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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 | 1,513 | 1,210 | 78.3 | 75.5-80.9 | 125 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.1 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 | 128 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 40 | 35 | 90.6 | 76.9-96.5 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.9-17.6 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-17.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 |
Buncombe | 39 | 27 | 72.5 | 54.7-85.2 | 5 | 11.2 | 4.0-27.5 | 1 | 5.1 | 0.7-28.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.1 | 5 | 7.9 | 3.0-19.1 |
Cabarrus | 38 | 30 | 80.2 | 63.7-90.3 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.2-21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.2 | 4 | 10.7 | 3.9-26.1 |
Catawba | 37 | 26 | 73.6 | 54.8-86.5 | 4 | 11.8 | 3.8-30.7 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.1 | 5 | 12.0 | 4.3-29.0 |
Cumberland | 55 | 48 | 85.9 | 72.9-93.2 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 7.8 | 2.9-19.4 |
Davidson | 35 | 33 | 93.5 | 77.3-98.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 6.5 | 1.6-22.7 |
Durham | 26 | 25 | 98.1 | 87.5-99.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Forsyth | 32 | 26 | 84.3 | 67.3-93.3 | 4 | 11.7 | 4.2-28.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-15.4 |
Gaston | 47 | 39 | 82.8 | 67.8-91.7 | 6 | 13.7 | 5.9-28.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.4 |
Guilford | 40 | 27 | 68.0 | 50.2-81.8 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.3-20.2 | 4 | 9.5 | 2.9-27.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 17.1 | 7.8-33.5 |
Iredell | 44 | 34 | 76.8 | 60.3-87.9 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.1-27.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.7-24.3 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 |
Johnston | 52 | 48 | 93.8 | 83.0-97.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 1.0-16.0 |
Mecklenburg | 45 | 33 | 69.9 | 50.0-84.3 | 3 | 12.6 | 3.0-40.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.2 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.2 | 7 | 11.7 | 5.2-24.3 |
New Hanover | 32 | 24 | 77.3 | 58.3-89.2 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.1 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 15.5 | 6.1-34.3 |
Onslow | 34 | 30 | 88.4 | 71.6-95.8 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.7 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.4-21.5 |
Orange | 32 | 24 | 68.1 | 44.9-84.9 | 4 | 15.7 | 4.5-42.4 | 2 | 12.4 | 3.1-38.2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-15.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 |
Pitt | 28 | 23 | 80.6 | 59.5-92.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.8-30.5 | 2 | 9.2 | 2.3-30.6 |
Randolph | 30 | 27 | 91.0 | 74.5-97.2 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.8-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Robeson | 51 | 38 | 76.4 | 61.8-86.6 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.3-23.2 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 11.9 | 5.2-25.0 |
Rowan | 44 | 36 | 81.6 | 62.9-92.1 | 5 | 8.6 | 3.4-20.3 | 1 | 7.1 | 1.0-35.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.6 |
Union | 36 | 29 | 81.7 | 64.0-91.8 | 3 | 7.5 | 1.9-25.6 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.1-16.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 6.4 | 1.6-22.6 |
Wake | 42 | 32 | 81.8 | 66.8-90.9 | 5 | 9.6 | 3.6-23.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 6.8 | 2.0-20.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 32 | 24 | 72.5 | 52.5-86.3 | 4 | 13.9 | 5.0-33.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 13.6 | 4.8-33.0 |
Northeast Partnership II | 76 | 58 | 75.7 | 62.8-85.2 | 8 | 11.3 | 5.2-22.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.4 | 7 | 10.4 | 4.4-22.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 55 | 46 | 79.6 | 63.4-89.8 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.2-17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.9 | 4 | 12.1 | 4.3-29.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 50 | 38 | 69.8 | 52.3-83.0 | 7 | 14.2 | 6.3-28.9 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 13.4 | 4.6-33.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 60 | 43 | 59.4 | 43.4-73.7 | 7 | 17.3 | 7.4-35.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.2 | 9 | 20.5 | 10.3-36.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 45 | 37 | 85.3 | 70.8-93.3 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.1-11.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 7.2 | 1.9-23.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 53 | 45 | 87.2 | 75.6-93.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 6.0 | 2.1-15.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 38 | 29 | 75.4 | 56.0-88.1 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.7 | 6 | 17.7 | 7.0-38.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 69 | 55 | 81.5 | 70.0-89.2 | 6 | 7.1 | 3.0-15.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.5 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.6-17.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 34 | 29 | 84.3 | 66.1-93.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.5-24.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 9.1 | 2.8-25.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 31 | 24 | 75.6 | 56.0-88.3 | 3 | 11.5 | 3.7-30.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.0-20.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 8.0 | 2.0-27.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 44 | 33 | 74.3 | 57.3-86.2 | 7 | 20.2 | 9.5-38.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 67 | 55 | 78.9 | 63.0-89.1 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.4-16.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-17.8 | 7 | 13.3 | 5.5-28.8 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 140 | 111 | 77.5 | 68.3-84.7 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.4-17.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.7 | 12 | 10.6 | 5.6-19.0 |
No | 1,373 | 1,099 | 78.4 | 75.4-81.1 | 112 | 8.8 | 7.0-11.2 | 31 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 | 15 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 | 116 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 584 | 470 | 76.3 | 71.2-80.8 | 46 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.7 | 51 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.8 |
Piedmont | 766 | 617 | 81.2 | 77.6-84.3 | 62 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.7 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.5 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 | 59 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.6 |
Western NC | 163 | 123 | 73.7 | 64.5-81.3 | 17 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.4 | 18 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 105 | 81 | 76.5 | 64.5-85.4 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.0-14.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.3 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.7-12.3 | 12 | 11.9 | 5.8-23.1 |
Northwest | 262 | 207 | 77.9 | 71.1-83.4 | 29 | 12.8 | 8.3-19.1 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.3 | 18 | 6.6 | 3.9-10.9 |
Charlotte | 211 | 168 | 81.1 | 74.2-86.5 | 18 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.2- 7.1 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.6-14.5 |
Greensboro | 167 | 137 | 79.8 | 70.6-86.7 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.2 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.6 |
Southern Regional | 196 | 153 | 76.0 | 67.6-82.7 | 14 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.1 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 | 23 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.5 |
Coastal | 70 | 55 | 79.7 | 66.3-88.7 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.2 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.8- 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 13.3 | 5.9-27.4 |
Wake | 194 | 166 | 86.0 | 79.0-91.0 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 14 | 7.5 | 4.1-13.4 |
Area L | 82 | 63 | 72.4 | 58.6-82.9 | 13 | 15.7 | 8.6-26.9 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.7 | 3 | 8.5 | 2.5-25.0 |
Eastern | 208 | 168 | 77.0 | 69.0-83.5 | 14 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.6 | 19 | 12.0 | 7.2-19.4 |
Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.
^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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