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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,627 | 2,623 | 18.2 | 17.4-19.0 | 12,004 | 81.8 | 81.0-82.6 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||
Yes | 12,453 | 2,273 | 18.7 | 17.9-19.6 | 10,180 | 81.3 | 80.4-82.1 |
No | 2,155 | 344 | 15.5 | 13.6-17.7 | 1,811 | 84.5 | 82.3-86.4 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||
Underweight | 236 | 53 | 26.5 | 19.5-34.8 | 183 | 73.5 | 65.2-80.5 |
Recommended Range | 4,964 | 1,187 | 24.0 | 22.5-25.5 | 3,777 | 76.0 | 74.5-77.5 |
Overweight | 5,050 | 890 | 18.1 | 16.8-19.5 | 4,160 | 81.9 | 80.5-83.2 |
Obese | 3,602 | 401 | 11.2 | 10.0-12.5 | 3,201 | 88.8 | 87.5-90.0 |
Current Smoker | |||||||
No | 11,368 | 1,916 | 17.3 | 16.5-18.2 | 9,452 | 82.7 | 81.8-83.5 |
Yes | 3,214 | 702 | 21.4 | 19.7-23.3 | 2,512 | 78.6 | 76.7-80.3 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||
No | 13,408 | 2,221 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.5 | 11,187 | 83.3 | 82.5-84.1 |
Yes | 1,037 | 373 | 35.7 | 32.1-39.4 | 664 | 64.3 | 60.6-67.9 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||
No | 14,051 | 2,454 | 17.8 | 17.0-18.6 | 11,597 | 82.2 | 81.4-83.0 |
Yes | 457 | 149 | 32.3 | 27.2-37.9 | 308 | 67.7 | 62.1-72.8 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | |||||||
Yes | 3,105 | 191 | 6.9 | 5.8- 8.2 | 2,914 | 93.1 | 91.8-94.2 |
No | 11,474 | 2,426 | 21.0 | 20.1-21.9 | 9,048 | 79.0 | 78.1-79.9 |
Current Asthma | |||||||
Yes | 1,161 | 186 | 16.7 | 14.1-19.6 | 975 | 83.3 | 80.4-85.9 |
No | 13,383 | 2,425 | 18.4 | 17.6-19.2 | 10,958 | 81.6 | 80.8-82.4 |
Diabetes | |||||||
Yes | 1,518 | 89 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.5 | 1,429 | 94.1 | 92.5-95.3 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 134 | 37 | 26.6 | 19.0-35.8 | 97 | 73.4 | 64.2-81.0 |
No | 12,795 | 2,473 | 19.6 | 18.7-20.5 | 10,322 | 80.4 | 79.5-81.3 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 175 | 24 | 11.6 | 7.3-18.0 | 151 | 88.4 | 82.0-92.7 |
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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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