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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 | 17,099 | 13,943 | 77.8 | 76.8-78.7 | 1,822 | 11.9 | 11.2-12.7 | 712 | 5.2 | 4.7- 5.8 | 333 | 2.6 | 2.3- 3.1 | 289 | 2.5 | 2.1- 2.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 461 | 368 | 78.4 | 73.2-82.9 | 53 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.5 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.9 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.5 |
Buncombe | 450 | 347 | 72.5 | 66.3-78.0 | 71 | 18.8 | 13.9-24.8 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.4 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 |
Cabarrus | 418 | 341 | 80.3 | 74.8-84.9 | 45 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.7 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.6 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 |
Catawba | 446 | 371 | 80.0 | 74.6-84.5 | 39 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.3 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.2- 4.9 | 13 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.4 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.8 |
Cumberland | 454 | 394 | 86.3 | 81.7-89.9 | 32 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.9 | 19 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.1 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 |
Davidson | 449 | 364 | 73.4 | 66.4-79.5 | 47 | 13.0 | 8.9-18.6 | 23 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.7 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.7 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 |
Durham | 460 | 354 | 76.4 | 71.1-80.9 | 73 | 14.9 | 11.3-19.4 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.9- 5.8 |
Forsyth | 455 | 384 | 80.6 | 75.1-85.1 | 42 | 11.0 | 7.4-15.9 | 23 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 |
Gaston | 443 | 372 | 80.9 | 76.0-85.1 | 39 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.0 | 18 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.2 | 10 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.4 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
Guilford | 466 | 371 | 74.5 | 68.5-79.8 | 59 | 14.4 | 10.7-19.1 | 21 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.7 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.2 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.1 |
Iredell | 399 | 334 | 84.0 | 78.9-88.0 | 38 | 9.1 | 6.3-13.2 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.1 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.4 |
Johnston | 387 | 313 | 76.5 | 69.8-82.1 | 41 | 10.6 | 7.5-14.9 | 16 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.4 | 12 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.9 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.9 |
Mecklenburg | 870 | 712 | 78.3 | 74.3-81.8 | 94 | 12.2 | 9.6-15.3 | 34 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.0 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.2 |
New Hanover | 446 | 370 | 79.7 | 74.3-84.2 | 44 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.5 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.0 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 |
Onslow | 396 | 340 | 83.6 | 78.1-88.0 | 31 | 8.5 | 5.6-12.6 | 10 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.7 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 6.1 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 |
Orange | 416 | 318 | 71.9 | 65.7-77.3 | 63 | 15.8 | 11.9-20.6 | 26 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.9 |
Pitt | 436 | 341 | 74.9 | 68.4-80.4 | 64 | 15.9 | 12.1-20.6 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.7 | 8 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 |
Randolph | 450 | 360 | 74.3 | 68.6-79.3 | 53 | 14.9 | 10.9-19.9 | 17 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.1 | 11 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.5 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.9 |
Robeson | 442 | 375 | 80.7 | 74.7-85.5 | 40 | 11.4 | 8.0-16.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.9 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.5-10.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 |
Rowan | 470 | 379 | 80.5 | 75.8-84.5 | 59 | 12.8 | 9.5-17.0 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.5 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.2 |
Union | 379 | 310 | 76.9 | 71.2-81.8 | 40 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.0 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.9 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.7 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.6 |
Wake | 852 | 676 | 77.1 | 73.1-80.7 | 102 | 12.5 | 10.1-15.5 | 46 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.4 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.0 | 17 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 469 | 386 | 77.6 | 71.7-82.6 | 43 | 10.7 | 7.5-14.9 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.3 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 508 | 414 | 76.9 | 71.3-81.6 | 52 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.8 | 21 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.4 | 14 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 514 | 442 | 82.0 | 77.2-86.0 | 41 | 9.5 | 6.6-13.5 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 422 | 356 | 77.8 | 71.0-83.3 | 33 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.6 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.5 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.2-11.8 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 523 | 428 | 75.1 | 68.6-80.7 | 51 | 12.7 | 8.9-17.9 | 24 | 7.4 | 3.8-14.1 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.5 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 429 | 357 | 80.4 | 75.3-84.7 | 42 | 10.8 | 7.7-14.9 | 15 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.5 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 479 | 373 | 75.3 | 69.9-80.1 | 61 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.2 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.3 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0- 5.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 525 | 425 | 77.1 | 72.1-81.5 | 62 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.1 | 18 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.3 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 642 | 530 | 80.3 | 75.3-84.5 | 62 | 10.6 | 7.3-15.0 | 26 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 12 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.3 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 467 | 381 | 76.7 | 71.1-81.5 | 51 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.7 | 15 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 406 | 336 | 80.2 | 74.6-84.8 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.5 | 20 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.1 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 506 | 415 | 77.2 | 71.6-82.0 | 45 | 11.9 | 8.2-16.8 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.1 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 764 | 606 | 76.0 | 71.0-80.3 | 73 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.1 | 37 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.3 | 25 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.4 | 23 | 4.8 | 2.9- 8.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,178 | 978 | 76.8 | 73.0-80.2 | 111 | 12.1 | 9.8-15.0 | 41 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.0 | 31 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.7 |
No | 15,921 | 12,965 | 77.8 | 76.8-78.8 | 1,711 | 11.9 | 11.2-12.7 | 671 | 5.2 | 4.7- 5.8 | 302 | 2.6 | 2.2- 3.0 | 272 | 2.5 | 2.1- 2.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,521 | 4,590 | 79.0 | 77.3-80.7 | 519 | 10.7 | 9.6-11.9 | 212 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.4 | 118 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.0 | 82 | 2.1 | 1.5- 2.8 |
Piedmont | 9,584 | 7,758 | 77.6 | 76.3-78.8 | 1,086 | 12.5 | 11.6-13.5 | 409 | 5.2 | 4.6- 6.0 | 166 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.9 | 165 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 |
Western NC | 1,994 | 1,595 | 76.1 | 73.2-78.8 | 217 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.7 | 91 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.6 | 49 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 | 42 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,214 | 953 | 74.9 | 71.0-78.4 | 144 | 12.6 | 9.9-16.0 | 53 | 5.2 | 3.7- 7.2 | 34 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 | 30 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.0 |
Northwest | 3,249 | 2,674 | 78.8 | 76.7-80.8 | 326 | 11.6 | 10.1-13.3 | 136 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.0 | 59 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 54 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 |
Charlotte | 2,521 | 2,073 | 78.7 | 76.2-80.9 | 260 | 11.5 | 9.8-13.4 | 101 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.4 | 46 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.8 | 41 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 |
Greensboro | 2,209 | 1,752 | 75.4 | 72.5-78.1 | 275 | 13.8 | 11.8-16.1 | 104 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.8 | 39 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 39 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.3 |
Southern Regional | 1,778 | 1,495 | 79.2 | 75.5-82.5 | 156 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.1 | 70 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 | 30 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.7 | 27 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
Coastal | 871 | 721 | 80.1 | 76.5-83.3 | 86 | 11.0 | 8.6-13.9 | 33 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.7 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.8 |
Wake | 2,406 | 1,916 | 77.2 | 74.7-79.5 | 294 | 12.6 | 10.9-14.4 | 110 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.1 | 45 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 | 41 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.0 |
Area L | 696 | 582 | 76.6 | 71.2-81.3 | 64 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.8 | 25 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.6 | 17 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.6 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 |
Eastern | 2,155 | 1,777 | 79.2 | 76.6-81.6 | 217 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.4 | 80 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 46 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.3 | 35 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 |
^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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