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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 9,134 | 7,370 | 76.3 | 75.0-77.6 | 1,764 | 23.7 | 22.4-25.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 236 | 199 | 81.0 | 73.4-86.8 | 37 | 19.0 | 13.2-26.6 |
Buncombe | 225 | 185 | 78.1 | 70.1-84.4 | 40 | 21.9 | 15.6-29.9 |
Cabarrus | 249 | 197 | 75.1 | 66.9-81.9 | 52 | 24.9 | 18.1-33.1 |
Catawba | 221 | 182 | 79.8 | 72.1-85.8 | 39 | 20.2 | 14.2-27.9 |
Cumberland | 258 | 213 | 75.2 | 66.4-82.3 | 45 | 24.8 | 17.7-33.6 |
Davidson | 241 | 180 | 65.4 | 56.2-73.6 | 61 | 34.6 | 26.4-43.8 |
Durham | 294 | 249 | 78.3 | 70.5-84.5 | 45 | 21.7 | 15.5-29.5 |
Forsyth | 250 | 217 | 83.4 | 75.9-88.9 | 33 | 16.6 | 11.1-24.1 |
Gaston | 208 | 165 | 73.4 | 62.7-81.9 | 43 | 26.6 | 18.1-37.3 |
Guilford | 264 | 218 | 76.5 | 68.4-83.0 | 46 | 23.5 | 17.0-31.6 |
Iredell | 227 | 181 | 76.1 | 68.6-82.3 | 46 | 23.9 | 17.7-31.4 |
Johnston | 216 | 171 | 71.0 | 61.1-79.3 | 45 | 29.0 | 20.7-38.9 |
Mecklenburg | 507 | 435 | 82.2 | 77.0-86.5 | 72 | 17.8 | 13.5-23.0 |
New Hanover | 232 | 186 | 74.2 | 66.1-80.9 | 46 | 25.8 | 19.1-33.9 |
Onslow | 221 | 169 | 68.5 | 59.5-76.3 | 52 | 31.5 | 23.7-40.5 |
Orange | 262 | 225 | 79.2 | 70.2-86.1 | 37 | 20.8 | 13.9-29.8 |
Pitt | 242 | 194 | 76.3 | 68.8-82.5 | 48 | 23.7 | 17.5-31.2 |
Randolph | 248 | 205 | 81.1 | 74.5-86.3 | 43 | 18.9 | 13.7-25.5 |
Robeson | 225 | 172 | 70.2 | 61.9-77.4 | 53 | 29.8 | 22.6-38.1 |
Rowan | 222 | 185 | 82.2 | 75.1-87.6 | 37 | 17.8 | 12.4-24.9 |
Union | 223 | 188 | 79.2 | 71.8-85.1 | 35 | 20.8 | 14.9-28.2 |
Wake | 547 | 466 | 82.4 | 77.3-86.5 | 81 | 17.6 | 13.5-22.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 245 | 186 | 70.3 | 61.9-77.6 | 59 | 29.7 | 22.4-38.1 |
Northeast Partnership II | 251 | 206 | 81.0 | 74.4-86.2 | 45 | 19.0 | 13.8-25.6 |
Northeast Partnership I | 211 | 167 | 77.0 | 69.3-83.3 | 44 | 23.0 | 16.7-30.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 233 | 179 | 68.5 | 59.3-76.4 | 54 | 31.5 | 23.6-40.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 277 | 221 | 77.7 | 70.7-83.3 | 56 | 22.3 | 16.7-29.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 202 | 140 | 63.1 | 54.5-71.0 | 62 | 36.9 | 29.0-45.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 271 | 215 | 70.9 | 62.7-78.0 | 56 | 29.1 | 22.0-37.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 237 | 188 | 75.7 | 68.1-82.0 | 49 | 24.3 | 18.0-31.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 316 | 247 | 73.4 | 66.8-79.1 | 69 | 26.6 | 20.9-33.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 229 | 181 | 73.1 | 65.2-79.7 | 48 | 26.9 | 20.3-34.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 215 | 165 | 72.3 | 64.2-79.1 | 50 | 27.7 | 20.9-35.8 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 260 | 210 | 75.9 | 68.0-82.4 | 50 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 369 | 283 | 74.7 | 68.5-80.0 | 86 | 25.3 | 20.0-31.5 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 559 | 442 | 75.4 | 70.1-80.0 | 117 | 24.6 | 20.0-29.9 |
No | 8,575 | 6,928 | 76.4 | 75.1-77.7 | 1,647 | 23.6 | 22.3-24.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,882 | 2,261 | 73.1 | 70.7-75.4 | 621 | 26.9 | 24.6-29.3 |
Piedmont | 5,262 | 4,324 | 77.9 | 76.2-79.6 | 938 | 22.1 | 20.4-23.8 |
Western NC | 990 | 785 | 76.4 | 72.8-79.7 | 205 | 23.6 | 20.3-27.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 594 | 468 | 75.8 | 71.0-80.0 | 126 | 24.2 | 20.0-29.0 |
Northwest | 1,691 | 1,364 | 76.6 | 73.6-79.3 | 327 | 23.4 | 20.7-26.4 |
Charlotte | 1,395 | 1,145 | 77.7 | 74.3-80.9 | 250 | 22.3 | 19.1-25.7 |
Greensboro | 1,207 | 1,000 | 77.8 | 73.9-81.3 | 207 | 22.2 | 18.7-26.1 |
Southern Regional | 913 | 723 | 73.7 | 69.2-77.8 | 190 | 26.3 | 22.2-30.8 |
Coastal | 436 | 327 | 68.4 | 62.4-73.8 | 109 | 31.6 | 26.2-37.6 |
Wake | 1,428 | 1,183 | 78.8 | 75.5-81.8 | 245 | 21.2 | 18.2-24.5 |
Area L | 349 | 274 | 73.8 | 66.2-80.3 | 75 | 26.2 | 19.7-33.8 |
Eastern | 1,121 | 886 | 74.7 | 71.0-78.0 | 235 | 25.3 | 22.0-29.0 |
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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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