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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 | 1,819 | 1,162 | 62.2 | 59.3-65.0 | 411 | 22.7 | 20.3-25.2 | 92 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.3 | 31 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.4 | 123 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamance | 53 | 29 | 45.9 | 31.1-61.5 | 16 | 30.7 | 18.0-47.3 | 5 | 11.0 | 4.3-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 12.3 | 3.4-35.9 |
| Buncombe | 31 | 23 | 65.9 | 44.0-82.7 | 5 | 27.6 | 12.1-51.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.6 |
| Cabarrus | 42 | 27 | 65.3 | 48.9-78.8 | 8 | 17.8 | 8.7-33.1 | 4 | 9.6 | 3.5-23.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.2 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.1-18.6 |
| Catawba | 56 | 35 | 55.9 | 40.4-70.3 | 11 | 21.9 | 11.0-38.8 | 6 | 14.4 | 6.3-29.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 1.6-24.4 |
| Cumberland | 39 | 20 | 51.9 | 35.0-68.4 | 11 | 29.8 | 16.6-47.4 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.5 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.9-18.5 | 3 | 9.8 | 2.7-30.2 |
| Davidson | 60 | 37 | 57.4 | 41.9-71.6 | 18 | 24.9 | 15.0-38.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 16.1 | 5.8-37.2 |
| Durham | 37 | 20 | 51.2 | 33.2-68.9 | 7 | 14.3 | 6.4-29.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 8.0-44.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 13.7 | 5.3-30.9 |
| Forsyth | 57 | 39 | 66.6 | 52.0-78.6 | 8 | 15.2 | 7.5-28.4 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.9-18.7 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.1-19.0 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.8-16.3 |
| Gaston | 52 | 34 | 64.5 | 48.1-78.1 | 13 | 27.7 | 15.5-44.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.7 | 1.6-13.3 |
| Guilford | 53 | 31 | 58.1 | 41.8-72.8 | 15 | 27.9 | 16.1-43.9 | 5 | 11.0 | 4.0-26.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.2 |
| Iredell | 37 | 28 | 73.2 | 52.0-87.3 | 7 | 21.6 | 8.8-44.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.2 |
| Johnston | 51 | 36 | 67.1 | 51.5-79.6 | 9 | 19.4 | 10.1-34.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 9.9 | 3.7-23.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 69 | 40 | 59.1 | 45.2-71.6 | 20 | 25.7 | 15.9-38.8 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.8-21.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.1-13.5 |
| New Hanover | 38 | 22 | 55.0 | 37.2-71.6 | 8 | 20.3 | 9.5-38.1 | 5 | 12.3 | 4.6-28.7 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.9-32.2 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.6-22.9 |
| Onslow | 46 | 29 | 56.0 | 38.9-71.8 | 9 | 26.5 | 13.3-45.8 | 3 | 6.9 | 1.7-24.0 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.7-23.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.1-11.9 |
| Orange | 30 | 17 | 51.6 | 29.6-73.0 | 5 | 25.4 | 8.1-56.6 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.6-26.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.6 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.3-31.7 |
| Pitt | 38 | 26 | 71.4 | 52.7-84.8 | 9 | 24.0 | 11.7-42.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.9 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.7-14.9 |
| Randolph | 29 | 13 | 41.7 | 24.6-61.2 | 12 | 38.6 | 22.1-58.2 | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8-30.8 | 1 | 7.0 | 1.0-35.9 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.7-24.3 |
| Robeson | 63 | 45 | 65.1 | 49.4-78.1 | 11 | 19.8 | 10.1-35.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.1-24.4 |
| Rowan | 74 | 52 | 69.8 | 56.8-80.3 | 17 | 22.4 | 13.5-34.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.3 | 4 | 6.4 | 2.3-16.8 |
| Union | 33 | 25 | 70.2 | 49.3-85.1 | 4 | 14.1 | 4.8-34.9 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 13.5 | 4.2-35.7 |
| Wake | 55 | 35 | 69.3 | 54.4-81.1 | 8 | 13.0 | 5.9-26.1 | 6 | 11.4 | 4.8-24.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-12.2 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.7 |
| Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 38 | 19 | 50.4 | 32.2-68.5 | 12 | 28.5 | 15.0-47.3 | 2 | 7.6 | 1.5-30.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 | 4 | 12.4 | 4.1-31.6 |
| Northeast Partnership II | 69 | 48 | 71.2 | 58.6-81.1 | 15 | 19.9 | 11.8-31.7 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.8 | 4 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.8 |
| Northeast Partnership I | 102 | 67 | 62.2 | 50.3-72.8 | 25 | 25.3 | 16.9-36.2 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 7.3 | 2.4-19.9 |
| Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 50 | 29 | 50.9 | 34.1-67.5 | 11 | 19.1 | 9.5-34.9 | 3 | 7.2 | 2.2-21.2 | 3 | 10.7 | 3.0-31.5 | 4 | 12.1 | 4.4-29.2 |
| Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 74 | 47 | 63.5 | 50.1-75.1 | 19 | 26.3 | 16.3-39.7 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.3-14.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.9-13.0 |
| Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 46 | 30 | 59.8 | 41.7-75.6 | 10 | 23.6 | 11.8-41.6 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.2-30.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 7.5 | 2.2-22.6 |
| Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 51 | 33 | 63.4 | 47.4-76.8 | 10 | 21.2 | 11.0-36.8 | 3 | 7.2 | 2.0-22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 8.3 | 3.2-19.9 |
| Chatham/Lee/Moore | 47 | 31 | 74.5 | 60.4-84.8 | 12 | 19.2 | 10.6-32.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 5.2 | 1.6-15.5 |
| Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 73 | 54 | 77.0 | 64.5-86.0 | 13 | 15.7 | 8.3-27.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.3 | 1.8-14.9 |
| Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 54 | 36 | 70.3 | 55.5-81.8 | 13 | 22.0 | 12.4-36.0 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.1-17.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0-10.3 |
| Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 40 | 23 | 61.7 | 44.7-76.3 | 13 | 27.9 | 15.8-44.4 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.3 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.2-19.2 |
| Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 54 | 37 | 73.0 | 59.0-83.6 | 10 | 18.0 | 9.4-31.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.2 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.5 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.7-12.1 |
| Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 78 | 45 | 51.2 | 37.0-65.2 | 17 | 24.7 | 13.6-40.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 6 | 9.6 | 4.0-21.0 | 9 | 14.4 | 6.2-30.2 |
| NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 182 | 122 | 64.7 | 55.9-72.6 | 41 | 20.7 | 15.0-27.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.5 | 10 | 9.0 | 4.6-17.0 |
| No | 1,637 | 1,040 | 62.0 | 58.9-64.9 | 370 | 22.8 | 20.4-25.5 | 84 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.5 | 30 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.7 | 113 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 656 | 422 | 61.1 | 56.3-65.7 | 149 | 23.9 | 20.1-28.3 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.2- 7.9 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.7 | 44 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.7 |
| Piedmont | 972 | 622 | 63.7 | 59.8-67.4 | 216 | 21.1 | 18.1-24.4 | 58 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.9 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 | 64 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.3 |
| Western NC | 191 | 118 | 59.2 | 50.2-67.6 | 46 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.2 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 | 7 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.3 | 15 | 9.0 | 4.6-16.8 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 109 | 68 | 54.8 | 42.6-66.5 | 22 | 25.4 | 15.7-38.3 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.3 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.2 | 10 | 11.4 | 5.0-23.9 |
| Northwest | 393 | 258 | 65.7 | 59.9-71.1 | 93 | 22.6 | 18.1-27.7 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.4 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.2 | 24 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.4 |
| Charlotte | 243 | 162 | 66.1 | 58.8-72.8 | 52 | 21.3 | 15.9-28.0 | 12 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.6 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.9 |
| Greensboro | 212 | 123 | 57.1 | 48.0-65.8 | 57 | 26.9 | 19.8-35.5 | 17 | 9.8 | 5.4-17.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 3.9 | 13 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.2 |
| Southern Regional | 199 | 139 | 70.6 | 62.4-77.6 | 36 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.5 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 | 13 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.3 |
| Coastal | 88 | 52 | 55.0 | 41.9-67.5 | 22 | 27.6 | 17.4-40.8 | 8 | 8.6 | 3.4-20.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.4 | 5 | 7.0 | 2.8-16.4 |
| Wake | 220 | 136 | 63.1 | 54.8-70.8 | 40 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 | 18 | 10.8 | 6.4-17.5 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.2 | 23 | 8.4 | 5.2-13.3 |
| Area L | 99 | 65 | 59.9 | 47.2-71.3 | 21 | 19.9 | 12.0-31.2 | 5 | 4.8 | 1.7-12.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.3-23.3 | 6 | 9.6 | 4.0-21.1 |
| Eastern | 256 | 159 | 59.4 | 51.6-66.7 | 68 | 28.8 | 22.3-36.4 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.1 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 15 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.7 |
^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
*** 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.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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