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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 | 14,297 | 2,482 | 15.8 | 15.1-16.5 | 3,766 | 25.4 | 24.5-26.3 | 5,450 | 39.9 | 38.8-40.9 | 1,534 | 11.3 | 10.7-12.0 | 1,065 | 7.6 | 7.1- 8.2 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 385 | 70 | 18.1 | 14.0-23.0 | 87 | 21.5 | 16.9-26.8 | 153 | 40.2 | 34.7-45.9 | 50 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.7 | 25 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.3 |
Buncombe | 350 | 48 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.3 | 87 | 25.1 | 20.3-30.6 | 145 | 42.7 | 37.0-48.7 | 46 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.9 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.2 |
Cabarrus | 403 | 50 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.9 | 130 | 31.6 | 26.7-37.0 | 145 | 38.7 | 33.5-44.3 | 44 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.8 | 34 | 8.3 | 5.8-12.0 |
Catawba | 358 | 51 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 | 104 | 28.2 | 23.1-33.9 | 130 | 38.4 | 32.7-44.5 | 41 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.5 | 32 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.4 |
Cumberland | 421 | 85 | 16.4 | 13.1-20.4 | 126 | 29.8 | 25.0-35.2 | 147 | 35.9 | 30.9-41.3 | 31 | 10.3 | 6.8-15.2 | 32 | 7.6 | 5.2-10.8 |
Davidson | 363 | 47 | 10.5 | 7.6-14.3 | 92 | 25.0 | 20.0-30.8 | 146 | 41.7 | 35.7-47.9 | 49 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.3 | 29 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.4 |
Durham | 396 | 55 | 12.4 | 9.2-16.6 | 120 | 28.1 | 23.2-33.5 | 162 | 43.9 | 38.2-49.9 | 32 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.6 | 27 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.2 |
Forsyth | 429 | 66 | 13.7 | 10.6-17.6 | 106 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.4 | 179 | 43.1 | 37.8-48.4 | 46 | 11.9 | 8.8-16.0 | 32 | 7.8 | 5.4-11.2 |
Gaston | 356 | 76 | 20.3 | 16.0-25.5 | 92 | 25.2 | 20.5-30.5 | 137 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.0 | 27 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.5 | 24 | 7.0 | 4.4-10.8 |
Guilford | 406 | 62 | 13.1 | 10.0-17.0 | 115 | 29.0 | 24.0-34.5 | 155 | 39.1 | 33.8-44.6 | 42 | 9.8 | 7.1-13.3 | 32 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.2 |
Iredell | 408 | 60 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.4 | 121 | 26.4 | 21.9-31.4 | 158 | 38.8 | 33.5-44.4 | 41 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.7 | 28 | 10.0 | 6.0-16.1 |
Johnston | 462 | 73 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.7 | 111 | 21.6 | 17.6-26.4 | 183 | 42.7 | 37.1-48.5 | 60 | 14.9 | 11.1-19.8 | 35 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.1 |
Mecklenburg | 614 | 132 | 20.5 | 17.2-24.2 | 146 | 22.8 | 19.3-26.8 | 235 | 39.2 | 34.9-43.6 | 55 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.3 | 46 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.3 |
New Hanover | 355 | 57 | 13.3 | 10.0-17.5 | 90 | 25.1 | 20.4-30.5 | 138 | 39.6 | 33.8-45.7 | 45 | 14.4 | 10.6-19.2 | 25 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.7 |
Onslow | 366 | 53 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.2 | 94 | 25.2 | 20.6-30.4 | 153 | 40.4 | 34.9-46.1 | 40 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.1 | 26 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.7 |
Orange | 394 | 58 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.2 | 112 | 29.4 | 24.4-35.0 | 158 | 41.7 | 36.2-47.4 | 46 | 12.2 | 8.9-16.5 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 6.9 |
Pitt | 371 | 76 | 20.5 | 16.2-25.7 | 92 | 24.3 | 19.8-29.5 | 137 | 38.3 | 32.8-44.2 | 32 | 8.8 | 5.9-13.0 | 34 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.6 |
Randolph | 332 | 44 | 13.9 | 10.0-19.1 | 80 | 22.9 | 18.0-28.6 | 137 | 40.7 | 34.7-47.1 | 41 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.5 | 30 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 |
Robeson | 358 | 84 | 21.8 | 17.3-27.0 | 112 | 27.7 | 22.8-33.2 | 113 | 36.9 | 31.1-43.1 | 29 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.5 | 20 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.3 |
Rowan | 432 | 71 | 14.6 | 11.2-18.8 | 116 | 25.1 | 20.8-30.0 | 160 | 39.6 | 34.4-45.1 | 43 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.3 | 42 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.5 |
Union | 413 | 71 | 13.9 | 10.7-17.8 | 109 | 26.6 | 21.7-32.2 | 168 | 42.8 | 37.2-48.6 | 46 | 11.7 | 8.5-15.9 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.0 |
Wake | 580 | 86 | 13.9 | 11.0-17.4 | 160 | 26.7 | 22.7-31.0 | 228 | 41.8 | 37.2-46.6 | 61 | 10.8 | 8.2-13.9 | 45 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 337 | 59 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.4 | 84 | 24.0 | 19.2-29.5 | 117 | 35.5 | 29.9-41.5 | 48 | 14.9 | 11.0-19.9 | 29 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.8 |
Northeast Partnership II | 455 | 100 | 19.4 | 15.7-23.6 | 129 | 29.5 | 24.8-34.6 | 155 | 36.0 | 31.1-41.3 | 38 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.1 | 33 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.6 |
Northeast Partnership I | 383 | 90 | 21.7 | 17.4-26.8 | 120 | 27.9 | 23.1-33.2 | 117 | 32.7 | 27.5-38.3 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.2 | 29 | 9.4 | 6.2-14.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 350 | 64 | 17.2 | 13.0-22.3 | 86 | 23.5 | 18.7-29.1 | 141 | 40.4 | 34.6-46.5 | 35 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.6 | 24 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 444 | 80 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.8 | 122 | 30.5 | 25.5-35.9 | 157 | 36.3 | 31.2-41.7 | 53 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.5 | 32 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 386 | 76 | 17.8 | 14.1-22.2 | 88 | 24.4 | 19.8-29.6 | 143 | 37.3 | 32.1-42.9 | 49 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.1 | 30 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 381 | 80 | 19.4 | 15.4-24.1 | 97 | 23.4 | 19.0-28.4 | 130 | 35.3 | 30.1-40.8 | 53 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.5 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 434 | 62 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.6 | 132 | 27.7 | 23.2-32.7 | 155 | 39.5 | 34.0-45.3 | 43 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.6 | 42 | 9.4 | 6.8-12.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 516 | 108 | 19.4 | 15.8-23.6 | 128 | 24.2 | 20.1-28.7 | 197 | 40.3 | 35.5-45.4 | 45 | 8.1 | 5.8-11.1 | 38 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 346 | 62 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.9 | 74 | 19.3 | 15.3-24.1 | 150 | 45.7 | 39.9-51.6 | 41 | 13.1 | 9.5-17.7 | 19 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 341 | 62 | 16.8 | 12.7-22.0 | 66 | 19.3 | 14.6-25.2 | 136 | 40.7 | 34.2-47.6 | 46 | 14.6 | 10.6-20.0 | 31 | 8.5 | 5.8-12.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 404 | 73 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.2 | 98 | 21.4 | 17.4-26.2 | 164 | 41.2 | 35.8-46.9 | 37 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.5 | 32 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 568 | 91 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.8 | 140 | 24.9 | 20.8-29.6 | 221 | 41.5 | 36.6-46.6 | 72 | 13.1 | 9.9-17.2 | 44 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.5 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 945 | 206 | 19.1 | 16.5-22.1 | 269 | 26.6 | 23.5-30.0 | 308 | 34.8 | 31.2-38.5 | 82 | 9.6 | 7.5-12.1 | 80 | 9.9 | 7.7-12.6 |
No | 13,352 | 2,276 | 15.6 | 14.9-16.4 | 3,497 | 25.3 | 24.4-26.3 | 5,142 | 40.2 | 39.1-41.2 | 1,452 | 11.5 | 10.8-12.2 | 985 | 7.5 | 6.9- 8.1 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,773 | 908 | 17.0 | 15.8-18.3 | 1,271 | 26.6 | 25.1-28.2 | 1,747 | 37.7 | 36.1-39.4 | 497 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.7 | 350 | 7.2 | 6.3- 8.1 |
Piedmont | 7,974 | 1,331 | 15.7 | 14.7-16.7 | 2,127 | 25.2 | 24.0-26.4 | 3,078 | 40.4 | 39.0-41.8 | 842 | 10.8 | 10.0-11.7 | 596 | 7.9 | 7.2- 8.8 |
Western NC | 1,550 | 243 | 13.9 | 12.0-16.0 | 368 | 23.6 | 21.1-26.3 | 625 | 42.3 | 39.2-45.3 | 195 | 13.1 | 11.1-15.4 | 119 | 7.2 | 5.7- 9.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 898 | 137 | 13.2 | 10.8-16.1 | 221 | 24.9 | 21.5-28.6 | 358 | 41.7 | 37.8-45.8 | 115 | 13.3 | 10.6-16.5 | 67 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.4 |
Northwest | 2,770 | 425 | 14.2 | 12.7-15.8 | 713 | 23.5 | 21.7-25.5 | 1,087 | 41.2 | 38.9-43.5 | 321 | 13.0 | 11.4-14.7 | 224 | 8.1 | 6.9- 9.5 |
Charlotte | 2,123 | 399 | 18.5 | 16.5-20.7 | 549 | 23.9 | 21.8-26.2 | 828 | 40.1 | 37.5-42.7 | 199 | 9.4 | 7.9-11.0 | 148 | 8.1 | 6.6- 9.8 |
Greensboro | 1,845 | 299 | 15.0 | 13.1-17.1 | 476 | 25.6 | 23.1-28.2 | 731 | 40.5 | 37.6-43.4 | 210 | 11.1 | 9.4-12.9 | 129 | 7.9 | 6.4- 9.8 |
Southern Regional | 1,495 | 309 | 17.6 | 15.6-19.9 | 436 | 28.8 | 26.0-31.8 | 513 | 35.8 | 32.9-38.8 | 134 | 11.2 | 9.1-13.7 | 103 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 |
Coastal | 717 | 118 | 14.5 | 11.8-17.7 | 179 | 26.1 | 22.4-30.0 | 273 | 38.9 | 34.8-43.2 | 91 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.8 | 56 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.3 |
Wake | 1,978 | 322 | 14.5 | 12.6-16.6 | 528 | 25.7 | 23.3-28.3 | 763 | 41.6 | 38.7-44.6 | 218 | 11.0 | 9.4-12.9 | 147 | 7.1 | 5.8- 8.6 |
Area L | 564 | 120 | 18.1 | 14.9-21.9 | 158 | 26.5 | 22.5-31.0 | 202 | 38.1 | 33.5-42.8 | 51 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.1 | 33 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.9 |
Eastern | 1,804 | 342 | 18.2 | 16.2-20.5 | 471 | 25.7 | 23.3-28.2 | 664 | 37.5 | 34.8-40.2 | 186 | 11.0 | 9.4-13.0 | 141 | 7.6 | 6.2- 9.3 |
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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.
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