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One adult | Two adults | Three or more adults | No adults | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,700 | 1,923 | 15.1 | 14.4-15.9 | 261 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.1 | 94 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.3 | 12,422 | 81.2 | 80.3-82.0 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||||||||
Yes | 12,518 | 1,516 | 14.0 | 13.2-14.8 | 186 | 2.1 | 1.8- 2.6 | 56 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.8 | 10,760 | 83.2 | 82.4-84.1 |
No | 2,162 | 406 | 20.6 | 18.5-23.0 | 74 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.1 | 38 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 | 1,644 | 71.0 | 68.2-73.5 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||||||||
Underweight | 237 | 32 | 16.3 | 10.7-24.1 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 200 | 79.6 | 71.1-86.1 |
Recommended Range | 4,986 | 674 | 15.9 | 14.6-17.3 | 92 | 3.0 | 2.3- 3.9 | 34 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.9 | 4,186 | 79.9 | 78.3-81.4 |
Overweight | 5,069 | 613 | 13.9 | 12.7-15.2 | 84 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.0 | 33 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 4,339 | 83.0 | 81.5-84.3 |
Obese | 3,623 | 523 | 16.6 | 15.1-18.3 | 68 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 | 3,011 | 79.6 | 77.8-81.3 |
Current Smoker | |||||||||||||
No | 11,430 | 1,026 | 10.7 | 9.9-11.4 | 93 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.7 | 10,272 | 87.5 | 86.6-88.3 |
Yes | 3,224 | 890 | 30.5 | 28.5-32.6 | 168 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.7 | 55 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.1 | 2,111 | 59.3 | 57.1-61.5 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||||||||
No | 13,476 | 1,687 | 14.5 | 13.8-15.3 | 213 | 2.4 | 2.0- 2.8 | 73 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.0 | 11,503 | 82.3 | 81.5-83.2 |
Yes | 1,039 | 213 | 21.3 | 18.4-24.6 | 40 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.2 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 | 770 | 69.6 | 65.8-73.1 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||||||||
No | 14,120 | 1,813 | 14.9 | 14.1-15.7 | 239 | 2.6 | 2.2- 3.0 | 80 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 11,988 | 81.7 | 80.8-82.5 |
Yes | 458 | 94 | 20.7 | 16.5-25.6 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.6- 8.7 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.4 | 338 | 68.1 | 62.3-73.5 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | |||||||||||||
Yes | 3,124 | 435 | 18.0 | 16.2-20.0 | 62 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.6 | 32 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.5 | 2,595 | 77.1 | 74.9-79.2 |
No | 11,525 | 1,478 | 14.4 | 13.6-15.2 | 199 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.0 | 62 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.2 | 9,786 | 82.2 | 81.2-83.1 |
Current Asthma | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,164 | 194 | 19.7 | 16.8-23.0 | 34 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 | 926 | 74.6 | 71.0-77.9 |
No | 13,452 | 1,710 | 14.7 | 13.9-15.5 | 226 | 2.5 | 2.2- 3.0 | 84 | 1.0 | 0.8- 1.3 | 11,432 | 81.8 | 80.9-82.6 |
Diabetes | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,529 | 178 | 15.5 | 13.1-18.3 | 22 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.6 | 8 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 | 1,321 | 82.2 | 79.3-84.7 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 135 | 24 | 20.0 | 12.6-30.1 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.7-10.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 | 105 | 75.3 | 65.1-83.3 |
No | 12,855 | 1,699 | 15.1 | 14.3-15.9 | 229 | 2.8 | 2.4- 3.3 | 84 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.4 | 10,843 | 81.1 | 80.2-82.0 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 175 | 22 | 13.1 | 8.0-20.6 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 147 | 84.1 | 76.4-89.6 |
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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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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.
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