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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 | 3,735 | 591 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.9 | 768 | 21.3 | 19.7-23.1 | 1,575 | 42.3 | 40.4-44.3 | 503 | 13.0 | 11.8-14.4 | 298 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 88 | 19 | 23.9 | 15.1-35.7 | 13 | 19.9 | 11.1-33.2 | 41 | 41.0 | 30.4-52.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.5-15.4 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.6 |
Buncombe | 69 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.8-19.8 | 10 | 19.9 | 10.6-34.2 | 35 | 50.4 | 37.6-63.3 | 11 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.4 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.5-15.3 |
Cabarrus | 105 | 15 | 14.1 | 8.3-22.8 | 21 | 22.2 | 14.4-32.6 | 49 | 46.6 | 36.3-57.2 | 16 | 13.5 | 7.4-23.2 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.9 |
Catawba | 73 | 14 | 15.8 | 8.5-27.5 | 13 | 16.6 | 9.5-27.4 | 35 | 52.1 | 39.6-64.2 | 8 | 11.4 | 5.6-21.9 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.2-13.6 |
Cumberland | 130 | 26 | 19.0 | 12.8-27.2 | 27 | 20.2 | 13.5-29.1 | 50 | 38.5 | 29.9-48.0 | 17 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.3 | 10 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.6 |
Davidson | 90 | 10 | 9.9 | 5.1-18.5 | 21 | 23.5 | 15.4-34.3 | 36 | 39.3 | 28.7-51.1 | 15 | 18.9 | 11.1-30.3 | 8 | 8.3 | 3.9-16.5 |
Durham | 105 | 12 | 13.0 | 7.0-23.0 | 22 | 19.2 | 12.5-28.3 | 52 | 48.6 | 37.9-59.4 | 10 | 9.6 | 4.7-18.8 | 9 | 9.6 | 4.8-18.1 |
Forsyth | 101 | 15 | 13.4 | 7.8-21.9 | 16 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.4 | 47 | 48.3 | 37.8-58.9 | 13 | 13.7 | 7.7-23.1 | 10 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.6 |
Gaston | 97 | 14 | 11.6 | 6.7-19.4 | 21 | 24.7 | 16.2-35.7 | 40 | 41.4 | 31.2-52.5 | 11 | 12.0 | 6.3-21.7 | 11 | 10.2 | 5.5-18.3 |
Guilford | 91 | 15 | 14.8 | 8.4-24.8 | 15 | 15.8 | 9.2-25.7 | 40 | 46.2 | 35.1-57.7 | 9 | 7.6 | 3.8-14.7 | 12 | 15.7 | 8.8-26.3 |
Iredell | 119 | 18 | 15.1 | 9.1-23.8 | 21 | 18.1 | 11.5-27.3 | 49 | 39.9 | 30.9-49.7 | 15 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.2 | 16 | 14.4 | 8.6-23.1 |
Johnston | 140 | 34 | 25.9 | 17.8-36.0 | 26 | 18.5 | 12.1-27.1 | 47 | 36.1 | 26.8-46.5 | 20 | 10.4 | 6.4-16.4 | 13 | 9.2 | 4.7-17.3 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 33 | 22.3 | 15.8-30.4 | 45 | 25.2 | 19.0-32.7 | 70 | 36.7 | 29.5-44.5 | 22 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.5 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.8 |
New Hanover | 73 | 15 | 21.4 | 12.9-33.3 | 9 | 11.1 | 5.7-20.7 | 30 | 42.2 | 30.9-54.5 | 16 | 22.7 | 14.2-34.2 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.9 |
Onslow | 130 | 24 | 16.0 | 10.5-23.5 | 31 | 24.8 | 17.4-34.1 | 54 | 40.4 | 31.2-50.4 | 14 | 10.6 | 6.1-17.9 | 7 | 8.1 | 3.5-17.9 |
Orange | 106 | 20 | 18.1 | 11.4-27.5 | 25 | 24.9 | 16.9-35.2 | 44 | 42.0 | 31.9-52.8 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.9-21.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.0 |
Pitt | 103 | 20 | 21.2 | 13.4-31.9 | 22 | 21.3 | 13.4-32.0 | 43 | 42.2 | 31.8-53.3 | 11 | 8.5 | 4.5-15.6 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.9-15.2 |
Randolph | 80 | 15 | 19.8 | 11.9-31.2 | 13 | 18.2 | 9.9-31.1 | 35 | 40.6 | 29.0-53.3 | 10 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.6 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.8-17.6 |
Robeson | 107 | 20 | 21.9 | 14.0-32.5 | 25 | 23.0 | 15.4-32.8 | 43 | 38.7 | 29.0-49.5 | 16 | 14.0 | 7.9-23.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.9 |
Rowan | 117 | 25 | 21.2 | 13.7-31.3 | 27 | 24.0 | 16.6-33.4 | 41 | 37.9 | 28.6-48.1 | 12 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.1 | 12 | 8.4 | 4.4-15.6 |
Union | 129 | 15 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.8 | 24 | 15.9 | 10.3-23.8 | 59 | 51.5 | 41.1-61.9 | 21 | 16.7 | 10.1-26.3 | 10 | 7.0 | 3.5-13.7 |
Wake | 189 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.8-15.5 | 47 | 27.1 | 20.3-35.0 | 81 | 42.3 | 34.7-50.3 | 28 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.8 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 85 | 12 | 14.2 | 8.0-24.2 | 11 | 14.5 | 7.8-25.4 | 40 | 45.0 | 34.1-56.5 | 12 | 11.6 | 6.4-20.2 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.5-26.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 108 | 20 | 18.3 | 11.5-27.8 | 27 | 26.9 | 18.6-37.1 | 35 | 31.5 | 22.8-41.7 | 17 | 16.0 | 9.8-25.1 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 85 | 17 | 23.7 | 14.7-35.9 | 25 | 30.0 | 20.1-42.2 | 32 | 35.6 | 25.4-47.3 | 9 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.7 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 90 | 11 | 10.6 | 5.6-19.0 | 14 | 15.3 | 8.8-25.1 | 50 | 56.3 | 44.6-67.3 | 7 | 7.2 | 3.3-15.0 | 8 | 10.7 | 4.9-21.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 124 | 23 | 20.1 | 13.3-29.3 | 31 | 26.5 | 18.7-35.9 | 41 | 31.9 | 23.8-41.3 | 18 | 12.3 | 7.4-19.6 | 11 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 88 | 14 | 13.8 | 7.9-22.9 | 20 | 23.1 | 14.8-34.3 | 32 | 37.9 | 27.6-49.4 | 18 | 21.8 | 13.8-32.6 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 111 | 11 | 7.0 | 3.7-12.8 | 26 | 27.8 | 19.2-38.4 | 48 | 41.3 | 31.7-51.5 | 18 | 16.7 | 10.5-25.6 | 8 | 7.3 | 3.5-14.4 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 89 | 14 | 21.1 | 12.2-34.1 | 21 | 20.8 | 13.0-31.6 | 33 | 39.3 | 28.1-51.8 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.2-24.6 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 134 | 21 | 17.4 | 11.1-26.1 | 26 | 16.6 | 10.9-24.5 | 56 | 41.4 | 32.4-51.1 | 15 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.7 | 16 | 13.1 | 7.7-21.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 80 | 11 | 11.9 | 6.4-21.0 | 15 | 18.9 | 11.2-30.1 | 36 | 46.5 | 34.9-58.4 | 10 | 13.5 | 7.3-23.7 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.4-18.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 75 | 6 | 8.4 | 3.6-18.5 | 15 | 26.5 | 16.4-39.7 | 36 | 39.1 | 28.3-51.2 | 14 | 19.3 | 11.3-31.1 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.4-17.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 108 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.7-23.4 | 18 | 18.6 | 11.3-29.2 | 51 | 49.2 | 38.7-59.8 | 17 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.8 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 135 | 14 | 10.4 | 5.9-17.8 | 25 | 17.1 | 10.7-26.2 | 64 | 47.5 | 37.4-57.9 | 17 | 15.6 | 9.2-25.3 | 15 | 9.3 | 4.7-17.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 222 | 43 | 20.7 | 15.2-27.4 | 53 | 23.9 | 18.2-30.6 | 83 | 36.9 | 30.3-44.2 | 29 | 12.4 | 8.4-17.9 | 14 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.6 |
No | 3,513 | 548 | 15.2 | 13.7-16.7 | 715 | 21.2 | 19.5-23.0 | 1,492 | 42.6 | 40.6-44.6 | 474 | 13.1 | 11.8-14.5 | 284 | 8.0 | 6.9- 9.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,301 | 239 | 18.8 | 16.3-21.5 | 277 | 21.2 | 18.7-24.0 | 515 | 39.3 | 36.2-42.4 | 177 | 12.9 | 11.0-15.1 | 93 | 7.9 | 6.2- 9.9 |
Piedmont | 2,082 | 318 | 14.8 | 13.0-16.9 | 426 | 21.6 | 19.4-24.0 | 892 | 42.9 | 40.3-45.6 | 274 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.6 | 172 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.4 |
Western NC | 352 | 34 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 65 | 20.3 | 15.6-26.0 | 168 | 46.8 | 40.5-53.1 | 52 | 14.8 | 10.8-19.8 | 33 | 8.0 | 5.3-12.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 199 | 19 | 9.7 | 5.9-15.5 | 34 | 17.5 | 11.9-25.0 | 96 | 48.0 | 39.7-56.5 | 28 | 15.6 | 10.2-23.1 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.5 |
Northwest | 684 | 101 | 13.0 | 10.4-16.2 | 132 | 19.3 | 16.0-23.2 | 293 | 45.0 | 40.5-49.5 | 96 | 14.4 | 11.5-17.8 | 62 | 8.3 | 6.2-10.9 |
Charlotte | 592 | 87 | 17.0 | 13.4-21.3 | 123 | 22.0 | 18.1-26.4 | 255 | 41.9 | 37.2-46.8 | 84 | 12.9 | 10.0-16.5 | 43 | 6.2 | 4.3- 8.8 |
Greensboro | 445 | 81 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 83 | 18.7 | 14.6-23.7 | 189 | 42.4 | 36.7-48.3 | 51 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.6 | 41 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.3 |
Southern Regional | 414 | 80 | 20.9 | 16.6-26.0 | 90 | 21.0 | 16.8-25.9 | 165 | 38.4 | 33.2-44.0 | 53 | 13.4 | 9.9-17.8 | 26 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.7 |
Coastal | 155 | 26 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.6 | 29 | 19.1 | 13.2-26.9 | 60 | 40.5 | 32.4-49.2 | 30 | 18.8 | 13.2-26.1 | 10 | 5.9 | 3.1-11.2 |
Wake | 572 | 78 | 12.1 | 9.2-15.8 | 128 | 24.9 | 20.4-29.9 | 239 | 42.6 | 37.5-47.8 | 81 | 13.3 | 10.2-17.2 | 46 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.1 |
Area L | 149 | 23 | 15.5 | 10.1-23.2 | 33 | 21.7 | 15.2-29.9 | 66 | 45.2 | 36.3-54.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.7-15.6 | 11 | 8.0 | 4.0-15.3 |
Eastern | 496 | 88 | 17.4 | 13.8-21.7 | 105 | 21.7 | 17.6-26.5 | 203 | 39.7 | 34.8-44.9 | 64 | 12.0 | 9.1-15.6 | 36 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.3 |
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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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