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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,794 | 290 | 16.8 | 14.7-19.1 | 437 | 25.8 | 23.3-28.5 | 621 | 33.1 | 30.4-35.9 | 446 | 24.4 | 21.9-27.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 52 | 12 | 27.2 | 15.2-44.0 | 13 | 28.5 | 15.4-46.7 | 13 | 19.7 | 11.1-32.6 | 14 | 24.5 | 13.3-40.8 |
Buncombe | 32 | 7 | 23.2 | 10.6-43.5 | 6 | 23.7 | 10.1-46.2 | 14 | 40.8 | 23.6-60.6 | 5 | 12.3 | 4.9-27.6 |
Cabarrus | 43 | 10 | 24.5 | 13.1-41.2 | 10 | 26.6 | 14.6-43.6 | 10 | 20.4 | 10.6-35.6 | 13 | 28.4 | 16.1-45.1 |
Catawba | 55 | 12 | 27.0 | 14.7-44.2 | 13 | 23.1 | 13.1-37.3 | 13 | 22.9 | 13.0-37.1 | 17 | 27.0 | 16.0-41.9 |
Cumberland | 39 | 5 | 17.9 | 7.3-37.5 | 13 | 35.2 | 20.8-52.9 | 13 | 29.2 | 16.5-46.3 | 8 | 17.8 | 8.4-33.7 |
Davidson | 59 | 6 | 12.9 | 4.6-31.3 | 16 | 29.4 | 17.5-44.9 | 16 | 28.1 | 16.8-43.1 | 21 | 29.7 | 18.5-44.0 |
Durham | 36 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.4-23.2 | 13 | 32.5 | 18.2-51.1 | 11 | 28.9 | 15.7-47.0 | 9 | 30.7 | 15.4-51.9 |
Forsyth | 55 | 10 | 14.8 | 7.5-27.2 | 14 | 26.4 | 15.4-41.5 | 22 | 44.0 | 30.2-58.8 | 9 | 14.7 | 7.5-27.0 |
Gaston | 52 | 11 | 14.8 | 7.7-26.5 | 11 | 17.6 | 9.3-30.9 | 18 | 38.6 | 24.5-54.8 | 12 | 29.0 | 15.5-47.7 |
Guilford | 53 | 12 | 26.4 | 13.7-44.6 | 17 | 32.3 | 19.2-48.9 | 17 | 27.2 | 15.8-42.7 | 7 | 14.1 | 5.8-30.5 |
Iredell | 35 | 3 | 7.0 | 2.1-20.8 | 10 | 28.4 | 14.5-48.0 | 9 | 22.1 | 10.6-40.3 | 13 | 42.5 | 24.7-62.5 |
Johnston | 49 | 11 | 24.6 | 13.7-40.1 | 11 | 24.1 | 13.3-39.6 | 18 | 35.6 | 22.7-51.0 | 9 | 15.8 | 8.0-28.6 |
Mecklenburg | 66 | 10 | 14.3 | 7.4-25.9 | 24 | 32.3 | 21.1-45.9 | 14 | 21.4 | 11.8-35.7 | 18 | 32.0 | 19.3-48.1 |
New Hanover | 38 | 6 | 15.7 | 6.7-32.6 | 9 | 22.5 | 11.5-39.4 | 15 | 33.6 | 19.5-51.4 | 8 | 28.2 | 14.5-47.7 |
Onslow | 46 | 9 | 24.2 | 12.1-42.6 | 9 | 18.9 | 8.7-36.4 | 20 | 38.1 | 24.1-54.4 | 8 | 18.8 | 8.9-35.5 |
Orange | 30 | 5 | 8.0 | 3.1-19.4 | 7 | 36.0 | 16.0-62.4 | 15 | 49.1 | 27.8-70.7 | 3 | 6.8 | 2.0-20.7 |
Pitt | 40 | 11 | 39.4 | 22.4-59.5 | 11 | 20.1 | 9.6-37.3 | 12 | 28.9 | 14.4-49.6 | 6 | 11.5 | 4.6-26.3 |
Randolph | 29 | 5 | 16.5 | 6.5-35.9 | 5 | 20.1 | 8.0-42.1 | 10 | 34.6 | 18.9-54.6 | 9 | 28.8 | 14.8-48.5 |
Robeson | 57 | 8 | 18.1 | 8.9-33.4 | 13 | 22.5 | 12.9-36.2 | 25 | 38.3 | 25.0-53.6 | 11 | 21.2 | 11.1-36.5 |
Rowan | 75 | 13 | 19.0 | 10.7-31.3 | 13 | 17.0 | 9.7-28.2 | 27 | 37.6 | 25.5-51.5 | 22 | 26.4 | 17.0-38.5 |
Union | 33 | 4 | 18.2 | 6.7-40.7 | 5 | 17.2 | 6.8-37.2 | 18 | 46.1 | 28.7-64.6 | 6 | 18.4 | 7.5-38.6 |
Wake | 54 | 7 | 15.2 | 7.1-29.6 | 17 | 29.6 | 17.8-44.9 | 16 | 33.8 | 19.5-51.7 | 14 | 21.4 | 11.5-36.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 38 | 4 | 11.2 | 3.4-31.2 | 9 | 23.8 | 11.3-43.4 | 11 | 26.5 | 13.9-44.7 | 14 | 38.4 | 22.1-57.9 |
Northeast Partnership II | 70 | 11 | 15.2 | 8.1-26.7 | 18 | 30.4 | 19.5-44.0 | 22 | 29.1 | 19.1-41.7 | 19 | 25.3 | 16.1-37.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 99 | 15 | 17.0 | 9.5-28.4 | 24 | 27.3 | 17.6-39.8 | 42 | 40.5 | 29.6-52.5 | 18 | 15.2 | 8.9-24.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 50 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.8-15.9 | 12 | 21.5 | 10.7-38.6 | 23 | 54.8 | 37.9-70.7 | 9 | 16.8 | 8.2-31.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 71 | 11 | 18.4 | 9.5-32.5 | 14 | 25.6 | 14.7-40.7 | 25 | 30.7 | 20.2-43.6 | 21 | 25.4 | 15.8-38.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 47 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.4-16.4 | 15 | 32.7 | 18.7-50.7 | 17 | 40.8 | 24.9-58.9 | 12 | 21.5 | 11.4-36.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 51 | 9 | 20.1 | 10.1-35.9 | 11 | 26.0 | 14.0-43.3 | 18 | 35.2 | 21.8-51.5 | 13 | 18.7 | 10.2-31.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 48 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.4-16.6 | 17 | 34.2 | 21.6-49.6 | 16 | 33.3 | 20.3-49.6 | 11 | 25.9 | 13.6-43.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 70 | 12 | 20.9 | 11.5-35.0 | 14 | 22.2 | 12.3-36.5 | 29 | 37.7 | 25.8-51.3 | 15 | 19.2 | 10.9-31.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 53 | 6 | 8.1 | 3.5-17.7 | 7 | 22.9 | 10.5-43.0 | 21 | 39.8 | 25.7-55.9 | 19 | 29.2 | 17.7-44.2 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 39 | 6 | 13.5 | 5.2-30.5 | 13 | 31.2 | 17.8-48.7 | 10 | 25.0 | 13.0-42.7 | 10 | 30.3 | 16.7-48.5 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 55 | 9 | 17.2 | 8.8-30.8 | 10 | 19.8 | 10.3-34.7 | 20 | 36.2 | 23.4-51.4 | 16 | 26.8 | 16.2-41.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 75 | 14 | 20.5 | 11.3-34.2 | 13 | 17.0 | 9.0-29.8 | 21 | 21.9 | 12.7-35.0 | 27 | 40.6 | 26.8-56.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 181 | 27 | 16.3 | 10.6-24.2 | 46 | 28.5 | 21.1-37.3 | 65 | 31.3 | 24.2-39.4 | 43 | 24.0 | 17.4-32.1 |
No | 1,613 | 263 | 16.9 | 14.6-19.3 | 391 | 25.5 | 22.9-28.4 | 556 | 33.2 | 30.4-36.2 | 403 | 24.4 | 21.8-27.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 643 | 100 | 16.6 | 13.3-20.6 | 153 | 26.1 | 21.9-30.8 | 246 | 35.1 | 30.7-39.7 | 144 | 22.2 | 18.5-26.3 |
Piedmont | 963 | 157 | 16.5 | 13.7-19.8 | 244 | 26.5 | 23.1-30.2 | 315 | 33.2 | 29.5-37.2 | 247 | 23.7 | 20.5-27.3 |
Western NC | 188 | 33 | 18.3 | 12.5-25.8 | 40 | 22.4 | 16.1-30.3 | 60 | 27.8 | 21.0-35.8 | 55 | 31.6 | 23.7-40.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 107 | 21 | 21.2 | 13.2-32.2 | 19 | 18.7 | 11.3-29.5 | 35 | 26.7 | 18.0-37.7 | 32 | 33.4 | 22.5-46.4 |
Northwest | 386 | 60 | 14.7 | 11.0-19.2 | 90 | 25.5 | 20.3-31.6 | 123 | 33.7 | 28.1-39.7 | 113 | 26.1 | 21.3-31.5 |
Charlotte | 241 | 45 | 18.4 | 13.5-24.7 | 58 | 23.9 | 18.3-30.7 | 80 | 30.8 | 24.4-38.1 | 58 | 26.8 | 20.1-34.9 |
Greensboro | 210 | 39 | 20.9 | 13.9-30.2 | 51 | 28.3 | 20.7-37.5 | 70 | 30.2 | 22.8-38.8 | 50 | 20.6 | 14.4-28.5 |
Southern Regional | 193 | 26 | 17.0 | 11.0-25.2 | 52 | 28.3 | 21.0-37.1 | 73 | 32.8 | 25.5-41.1 | 42 | 21.8 | 15.6-29.6 |
Coastal | 87 | 10 | 14.5 | 6.5-29.3 | 23 | 24.5 | 15.4-36.7 | 33 | 36.7 | 25.1-50.0 | 21 | 24.3 | 15.4-36.3 |
Wake | 218 | 33 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.2 | 64 | 28.3 | 21.5-36.4 | 71 | 35.7 | 27.2-45.1 | 50 | 21.5 | 15.4-29.1 |
Area L | 96 | 13 | 12.0 | 6.7-20.5 | 25 | 30.3 | 20.0-43.2 | 37 | 39.2 | 28.0-51.7 | 21 | 18.5 | 11.4-28.4 |
Eastern | 256 | 43 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.2 | 55 | 24.6 | 18.1-32.6 | 99 | 34.7 | 28.1-42.0 | 59 | 23.7 | 17.7-31.0 |
^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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