.9 | 19.2-27.2 |
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^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.
****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers
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