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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 7,583 | 5,655 | 75.2 | 73.7-76.5 | 549 | 8.2 | 7.3- 9.2 | 374 | 4.2 | 3.6- 4.8 | 1,005 | 12.4 | 11.4-13.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 168 | 119 | 70.0 | 59.9-78.5 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.5 | 13 | 7.9 | 4.2-14.3 | 22 | 14.5 | 8.1-24.7 |
Buncombe | 187 | 144 | 75.6 | 65.9-83.3 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.3 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.0 | 25 | 15.3 | 8.7-25.3 |
Cabarrus | 189 | 153 | 84.0 | 77.9-88.7 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.6 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.0 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.5-12.7 |
Catawba | 170 | 124 | 76.1 | 68.1-82.7 | 11 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.0 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.6 | 25 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.7 |
Cumberland | 222 | 173 | 69.2 | 58.9-77.8 | 16 | 12.1 | 6.4-21.8 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.4- 7.8 | 24 | 15.3 | 8.9-25.0 |
Davidson | 215 | 151 | 74.5 | 67.0-80.8 | 13 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.4 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.9-10.7 | 34 | 13.1 | 8.6-19.5 |
Durham | 202 | 163 | 84.8 | 77.8-89.9 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.4- 8.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 | 21 | 9.0 | 5.0-15.7 |
Forsyth | 199 | 143 | 74.4 | 66.5-81.0 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.7 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.9 | 28 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.5 |
Gaston | 190 | 140 | 69.4 | 59.4-77.8 | 14 | 8.2 | 4.5-14.3 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.4 | 28 | 19.0 | 11.8-29.3 |
Guilford | 220 | 166 | 73.8 | 64.9-81.0 | 18 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.5 | 11 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.3 | 25 | 9.5 | 6.0-14.7 |
Iredell | 216 | 169 | 79.4 | 70.9-86.0 | 10 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.1 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.0- 8.0 | 27 | 9.8 | 6.3-14.9 |
Johnston | 230 | 181 | 82.4 | 76.6-87.1 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.8 | 27 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.2 |
Mecklenburg | 458 | 375 | 82.8 | 78.3-86.6 | 39 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.3 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.2 | 33 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 |
New Hanover | 190 | 164 | 84.4 | 73.2-91.5 | 9 | 7.8 | 2.6-21.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 | 13 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.9 |
Onslow | 183 | 141 | 80.4 | 71.6-87.0 | 11 | 5.7 | 2.7-11.8 | 11 | 7.2 | 2.9-16.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.0-10.9 |
Orange | 172 | 145 | 85.5 | 78.0-90.7 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.5 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.9 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.5 |
Pitt | 194 | 155 | 86.1 | 80.5-90.3 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.2 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.1 | 23 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.7 |
Randolph | 188 | 133 | 65.0 | 52.7-75.6 | 9 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.7 | 16 | 11.0 | 4.9-22.8 | 30 | 17.9 | 9.4-31.3 |
Robeson | 190 | 133 | 69.4 | 60.5-77.0 | 15 | 8.3 | 4.6-14.7 | 10 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.3 | 32 | 16.7 | 11.0-24.5 |
Rowan | 204 | 140 | 67.7 | 58.5-75.7 | 26 | 17.0 | 10.5-26.4 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.5 | 26 | 11.8 | 7.3-18.4 |
Union | 194 | 160 | 79.4 | 68.3-87.4 | 10 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.7 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.4 | 18 | 12.3 | 5.6-24.7 |
Wake | 357 | 303 | 86.3 | 81.6-89.9 | 17 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.6 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.7 | 30 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 217 | 146 | 73.3 | 65.8-79.7 | 15 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.8 | 45 | 17.2 | 12.3-23.5 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 245 | 166 | 64.0 | 55.7-71.5 | 22 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.9 | 19 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.4 | 38 | 17.9 | 12.1-25.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 197 | 129 | 62.3 | 51.1-72.3 | 15 | 12.1 | 5.1-25.9 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.2 | 37 | 20.8 | 13.1-31.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 222 | 145 | 70.7 | 63.2-77.1 | 23 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.7 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.8 | 40 | 14.4 | 10.1-20.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 215 | 147 | 73.1 | 65.6-79.5 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.7 | 13 | 5.5 | 2.8-10.5 | 40 | 14.8 | 10.3-20.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 208 | 154 | 71.5 | 61.1-80.0 | 25 | 12.3 | 7.8-18.9 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.4 | 19 | 12.5 | 5.7-25.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 189 | 126 | 65.4 | 55.1-74.4 | 13 | 9.9 | 4.7-19.9 | 15 | 7.2 | 3.4-14.9 | 35 | 17.5 | 11.5-25.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 238 | 191 | 78.7 | 70.4-85.2 | 14 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.9 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.0-13.5 | 22 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 266 | 188 | 69.5 | 61.1-76.8 | 28 | 13.5 | 8.1-21.8 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.9 | 41 | 14.5 | 9.6-21.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 195 | 113 | 58.2 | 48.5-67.3 | 23 | 13.5 | 7.7-22.5 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.2 | 47 | 24.5 | 17.0-34.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 210 | 154 | 72.3 | 62.5-80.4 | 14 | 8.5 | 4.1-16.7 | 11 | 7.3 | 2.7-18.2 | 31 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 180 | 138 | 78.8 | 69.9-85.6 | 9 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.6 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.2 | 28 | 14.6 | 8.8-23.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 263 | 183 | 68.4 | 60.4-75.5 | 24 | 13.3 | 8.4-20.5 | 17 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 | 39 | 13.5 | 9.1-19.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 512 | 333 | 62.6 | 56.5-68.3 | 44 | 10.1 | 6.7-14.9 | 40 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.9 | 95 | 20.2 | 15.7-25.5 |
No | 7,071 | 5,322 | 75.9 | 74.5-77.3 | 505 | 8.1 | 7.2- 9.1 | 334 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.6 | 910 | 12.0 | 10.9-13.1 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 2,539 | 1,859 | 72.5 | 69.9-74.9 | 195 | 8.8 | 7.2-10.6 | 128 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 357 | 14.2 | 12.3-16.3 |
Piedmont | 4,240 | 3,221 | 77.8 | 76.0-79.4 | 291 | 7.5 | 6.4- 8.7 | 207 | 4.0 | 3.3- 4.8 | 521 | 10.8 | 9.6-12.1 |
Western NC | 804 | 575 | 70.1 | 65.3-74.5 | 63 | 10.2 | 7.5-13.8 | 39 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 | 127 | 15.6 | 12.2-19.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 450 | 327 | 70.7 | 64.6-76.2 | 36 | 11.1 | 7.5-16.2 | 23 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.7 | 64 | 14.1 | 10.2-19.1 |
Northwest | 1,465 | 1,043 | 72.1 | 68.7-75.4 | 114 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 | 85 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 223 | 14.4 | 12.0-17.3 |
Charlotte | 1,195 | 942 | 79.7 | 76.5-82.6 | 89 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.3 | 40 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.7 | 124 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.4 |
Greensboro | 940 | 705 | 73.0 | 68.3-77.1 | 57 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.7 | 59 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.2 | 119 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.4 |
Southern Regional | 771 | 571 | 71.8 | 66.7-76.3 | 64 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.6 | 39 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.8 | 97 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.5 |
Coastal | 402 | 322 | 76.4 | 68.9-82.6 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.3-13.6 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 | 37 | 12.7 | 7.6-20.4 |
Wake | 1,076 | 846 | 82.5 | 79.4-85.3 | 60 | 5.2 | 3.7- 7.1 | 40 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 | 130 | 9.7 | 7.7-12.2 |
Area L | 321 | 208 | 64.3 | 56.8-71.1 | 33 | 12.5 | 7.8-19.4 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.6 | 59 | 17.9 | 12.9-24.3 |
Eastern | 963 | 691 | 73.2 | 69.3-76.7 | 65 | 6.6 | 4.8- 8.9 | 55 | 5.5 | 3.8- 8.0 | 152 | 14.7 | 12.1-17.8 |
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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.
**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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