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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 7,506 | 1,732 | 29.1 | 27.5-30.7 | 5,774 | 70.9 | 69.3-72.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 166 | 32 | 26.4 | 17.5-37.8 | 134 | 73.6 | 62.2-82.5 |
Buncombe | 186 | 34 | 22.0 | 14.8-31.3 | 152 | 78.0 | 68.7-85.2 |
Cabarrus | 188 | 42 | 27.5 | 19.6-37.0 | 146 | 72.5 | 63.0-80.4 |
Catawba | 169 | 45 | 36.6 | 27.7-46.6 | 124 | 63.4 | 53.4-72.3 |
Cumberland | 223 | 51 | 30.9 | 22.2-41.2 | 172 | 69.1 | 58.8-77.8 |
Davidson | 215 | 53 | 32.7 | 23.9-43.0 | 162 | 67.3 | 57.0-76.1 |
Durham | 200 | 40 | 22.1 | 15.2-31.0 | 160 | 77.9 | 69.0-84.8 |
Forsyth | 196 | 44 | 29.1 | 21.4-38.2 | 152 | 70.9 | 61.8-78.6 |
Gaston | 188 | 44 | 29.8 | 20.8-40.7 | 144 | 70.2 | 59.3-79.2 |
Guilford | 220 | 38 | 21.1 | 14.8-29.1 | 182 | 78.9 | 70.9-85.2 |
Iredell | 212 | 57 | 32.1 | 24.5-40.8 | 155 | 67.9 | 59.2-75.5 |
Johnston | 225 | 47 | 27.2 | 20.1-35.8 | 178 | 72.8 | 64.2-79.9 |
Mecklenburg | 454 | 102 | 25.9 | 20.9-31.6 | 352 | 74.1 | 68.4-79.1 |
New Hanover | 191 | 42 | 27.0 | 19.0-36.8 | 149 | 73.0 | 63.2-81.0 |
Onslow | 181 | 57 | 38.7 | 29.9-48.4 | 124 | 61.3 | 51.6-70.1 |
Orange | 170 | 52 | 38.3 | 29.4-48.0 | 118 | 61.7 | 52.0-70.6 |
Pitt | 191 | 41 | 26.8 | 19.3-36.0 | 150 | 73.2 | 64.0-80.7 |
Randolph | 188 | 50 | 36.2 | 26.3-47.5 | 138 | 63.8 | 52.5-73.7 |
Robeson | 186 | 39 | 25.2 | 17.8-34.4 | 147 | 74.8 | 65.6-82.2 |
Rowan | 199 | 46 | 30.1 | 21.9-39.8 | 153 | 69.9 | 60.2-78.1 |
Union | 192 | 57 | 31.8 | 23.8-41.0 | 135 | 68.2 | 59.0-76.2 |
Wake | 352 | 90 | 33.2 | 26.0-41.2 | 262 | 66.8 | 58.8-74.0 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 213 | 66 | 43.5 | 33.9-53.7 | 147 | 56.5 | 46.3-66.1 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 242 | 50 | 21.9 | 15.9-29.4 | 192 | 78.1 | 70.6-84.1 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 197 | 32 | 19.3 | 13.2-27.3 | 165 | 80.7 | 72.7-86.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 217 | 35 | 19.2 | 12.9-27.4 | 182 | 80.8 | 72.6-87.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 211 | 45 | 26.9 | 19.4-36.1 | 166 | 73.1 | 63.9-80.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 209 | 41 | 24.8 | 17.7-33.4 | 168 | 75.2 | 66.6-82.3 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 187 | 42 | 25.4 | 17.8-34.9 | 145 | 74.6 | 65.1-82.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 233 | 58 | 34.0 | 25.0-44.3 | 175 | 66.0 | 55.7-75.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 264 | 51 | 23.9 | 17.3-32.0 | 213 | 76.1 | 68.0-82.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 195 | 50 | 37.7 | 28.5-47.9 | 145 | 62.3 | 52.1-71.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 206 | 54 | 31.9 | 23.3-42.0 | 152 | 68.1 | 58.0-76.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 178 | 50 | 36.3 | 27.3-46.4 | 128 | 63.7 | 53.6-72.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 262 | 55 | 29.6 | 22.0-38.6 | 207 | 70.4 | 61.4-78.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 507 | 110 | 26.5 | 21.2-32.7 | 397 | 73.5 | 67.3-78.8 |
No | 6,999 | 1,622 | 29.3 | 27.6-31.0 | 5,377 | 70.7 | 69.0-72.4 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,511 | 552 | 27.4 | 24.8-30.2 | 1,959 | 72.6 | 69.8-75.2 |
Piedmont | 4,198 | 998 | 29.7 | 27.6-31.9 | 3,200 | 70.3 | 68.1-72.4 |
Western NC | 797 | 182 | 29.9 | 25.3-35.0 | 615 | 70.1 | 65.0-74.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 448 | 89 | 27.2 | 21.3-33.9 | 359 | 72.8 | 66.1-78.7 |
Northwest | 1,447 | 372 | 33.8 | 30.2-37.6 | 1,075 | 66.2 | 62.4-69.8 |
Charlotte | 1,186 | 276 | 27.6 | 24.0-31.5 | 910 | 72.4 | 68.5-76.0 |
Greensboro | 933 | 210 | 26.3 | 22.4-30.6 | 723 | 73.7 | 69.4-77.6 |
Southern Regional | 761 | 169 | 30.5 | 25.4-36.2 | 592 | 69.5 | 63.8-74.6 |
Coastal | 404 | 89 | 27.2 | 21.6-33.6 | 315 | 72.8 | 66.4-78.4 |
Wake | 1,061 | 243 | 30.1 | 25.7-35.0 | 818 | 69.9 | 65.0-74.3 |
Area L | 314 | 53 | 17.5 | 12.7-23.7 | 261 | 82.5 | 76.3-87.3 |
Eastern | 952 | 231 | 30.1 | 25.8-34.7 | 721 | 69.9 | 65.3-74.2 |
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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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