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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 | 16,771 | 2,743 | 15.4 | 14.7-16.2 | 11,206 | 66.5 | 65.5-67.5 | 1,844 | 11.5 | 10.9-12.2 | 101 | 0.6 | 0.5- 0.8 | 877 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 448 | 59 | 12.6 | 9.2-17.0 | 323 | 72.4 | 66.9-77.3 | 41 | 8.1 | 5.8-11.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.7 | 23 | 6.8 | 4.2-10.8 |
Buncombe | 441 | 88 | 19.3 | 15.0-24.4 | 301 | 63.7 | 57.1-69.8 | 26 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.3 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.5 | 23 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.6 |
Cabarrus | 416 | 57 | 11.9 | 8.7-16.1 | 283 | 65.7 | 59.4-71.5 | 50 | 14.6 | 10.4-20.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.4 |
Catawba | 437 | 66 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.1 | 302 | 70.9 | 65.4-75.9 | 46 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 |
Cumberland | 448 | 73 | 12.4 | 9.6-16.0 | 279 | 62.8 | 56.8-68.4 | 61 | 16.8 | 12.1-22.8 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 31 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.8 |
Davidson | 442 | 49 | 9.5 | 6.9-12.8 | 308 | 69.6 | 63.2-75.2 | 56 | 15.2 | 10.6-21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 29 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.8 |
Durham | 453 | 99 | 18.7 | 14.7-23.4 | 295 | 67.5 | 61.7-72.7 | 40 | 8.3 | 5.7-11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 19 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.0 |
Forsyth | 449 | 89 | 16.3 | 12.7-20.7 | 296 | 70.3 | 64.9-75.2 | 45 | 9.3 | 6.6-13.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 | 16 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.2 |
Gaston | 432 | 50 | 11.3 | 8.3-15.2 | 317 | 72.9 | 67.3-77.8 | 41 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 20 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.5 |
Guilford | 456 | 70 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.5 | 322 | 71.9 | 66.5-76.7 | 43 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.8 | 17 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.1 |
Iredell | 395 | 61 | 17.3 | 12.7-23.1 | 263 | 63.7 | 57.5-69.5 | 46 | 13.0 | 9.3-17.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.5 |
Johnston | 377 | 52 | 15.9 | 11.4-21.8 | 245 | 63.3 | 56.6-69.6 | 52 | 12.1 | 8.8-16.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 24 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.1 |
Mecklenburg | 866 | 172 | 17.7 | 14.9-20.8 | 590 | 67.9 | 63.9-71.8 | 71 | 9.1 | 6.9-12.0 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 30 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.9 |
New Hanover | 437 | 101 | 20.2 | 16.2-24.9 | 292 | 67.5 | 61.8-72.8 | 30 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.1- 8.0 |
Onslow | 383 | 61 | 14.3 | 10.4-19.3 | 260 | 69.4 | 63.2-75.0 | 39 | 11.1 | 7.7-15.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 22 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.4 |
Orange | 417 | 88 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.7 | 287 | 73.4 | 68.0-78.2 | 30 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.7 |
Pitt | 430 | 51 | 9.6 | 7.1-13.0 | 285 | 65.7 | 59.9-71.1 | 57 | 13.4 | 9.9-18.0 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.5 | 32 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.4 |
Randolph | 440 | 59 | 12.1 | 8.9-16.2 | 294 | 67.6 | 62.0-72.7 | 52 | 13.0 | 9.5-17.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 30 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.2 |
Robeson | 431 | 41 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.0 | 297 | 67.7 | 61.3-73.5 | 62 | 15.9 | 11.8-21.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 30 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.8 |
Rowan | 460 | 69 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.8 | 326 | 69.3 | 63.4-74.7 | 45 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.2 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.3 |
Union | 375 | 63 | 13.6 | 10.2-17.8 | 270 | 75.4 | 70.1-80.0 | 28 | 7.9 | 5.1-11.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.7 |
Wake | 844 | 180 | 18.5 | 15.7-21.8 | 560 | 67.0 | 62.8-70.9 | 69 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 33 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 460 | 96 | 20.4 | 16.1-25.6 | 296 | 63.1 | 57.1-68.7 | 45 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 19 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.4 |
Northeast Partnership II | 495 | 72 | 13.4 | 10.4-17.1 | 319 | 63.4 | 57.8-68.5 | 67 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.9 | 35 | 9.4 | 5.9-14.7 |
Northeast Partnership I | 497 | 77 | 14.2 | 10.9-18.4 | 323 | 65.2 | 59.6-70.3 | 64 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.0 | 30 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 410 | 58 | 15.2 | 10.5-21.6 | 259 | 61.5 | 54.9-67.6 | 59 | 14.2 | 10.6-18.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.0-12.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 502 | 69 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.2 | 333 | 66.0 | 60.1-71.6 | 60 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.8 | 37 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 417 | 78 | 17.1 | 13.4-21.4 | 259 | 61.3 | 55.6-66.7 | 50 | 14.1 | 10.4-19.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 | 28 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 465 | 58 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.5 | 303 | 63.6 | 57.9-68.9 | 79 | 19.1 | 14.7-24.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 23 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 511 | 114 | 20.4 | 16.7-24.8 | 312 | 58.3 | 52.7-63.6 | 55 | 11.8 | 8.7-15.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 27 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 631 | 96 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.5 | 403 | 59.6 | 54.3-64.7 | 90 | 15.5 | 12.2-19.4 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.7 | 36 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 465 | 57 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.9 | 319 | 69.6 | 64.3-74.5 | 63 | 13.9 | 10.3-18.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 400 | 55 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.1 | 273 | 66.9 | 60.5-72.7 | 48 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 497 | 69 | 12.6 | 9.3-17.0 | 331 | 64.7 | 59.0-70.1 | 57 | 13.3 | 9.8-17.8 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 | 36 | 8.0 | 5.3-12.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 744 | 146 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.5 | 481 | 65.8 | 61.0-70.2 | 77 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.6 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 35 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,145 | 184 | 15.3 | 12.8-18.1 | 731 | 62.5 | 58.7-66.1 | 152 | 14.1 | 11.7-16.9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 71 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.6 |
No | 15,626 | 2,559 | 15.4 | 14.7-16.2 | 10,475 | 66.8 | 65.7-67.8 | 1,692 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.1 | 94 | 0.6 | 0.5- 0.8 | 806 | 5.8 | 5.3- 6.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,386 | 839 | 14.9 | 13.6-16.3 | 3,512 | 64.4 | 62.6-66.2 | 660 | 13.1 | 11.9-14.4 | 36 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.0 | 339 | 6.9 | 6.0- 8.0 |
Piedmont | 9,435 | 1,558 | 15.3 | 14.4-16.3 | 6,399 | 67.9 | 66.6-69.2 | 991 | 10.9 | 10.0-11.8 | 50 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.8 | 437 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.2 |
Western NC | 1,950 | 346 | 16.8 | 14.7-19.1 | 1,295 | 65.5 | 62.6-68.3 | 193 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.3 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 101 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,185 | 234 | 18.7 | 15.9-21.9 | 782 | 65.1 | 61.3-68.7 | 103 | 10.1 | 7.8-13.0 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 58 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.6 |
Northwest | 3,200 | 471 | 13.5 | 12.1-15.1 | 2,181 | 68.2 | 66.0-70.3 | 364 | 12.2 | 10.7-13.8 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.6 | 162 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.4 |
Charlotte | 2,494 | 404 | 14.8 | 13.1-16.6 | 1,730 | 68.6 | 66.0-71.0 | 239 | 10.8 | 9.2-12.6 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 110 | 5.4 | 4.1- 7.1 |
Greensboro | 2,166 | 339 | 14.1 | 12.2-16.2 | 1,492 | 69.8 | 67.0-72.4 | 224 | 10.8 | 9.1-12.8 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 97 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.1 |
Southern Regional | 1,739 | 271 | 15.0 | 12.3-18.0 | 1,107 | 61.2 | 57.7-64.6 | 230 | 14.9 | 12.5-17.7 | 14 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 | 117 | 7.7 | 6.1- 9.8 |
Coastal | 852 | 176 | 17.6 | 15.0-20.7 | 556 | 65.8 | 61.8-69.6 | 77 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 41 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.3 |
Wake | 2,359 | 433 | 17.4 | 15.5-19.5 | 1,539 | 65.6 | 62.9-68.2 | 259 | 10.2 | 8.7-11.9 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 | 117 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.3 |
Area L | 677 | 92 | 13.3 | 9.8-17.7 | 431 | 62.5 | 57.4-67.3 | 102 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.4 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.0 | 46 | 6.9 | 4.6-10.2 |
Eastern | 2,099 | 323 | 15.0 | 13.1-17.1 | 1,388 | 66.2 | 63.4-68.8 | 246 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.6 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 129 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.2 |
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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: 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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