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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,858 | 2,144 | 21.0 | 20.0-22.0 | 300 | 4.0 | 3.5- 4.7 | 71 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.8 | 8,343 | 73.7 | 72.5-74.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 286 | 61 | 22.7 | 17.4-29.0 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 216 | 73.6 | 67.0-79.3 |
Buncombe | 270 | 47 | 21.2 | 15.2-28.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.4 | 219 | 75.9 | 68.1-82.3 |
Cabarrus | 287 | 46 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.2 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 228 | 76.5 | 69.2-82.4 |
Catawba | 283 | 53 | 20.6 | 15.5-26.8 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.3-11.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.6 | 218 | 73.1 | 66.2-79.0 |
Cumberland | 290 | 60 | 20.9 | 16.0-27.0 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.3-13.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 220 | 72.9 | 65.8-79.0 |
Davidson | 293 | 60 | 18.4 | 14.0-23.8 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.0-12.6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.2 | 221 | 74.3 | 67.6-80.0 |
Durham | 279 | 32 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.3 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 244 | 86.8 | 81.4-90.9 |
Forsyth | 266 | 53 | 19.3 | 14.4-25.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 206 | 78.4 | 72.2-83.5 |
Gaston | 291 | 62 | 23.0 | 17.7-29.4 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.8-16.7 | 215 | 68.3 | 60.6-75.2 |
Guilford | 282 | 48 | 18.5 | 13.3-25.1 | 9 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 | 224 | 75.7 | 68.4-81.8 |
Iredell | 263 | 55 | 23.2 | 17.6-29.9 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 | 200 | 71.5 | 64.3-77.9 |
Johnston | 257 | 52 | 19.5 | 14.2-26.1 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.1-13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 197 | 75.2 | 67.5-81.5 |
Mecklenburg | 535 | 73 | 13.8 | 10.7-17.4 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.2 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.3 | 450 | 81.3 | 76.5-85.4 |
New Hanover | 263 | 39 | 15.8 | 11.3-21.7 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.1-10.9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.0 | 215 | 78.3 | 71.5-83.8 |
Onslow | 272 | 61 | 23.9 | 18.4-30.6 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.1-11.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 202 | 70.6 | 63.2-77.0 |
Orange | 278 | 30 | 15.7 | 9.6-24.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 | 245 | 83.0 | 74.1-89.3 |
Pitt | 244 | 44 | 18.3 | 13.5-24.4 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 195 | 80.1 | 74.0-85.1 |
Randolph | 280 | 61 | 25.0 | 19.4-31.6 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 3.9 | 208 | 69.1 | 62.1-75.2 |
Robeson | 260 | 74 | 29.5 | 23.2-36.6 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.6 | 170 | 62.7 | 55.3-69.7 |
Rowan | 300 | 65 | 24.1 | 18.1-31.3 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.6 | 223 | 70.2 | 62.8-76.8 |
Union | 284 | 41 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.8 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 235 | 79.8 | 73.6-84.9 |
Wake | 562 | 81 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.2 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.3- 7.7 | 467 | 79.1 | 73.8-83.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 322 | 82 | 28.4 | 22.6-35.1 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.6 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.5 | 227 | 64.3 | 57.2-70.9 |
Northeast Partnership II | 301 | 65 | 22.3 | 17.3-28.2 | 14 | 8.0 | 4.4-14.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 220 | 69.2 | 62.4-75.2 |
Northeast Partnership I | 307 | 65 | 23.2 | 17.3-30.5 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 230 | 71.8 | 64.5-78.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 274 | 52 | 19.3 | 14.0-26.1 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 213 | 75.8 | 68.6-81.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 333 | 87 | 29.0 | 22.5-36.3 | 10 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.1 | 233 | 66.4 | 59.1-73.0 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 268 | 67 | 25.9 | 20.1-32.7 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.8 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.5 | 188 | 65.8 | 58.6-72.3 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 318 | 76 | 23.6 | 18.3-29.9 | 12 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.4 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.0 | 225 | 68.0 | 61.1-74.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 328 | 60 | 19.1 | 14.3-25.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 263 | 78.1 | 71.9-83.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 403 | 89 | 23.1 | 18.5-28.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.8 | 300 | 69.7 | 63.5-75.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 298 | 70 | 28.7 | 22.8-35.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.4 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.9 | 217 | 66.1 | 59.3-72.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 266 | 64 | 28.1 | 21.6-35.7 | 8 | 5.7 | 2.2-13.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 | 192 | 65.3 | 57.3-72.5 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 323 | 67 | 21.8 | 16.9-27.7 | 11 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 245 | 74.1 | 67.8-79.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 492 | 102 | 22.6 | 18.2-27.7 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.4 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 372 | 72.6 | 67.1-77.4 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 710 | 163 | 26.3 | 22.2-30.9 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 514 | 66.4 | 61.5-70.9 |
No | 10,148 | 1,981 | 20.7 | 19.6-21.8 | 270 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.5 | 68 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.8 | 7,829 | 74.1 | 72.9-75.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 3,453 | 765 | 23.7 | 21.9-25.7 | 111 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 24 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 2,553 | 70.2 | 68.0-72.2 |
Piedmont | 6,148 | 1,116 | 18.8 | 17.5-20.1 | 157 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 36 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 4,839 | 76.2 | 74.6-77.6 |
Western NC | 1,257 | 263 | 23.9 | 20.9-27.1 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.5 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 951 | 71.4 | 68.0-74.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 762 | 149 | 22.2 | 18.5-26.3 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.4 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.3 | 591 | 73.6 | 69.2-77.6 |
Northwest | 2,065 | 433 | 22.8 | 20.6-25.3 | 63 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.5 | 15 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.0 | 1,554 | 72.0 | 69.3-74.4 |
Charlotte | 1,664 | 275 | 16.8 | 14.7-19.1 | 45 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.1 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 1,336 | 77.4 | 74.5-80.1 |
Greensboro | 1,392 | 263 | 21.2 | 18.3-24.5 | 34 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.9 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.2 | 1,087 | 73.8 | 70.3-77.0 |
Southern Regional | 1,096 | 264 | 26.8 | 23.0-31.0 | 32 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.2 | 11 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 789 | 67.5 | 63.1-71.5 |
Coastal | 540 | 106 | 20.7 | 16.8-25.1 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.5 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.9 | 411 | 71.9 | 67.0-76.4 |
Wake | 1,556 | 264 | 16.9 | 14.6-19.6 | 35 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.6 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.9 | 1,249 | 78.5 | 75.4-81.4 |
Area L | 424 | 91 | 21.1 | 16.5-26.6 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 312 | 71.9 | 65.9-77.1 |
Eastern | 1,359 | 299 | 24.1 | 21.3-27.1 | 39 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.5 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 | 1,014 | 70.6 | 67.3-73.7 |
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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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