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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 | 16,748 | 12,915 | 75.2 | 74.3-76.1 | 3,311 | 20.9 | 20.0-21.7 | 325 | 2.3 | 2.0- 2.6 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1- 0.3 | 187 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 450 | 344 | 77.1 | 71.9-81.6 | 94 | 19.9 | 15.7-25.0 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 |
Buncombe | 442 | 348 | 78.9 | 73.1-83.8 | 80 | 18.6 | 14.0-24.4 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.1 |
Cabarrus | 414 | 323 | 74.9 | 68.9-80.2 | 79 | 20.0 | 15.5-25.6 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.2 |
Catawba | 431 | 323 | 71.8 | 65.9-77.0 | 93 | 24.0 | 19.1-29.7 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.2 |
Cumberland | 447 | 342 | 75.8 | 70.6-80.4 | 90 | 20.0 | 15.9-24.9 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 |
Davidson | 444 | 340 | 73.2 | 66.7-78.8 | 87 | 21.1 | 16.2-27.1 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.2 |
Durham | 456 | 347 | 72.5 | 66.5-77.7 | 89 | 20.0 | 15.9-25.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.2- 8.1 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.7 |
Forsyth | 444 | 342 | 73.5 | 67.7-78.6 | 88 | 22.9 | 18.1-28.6 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.2 |
Gaston | 425 | 334 | 75.9 | 69.4-81.3 | 78 | 19.7 | 14.6-26.1 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.7 |
Guilford | 456 | 362 | 77.9 | 72.6-82.5 | 84 | 20.4 | 15.9-25.7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 |
Iredell | 393 | 295 | 73.5 | 67.8-78.5 | 77 | 20.6 | 16.2-25.8 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.6 |
Johnston | 373 | 291 | 78.2 | 72.4-83.1 | 73 | 18.9 | 14.3-24.6 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 |
Mecklenburg | 865 | 661 | 74.4 | 70.2-78.1 | 164 | 19.5 | 16.3-23.2 | 23 | 3.4 | 1.9- 5.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.3- 4.9 |
New Hanover | 437 | 351 | 80.2 | 75.1-84.4 | 79 | 17.6 | 13.7-22.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 |
Onslow | 381 | 304 | 78.2 | 72.2-83.1 | 63 | 18.2 | 13.7-23.8 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.8 |
Orange | 414 | 335 | 79.7 | 73.6-84.6 | 65 | 17.7 | 13.0-23.8 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.6 |
Pitt | 430 | 312 | 69.7 | 64.1-74.8 | 103 | 24.6 | 20.1-29.8 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 |
Randolph | 440 | 334 | 75.2 | 70.0-79.8 | 95 | 22.4 | 18.0-27.6 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.9 |
Robeson | 431 | 321 | 71.7 | 65.8-76.9 | 93 | 22.8 | 18.2-28.1 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.1 |
Rowan | 457 | 353 | 76.3 | 70.9-81.0 | 92 | 21.4 | 16.8-26.8 | 9 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 |
Union | 374 | 294 | 75.5 | 69.7-80.5 | 69 | 21.3 | 16.5-27.0 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.8 |
Wake | 842 | 656 | 75.5 | 71.5-79.2 | 160 | 21.3 | 17.8-25.2 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 458 | 377 | 81.2 | 75.7-85.7 | 73 | 15.6 | 11.8-20.3 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 492 | 373 | 71.2 | 65.7-76.1 | 106 | 25.3 | 20.6-30.6 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 |
Northeast Partnership I | 499 | 383 | 75.0 | 69.1-80.1 | 103 | 22.7 | 17.7-28.5 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 414 | 327 | 77.2 | 71.0-82.4 | 74 | 18.9 | 14.0-24.9 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 514 | 390 | 74.7 | 69.5-79.4 | 105 | 20.2 | 16.2-25.0 | 13 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 416 | 333 | 79.4 | 74.4-83.6 | 71 | 16.7 | 13.0-21.2 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 468 | 362 | 77.6 | 72.3-82.2 | 95 | 20.2 | 15.8-25.4 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 1.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 512 | 403 | 77.1 | 72.3-81.4 | 98 | 19.9 | 16.0-24.4 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.8 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 629 | 455 | 70.3 | 64.9-75.2 | 154 | 25.8 | 21.1-31.1 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 456 | 343 | 71.4 | 65.6-76.6 | 101 | 24.0 | 19.3-29.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 400 | 315 | 75.3 | 69.2-80.4 | 77 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.6 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 499 | 375 | 72.7 | 67.1-77.7 | 104 | 21.2 | 16.9-26.2 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.0 | 9 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 745 | 567 | 74.0 | 69.5-78.1 | 155 | 22.7 | 18.9-27.1 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,144 | 883 | 74.7 | 71.0-78.1 | 229 | 21.5 | 18.5-24.9 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.8 |
No | 15,604 | 12,032 | 75.2 | 74.3-76.2 | 3,082 | 20.8 | 19.9-21.7 | 305 | 2.2 | 1.9- 2.6 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1- 0.4 | 175 | 1.6 | 1.3- 1.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,390 | 4,160 | 76.1 | 74.5-77.6 | 1,069 | 20.0 | 18.6-21.5 | 108 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.2 | 50 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 |
Piedmont | 9,409 | 7,251 | 74.9 | 73.6-76.1 | 1,852 | 21.0 | 19.8-22.2 | 186 | 2.2 | 1.9- 2.7 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 114 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.2 |
Western NC | 1,949 | 1,504 | 74.9 | 72.1-77.4 | 390 | 22.0 | 19.6-24.7 | 31 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 | 23 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,187 | 915 | 75.6 | 72.1-78.8 | 235 | 21.4 | 18.3-24.8 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.8- 3.1 |
Northwest | 3,180 | 2,428 | 73.4 | 71.2-75.5 | 646 | 22.6 | 20.6-24.7 | 72 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 34 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 |
Charlotte | 2,483 | 1,917 | 74.0 | 71.4-76.4 | 472 | 20.2 | 18.1-22.5 | 54 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.9 | 38 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 |
Greensboro | 2,165 | 1,682 | 76.8 | 74.1-79.3 | 423 | 20.4 | 18.1-23.0 | 34 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 | 25 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 |
Southern Regional | 1,740 | 1,303 | 73.6 | 70.4-76.5 | 382 | 21.9 | 19.3-24.7 | 42 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 12 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.1 |
Coastal | 851 | 682 | 79.5 | 75.9-82.6 | 153 | 18.1 | 15.2-21.5 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
Wake | 2,358 | 1,824 | 75.6 | 73.0-78.0 | 465 | 20.6 | 18.4-23.1 | 38 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 28 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 |
Area L | 683 | 531 | 74.9 | 69.7-79.5 | 128 | 21.0 | 16.6-26.2 | 18 | 3.4 | 1.9- 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 |
Eastern | 2,101 | 1,633 | 76.9 | 74.4-79.2 | 407 | 19.5 | 17.4-21.7 | 38 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 21 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 |
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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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