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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 | 1,834 | 291 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.4 | 1,072 | 56.1 | 53.2-59.1 | 217 | 11.9 | 10.0-14.0 | 196 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.3 | 58 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 50 | 5 | 8.5 | 3.4-19.7 | 31 | 55.6 | 38.5-71.4 | 4 | 12.0 | 4.2-29.5 | 8 | 13.4 | 6.0-27.5 | 2 | 10.6 | 2.1-39.7 |
Buncombe | 31 | 7 | 24.7 | 10.4-48.0 | 18 | 58.4 | 37.3-76.8 | 4 | 13.1 | 4.1-34.5 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Cabarrus | 45 | 9 | 26.9 | 10.7-53.0 | 23 | 44.9 | 26.4-64.9 | 6 | 12.4 | 4.8-28.4 | 6 | 14.9 | 4.7-38.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 |
Catawba | 47 | 9 | 19.6 | 9.5-36.1 | 25 | 57.9 | 40.8-73.2 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.6-19.0 | 4 | 8.6 | 3.0-22.2 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.5-16.6 |
Cumberland | 53 | 10 | 21.3 | 10.8-37.8 | 35 | 57.4 | 37.7-75.0 | 5 | 17.6 | 4.6-48.8 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Davidson | 48 | 7 | 25.1 | 9.2-52.5 | 29 | 48.8 | 30.3-67.6 | 8 | 16.5 | 7.2-33.5 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.3-24.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.8 |
Durham | 28 | 6 | 24.7 | 10.3-48.3 | 15 | 48.0 | 26.3-70.4 | 5 | 23.3 | 6.7-56.5 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Forsyth | 40 | 7 | 14.1 | 6.2-28.9 | 21 | 38.4 | 23.6-55.7 | 3 | 10.9 | 3.1-31.9 | 9 | 36.5 | 19.7-57.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Gaston | 54 | 9 | 17.2 | 8.4-32.0 | 35 | 60.0 | 43.8-74.3 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.4-23.5 | 4 | 10.3 | 3.4-27.2 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.0-17.3 |
Guilford | 48 | 8 | 15.7 | 7.2-30.7 | 26 | 57.7 | 41.0-72.8 | 6 | 7.8 | 3.3-17.7 | 6 | 13.9 | 5.4-31.6 | 2 | 4.8 | 0.9-21.1 |
Iredell | 46 | 7 | 13.9 | 6.3-28.0 | 24 | 56.3 | 40.2-71.1 | 10 | 20.1 | 10.4-35.4 | 5 | 9.7 | 3.5-24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Johnston | 42 | 7 | 13.7 | 5.7-29.6 | 25 | 62.2 | 42.9-78.2 | 7 | 17.2 | 7.5-34.6 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.1-17.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.5 |
Mecklenburg | 67 | 14 | 18.1 | 10.2-29.8 | 29 | 47.8 | 34.7-61.1 | 14 | 16.7 | 9.6-27.4 | 7 | 9.5 | 4.4-19.4 | 3 | 8.0 | 2.3-24.0 |
New Hanover | 44 | 5 | 8.3 | 3.2-19.9 | 31 | 74.9 | 57.9-86.6 | 4 | 8.9 | 3.0-23.4 | 4 | 7.9 | 2.7-21.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Onslow | 44 | 9 | 17.9 | 9.0-32.7 | 26 | 65.0 | 48.8-78.3 | 6 | 12.0 | 5.1-25.6 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.3 |
Orange | 32 | 12 | 33.0 | 18.5-51.8 | 12 | 37.2 | 21.0-56.9 | 4 | 18.4 | 7.2-39.7 | 3 | 8.8 | 2.6-25.9 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.1 |
Pitt | 49 | 7 | 12.0 | 5.2-25.1 | 31 | 65.6 | 49.4-78.8 | 5 | 12.0 | 4.4-28.5 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.3-18.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.4 |
Randolph | 35 | 7 | 20.1 | 8.9-39.3 | 19 | 54.5 | 36.4-71.5 | 5 | 13.9 | 5.3-31.8 | 4 | 11.5 | 4.1-28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Robeson | 50 | 2 | 7.4 | 1.9-25.0 | 35 | 69.9 | 54.0-82.1 | 7 | 9.6 | 4.3-20.2 | 3 | 8.1 | 2.3-24.5 | 3 | 5.0 | 1.5-15.3 |
Rowan | 68 | 12 | 15.4 | 8.4-26.5 | 39 | 56.5 | 42.5-69.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.6-12.1 | 10 | 19.9 | 10.0-35.6 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.1-11.8 |
Union | 32 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.7 | 20 | 65.4 | 41.0-83.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.4 | 8 | 25.7 | 9.6-53.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.2 |
Wake | 47 | 5 | 13.3 | 5.5-28.7 | 33 | 62.6 | 45.4-77.2 | 3 | 9.8 | 3.0-27.4 | 4 | 9.6 | 2.8-28.2 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-16.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 46 | 12 | 22.4 | 12.3-37.2 | 21 | 42.8 | 28.5-58.4 | 5 | 14.1 | 5.7-31.0 | 5 | 13.0 | 5.4-28.2 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.1-24.3 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 74 | 10 | 10.5 | 5.3-19.7 | 44 | 66.7 | 54.4-77.0 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.6-15.9 | 7 | 10.4 | 4.8-21.2 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.9-11.1 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 93 | 14 | 15.5 | 9.0-25.6 | 58 | 55.2 | 43.1-66.8 | 10 | 11.4 | 5.8-21.3 | 7 | 7.4 | 3.4-15.4 | 4 | 10.4 | 3.5-26.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 63 | 9 | 12.9 | 5.8-26.0 | 39 | 54.6 | 38.7-69.6 | 8 | 12.9 | 5.3-27.9 | 5 | 16.1 | 5.8-37.1 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.7-17.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 67 | 9 | 12.2 | 5.3-25.6 | 39 | 54.4 | 40.2-67.9 | 9 | 13.5 | 6.5-25.8 | 9 | 17.3 | 8.8-31.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 48 | 8 | 16.7 | 7.9-31.9 | 28 | 62.0 | 46.4-75.5 | 6 | 9.1 | 3.8-20.0 | 4 | 7.9 | 2.8-20.1 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.9-19.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 48 | 8 | 11.2 | 5.1-22.9 | 26 | 45.5 | 28.1-64.1 | 7 | 16.6 | 7.4-32.9 | 7 | 26.7 | 9.9-54.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 62 | 9 | 12.6 | 5.8-25.4 | 36 | 57.3 | 42.4-70.9 | 5 | 13.7 | 5.0-32.2 | 10 | 13.1 | 6.8-23.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-12.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 84 | 10 | 11.0 | 5.3-21.4 | 56 | 68.4 | 56.0-78.6 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.1 | 9 | 11.2 | 5.3-22.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 61 | 14 | 20.8 | 12.0-33.7 | 31 | 51.0 | 36.6-65.3 | 9 | 11.4 | 5.6-21.8 | 5 | 10.9 | 3.7-28.1 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.4-22.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 48 | 6 | 14.6 | 5.7-32.5 | 28 | 51.4 | 35.3-67.2 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.6-21.3 | 6 | 15.0 | 5.8-33.5 | 3 | 9.8 | 3.0-27.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 71 | 9 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.4 | 40 | 59.4 | 45.7-71.7 | 10 | 12.2 | 6.1-23.0 | 9 | 14.4 | 7.0-27.2 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.0-23.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 69 | 8 | 13.7 | 6.3-27.1 | 44 | 56.7 | 42.6-69.8 | 7 | 10.8 | 4.8-22.8 | 10 | 18.9 | 9.8-33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 180 | 27 | 14.0 | 9.4-20.3 | 107 | 58.5 | 50.0-66.5 | 21 | 11.3 | 7.0-17.5 | 15 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.3 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.2-14.9 |
No | 1,654 | 264 | 15.3 | 13.2-17.6 | 965 | 55.9 | 52.8-59.0 | 196 | 11.9 | 10.0-14.2 | 181 | 13.2 | 11.0-15.8 | 48 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.2 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 679 | 104 | 14.7 | 11.8-18.2 | 420 | 60.7 | 55.9-65.2 | 78 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.2 | 55 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.6 | 22 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.2 |
Piedmont | 966 | 157 | 15.4 | 12.7-18.5 | 544 | 54.2 | 50.0-58.3 | 116 | 11.6 | 9.3-14.4 | 117 | 14.1 | 11.2-17.7 | 32 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.2 |
Western NC | 189 | 30 | 15.5 | 10.2-22.8 | 108 | 53.3 | 44.7-61.7 | 23 | 12.5 | 7.8-19.3 | 24 | 15.9 | 10.2-24.1 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 100 | 15 | 16.6 | 9.3-27.7 | 62 | 57.1 | 45.3-68.2 | 11 | 11.4 | 5.9-21.0 | 12 | 14.9 | 7.9-26.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northwest | 372 | 62 | 15.9 | 11.6-21.4 | 202 | 48.4 | 41.9-54.9 | 48 | 12.5 | 8.8-17.5 | 46 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.6 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.4- 8.8 |
Charlotte | 261 | 39 | 14.8 | 10.2-20.9 | 150 | 58.7 | 51.2-65.9 | 33 | 10.6 | 7.2-15.2 | 31 | 10.6 | 7.0-16.0 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.2-12.1 |
Greensboro | 230 | 45 | 17.0 | 12.0-23.7 | 124 | 54.5 | 45.8-62.9 | 26 | 10.2 | 6.7-15.3 | 29 | 14.5 | 8.5-23.7 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.2 |
Southern Regional | 208 | 28 | 16.0 | 10.4-23.8 | 134 | 58.8 | 49.4-67.6 | 19 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 5.3-14.8 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.0 |
Coastal | 91 | 12 | 12.1 | 6.3-21.9 | 60 | 70.0 | 58.3-79.5 | 10 | 9.7 | 5.0-18.0 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
Wake | 200 | 28 | 13.3 | 8.4-20.4 | 120 | 55.1 | 45.8-64.1 | 26 | 14.7 | 9.0-23.0 | 19 | 11.2 | 6.0-19.7 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.4 |
Area L | 108 | 16 | 14.9 | 8.7-24.2 | 64 | 58.3 | 47.3-68.6 | 14 | 14.4 | 7.7-25.1 | 9 | 8.7 | 4.4-16.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.5- 9.1 |
Eastern | 264 | 46 | 14.5 | 10.5-19.7 | 156 | 58.2 | 50.9-65.2 | 30 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.3 | 24 | 12.7 | 8.1-19.3 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 7.0 |
^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.
**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.
***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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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