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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 | 14,873 | 10,059 | 67.5 | 66.6-68.5 | 1,605 | 10.9 | 10.3-11.6 | 1,067 | 7.4 | 6.9- 8.0 | 1,993 | 12.9 | 12.2-13.6 | 149 | 1.2 | 1.0- 1.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 399 | 271 | 68.1 | 62.5-73.2 | 47 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.5 | 25 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.5 | 52 | 13.6 | 9.9-18.4 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 |
Buncombe | 362 | 241 | 66.0 | 60.3-71.2 | 36 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.5 | 29 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.4 | 53 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.1 |
Cabarrus | 423 | 280 | 65.7 | 60.4-70.6 | 58 | 13.1 | 9.9-17.1 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.5 | 54 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
Catawba | 373 | 247 | 63.5 | 57.2-69.4 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.5 | 30 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 | 62 | 18.6 | 13.7-24.8 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.3 |
Cumberland | 443 | 316 | 72.2 | 67.2-76.8 | 50 | 10.1 | 7.4-13.7 | 36 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.8 | 41 | 8.8 | 6.3-12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Davidson | 378 | 242 | 64.4 | 58.5-69.9 | 51 | 14.3 | 10.6-19.0 | 23 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.4 | 59 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 |
Durham | 407 | 294 | 69.6 | 63.7-74.9 | 51 | 13.6 | 9.9-18.5 | 24 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.6 | 31 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.8 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.6 |
Forsyth | 443 | 318 | 71.6 | 66.5-76.1 | 56 | 12.8 | 9.6-16.8 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.4 | 41 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 |
Gaston | 376 | 247 | 63.8 | 58.1-69.1 | 44 | 13.5 | 10.0-18.1 | 30 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.4 | 53 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
Guilford | 421 | 316 | 75.5 | 70.5-80.0 | 44 | 10.5 | 7.5-14.4 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.1 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.6 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.1- 5.1 |
Iredell | 427 | 298 | 66.5 | 60.6-71.9 | 41 | 11.5 | 7.6-17.1 | 26 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 | 60 | 16.0 | 12.2-20.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.7 |
Johnston | 476 | 310 | 63.9 | 58.3-69.2 | 42 | 10.0 | 7.1-14.1 | 36 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.2 | 76 | 14.7 | 11.0-19.3 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.7 |
Mecklenburg | 639 | 475 | 73.5 | 69.4-77.2 | 62 | 9.2 | 7.0-11.9 | 34 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.5 | 56 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.5 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 5.0 |
New Hanover | 371 | 279 | 74.1 | 68.4-79.2 | 34 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.5-11.1 | 34 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.9 |
Onslow | 387 | 271 | 70.6 | 65.3-75.4 | 40 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.2 | 28 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.2 | 43 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.7 |
Orange | 406 | 311 | 75.1 | 69.6-79.9 | 42 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.0 | 26 | 6.5 | 4.2-10.0 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Pitt | 376 | 251 | 63.8 | 57.9-69.2 | 47 | 12.4 | 9.1-16.7 | 35 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.1 | 42 | 12.7 | 9.0-17.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 |
Randolph | 345 | 229 | 64.0 | 57.8-69.8 | 34 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.5 | 19 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.6 | 57 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.1 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.9 |
Robeson | 373 | 203 | 50.7 | 44.8-56.6 | 53 | 15.0 | 11.1-19.9 | 46 | 12.7 | 9.3-17.1 | 69 | 21.3 | 16.6-26.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
Rowan | 439 | 288 | 64.0 | 58.7-69.0 | 43 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.1 | 36 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.3 | 67 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.1 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.0 |
Union | 431 | 310 | 70.9 | 65.6-75.7 | 36 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.5 | 31 | 8.1 | 5.4-11.9 | 50 | 11.2 | 8.3-15.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 |
Wake | 593 | 458 | 75.6 | 71.2-79.5 | 54 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.1 | 39 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.0 | 39 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 360 | 254 | 72.1 | 66.6-77.0 | 41 | 12.1 | 8.7-16.7 | 27 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.4 | 34 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 |
Northeast Partnership II | 473 | 293 | 60.5 | 55.2-65.6 | 54 | 13.1 | 9.8-17.3 | 35 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.5 | 88 | 16.8 | 13.4-20.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 395 | 222 | 52.5 | 46.0-58.8 | 43 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.9 | 49 | 15.7 | 10.2-23.4 | 78 | 19.8 | 15.5-24.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 361 | 244 | 66.7 | 60.7-72.2 | 45 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.1 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.3 | 41 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.1 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 466 | 294 | 59.8 | 54.3-65.0 | 58 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 37 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.7 | 75 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 411 | 266 | 64.3 | 58.9-69.3 | 50 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.1 | 30 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.7 | 61 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 404 | 259 | 62.0 | 56.6-67.2 | 40 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.0 | 31 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.6 | 73 | 18.2 | 14.4-22.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 452 | 317 | 69.3 | 64.0-74.2 | 43 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.1 | 33 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.8 | 52 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.6 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 536 | 336 | 63.5 | 58.6-68.1 | 64 | 11.4 | 8.6-14.8 | 42 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.4 | 89 | 15.9 | 12.6-19.8 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 357 | 245 | 68.2 | 62.5-73.3 | 30 | 9.0 | 6.1-13.1 | 21 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.3 | 56 | 15.4 | 11.5-20.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 356 | 231 | 63.9 | 57.1-70.2 | 38 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.1 | 21 | 9.7 | 5.1-17.8 | 61 | 15.2 | 11.4-19.9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 423 | 265 | 62.1 | 56.6-67.3 | 36 | 7.4 | 5.1-10.6 | 44 | 11.1 | 8.0-15.1 | 76 | 19.0 | 15.0-23.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 591 | 378 | 65.2 | 60.3-69.8 | 68 | 13.5 | 10.5-17.4 | 33 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.4 | 108 | 15.3 | 12.0-19.4 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 987 | 600 | 59.5 | 55.6-63.2 | 109 | 12.1 | 9.8-14.7 | 96 | 11.4 | 8.6-14.8 | 176 | 16.4 | 14.0-19.2 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 |
No | 13,886 | 9,459 | 68.0 | 67.0-69.0 | 1,496 | 10.8 | 10.2-11.5 | 971 | 7.2 | 6.6- 7.8 | 1,817 | 12.7 | 12.0-13.4 | 143 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,981 | 3,268 | 65.0 | 63.4-66.7 | 568 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 404 | 8.8 | 7.8-10.0 | 693 | 13.7 | 12.5-14.9 | 48 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 |
Piedmont | 8,278 | 5,746 | 69.7 | 68.4-71.0 | 873 | 10.6 | 9.8-11.5 | 544 | 6.5 | 5.8- 7.2 | 1,028 | 11.7 | 10.9-12.6 | 87 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 |
Western NC | 1,614 | 1,045 | 64.5 | 61.5-67.3 | 164 | 11.0 | 9.2-13.0 | 119 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.1 | 272 | 15.7 | 13.6-18.1 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 933 | 602 | 64.7 | 60.7-68.4 | 102 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.8 | 62 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.6 | 160 | 15.5 | 12.8-18.8 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 |
Northwest | 2,870 | 1,933 | 66.4 | 64.2-68.5 | 289 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 200 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.2 | 421 | 15.0 | 13.4-16.8 | 27 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.4 |
Charlotte | 2,214 | 1,531 | 69.7 | 67.3-72.0 | 235 | 10.4 | 8.9-12.0 | 148 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.8 | 278 | 11.9 | 10.4-13.7 | 22 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.7 |
Greensboro | 1,928 | 1,364 | 70.5 | 67.8-73.0 | 205 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.8 | 113 | 5.5 | 4.3- 6.8 | 226 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.7 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 |
Southern Regional | 1,553 | 1,005 | 65.6 | 62.6-68.4 | 193 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.4 | 136 | 9.4 | 7.5-11.6 | 212 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.4 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
Coastal | 754 | 528 | 66.7 | 62.5-70.7 | 77 | 11.1 | 8.7-14.2 | 49 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 | 93 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.2 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 |
Wake | 2,030 | 1,419 | 71.0 | 68.3-73.6 | 202 | 10.1 | 8.5-11.9 | 144 | 7.3 | 5.9- 9.0 | 238 | 9.8 | 8.2-11.6 | 27 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 |
Area L | 591 | 369 | 62.0 | 57.3-66.6 | 66 | 11.2 | 8.5-14.5 | 56 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.2 | 93 | 16.1 | 12.7-20.2 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.4 |
Eastern | 1,872 | 1,240 | 65.3 | 62.5-67.9 | 218 | 12.4 | 10.6-14.3 | 149 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.1 | 248 | 12.5 | 10.9-14.4 | 17 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 |
^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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