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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 | 1,653 | 755 | 47.4 | 44.2-50.6 | 428 | 24.8 | 22.3-27.4 | 289 | 15.7 | 13.6-18.0 | 64 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.7 | 117 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 29 | 10 | 36.3 | 19.0-58.0 | 10 | 32.7 | 16.8-53.9 | 6 | 17.6 | 7.5-35.9 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 | 2 | 12.2 | 2.8-40.7 |
Buncombe | 37 | 14 | 38.2 | 23.2-55.7 | 13 | 32.7 | 18.8-50.6 | 6 | 17.7 | 7.4-36.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 11.4 | 4.3-26.9 |
Cabarrus | 56 | 18 | 34.1 | 21.9-48.9 | 16 | 24.6 | 14.8-37.9 | 18 | 30.3 | 19.2-44.4 | 2 | 6.1 | 1.5-21.1 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.2-17.4 |
Catawba | 33 | 10 | 29.4 | 16.1-47.4 | 10 | 35.7 | 20.1-55.1 | 7 | 13.8 | 6.2-28.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 1.7-27.3 | 4 | 13.6 | 4.9-32.4 |
Cumberland | 55 | 27 | 46.2 | 30.1-63.2 | 11 | 18.4 | 9.1-33.8 | 10 | 21.7 | 9.1-43.4 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.4-17.6 | 4 | 8.4 | 2.6-24.3 |
Davidson | 40 | 21 | 54.4 | 37.3-70.5 | 8 | 19.2 | 9.5-34.9 | 10 | 19.7 | 9.8-35.6 | 1 | 6.7 | 1.0-34.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Durham | 37 | 17 | 48.1 | 28.9-67.9 | 9 | 20.7 | 10.3-37.4 | 5 | 10.1 | 3.9-23.6 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.7-27.4 | 5 | 16.2 | 6.1-36.6 |
Forsyth | 43 | 16 | 40.2 | 23.8-59.1 | 14 | 32.3 | 18.7-49.8 | 9 | 16.4 | 8.1-30.6 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.2-20.8 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.3-21.1 |
Gaston | 39 | 13 | 37.2 | 21.9-55.6 | 13 | 27.7 | 15.5-44.5 | 9 | 19.3 | 9.7-35.0 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.0 | 3 | 13.5 | 3.3-41.9 |
Guilford | 44 | 20 | 43.5 | 26.0-62.8 | 12 | 20.5 | 10.6-36.0 | 3 | 8.4 | 2.5-24.8 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.8-21.2 | 6 | 20.9 | 7.4-46.9 |
Iredell | 52 | 26 | 48.3 | 31.9-65.0 | 16 | 27.3 | 15.1-44.2 | 6 | 15.5 | 5.0-39.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-14.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.2-17.9 |
Johnston | 62 | 35 | 61.8 | 47.5-74.3 | 12 | 13.9 | 7.5-24.3 | 9 | 13.9 | 6.6-26.8 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.1 | 4 | 7.4 | 2.5-20.3 |
Mecklenburg | 127 | 57 | 46.1 | 36.3-56.2 | 33 | 23.4 | 16.5-32.0 | 21 | 17.0 | 10.3-26.7 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.1 | 10 | 8.9 | 4.4-17.2 |
New Hanover | 24 | 16 | 71.2 | 49.6-86.1 | 4 | 12.4 | 4.4-30.4 | 3 | 10.8 | 3.1-31.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.6 | 0.8-31.1 |
Onslow | 42 | 21 | 48.3 | 32.2-64.8 | 11 | 29.4 | 16.2-47.2 | 5 | 7.7 | 3.0-18.4 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.4-22.1 | 3 | 8.7 | 2.4-26.7 |
Orange | 44 | 17 | 38.5 | 24.4-54.8 | 16 | 36.8 | 23.1-53.1 | 8 | 18.5 | 9.1-34.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.6 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.0 |
Pitt | 44 | 22 | 47.8 | 31.3-64.8 | 11 | 34.9 | 19.5-54.3 | 6 | 9.7 | 3.9-22.1 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.6-16.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.6 |
Randolph | 38 | 21 | 60.4 | 40.6-77.3 | 9 | 16.1 | 7.6-30.7 | 7 | 21.8 | 10.1-41.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Robeson | 44 | 16 | 33.4 | 20.2-50.0 | 7 | 17.4 | 7.9-34.2 | 12 | 23.9 | 12.5-40.9 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.2-23.9 | 6 | 17.4 | 7.3-36.2 |
Rowan | 46 | 22 | 49.3 | 33.0-65.7 | 14 | 26.0 | 14.9-41.5 | 8 | 22.6 | 10.7-41.5 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Union | 54 | 29 | 55.6 | 39.5-70.6 | 11 | 21.9 | 11.6-37.5 | 8 | 8.6 | 4.0-17.7 | 4 | 7.4 | 2.7-19.1 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.5-24.0 |
Wake | 100 | 40 | 43.2 | 31.9-55.3 | 25 | 22.7 | 14.9-33.2 | 21 | 18.5 | 11.7-28.0 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.0 | 9 | 12.4 | 4.7-29.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 23.8-64.4 | 11 | 38.9 | 20.6-60.9 | 4 | 16.2 | 6.0-37.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 51 | 24 | 49.0 | 33.5-64.8 | 10 | 21.0 | 11.1-36.1 | 7 | 13.3 | 5.9-27.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.0 | 8 | 13.3 | 6.2-26.3 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 28 | 11 | 41.1 | 22.9-62.1 | 7 | 30.7 | 14.4-53.8 | 5 | 10.3 | 3.8-24.6 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.8-27.2 | 3 | 10.2 | 3.2-28.2 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 47 | 20 | 46.2 | 30.9-62.3 | 14 | 30.3 | 17.7-46.7 | 10 | 18.7 | 9.5-33.4 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 50 | 28 | 60.2 | 43.9-74.4 | 7 | 15.0 | 6.9-29.6 | 7 | 12.4 | 5.5-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 12.4 | 5.0-27.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 33 | 14 | 42.8 | 25.9-61.6 | 12 | 39.7 | 23.1-59.0 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.3-23.4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.5 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.9-19.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 46 | 26 | 66.2 | 47.4-80.9 | 13 | 20.1 | 10.5-35.1 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.4-28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.7 | 1.4-15.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 55 | 28 | 51.0 | 36.4-65.5 | 11 | 19.5 | 10.6-32.9 | 8 | 12.5 | 5.8-25.0 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.5-22.7 | 5 | 10.8 | 4.4-24.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 55 | 28 | 52.3 | 36.6-67.5 | 12 | 24.8 | 13.2-41.7 | 10 | 14.3 | 7.2-26.6 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.1 | 4 | 6.2 | 2.1-17.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 37 | 19 | 49.0 | 31.4-66.8 | 6 | 20.3 | 8.6-40.7 | 10 | 25.3 | 12.7-44.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 40 | 15 | 38.6 | 23.3-56.5 | 14 | 41.5 | 24.8-60.5 | 9 | 17.6 | 8.5-33.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 51 | 24 | 51.9 | 36.0-67.5 | 10 | 19.6 | 10.1-34.4 | 12 | 18.1 | 9.6-31.7 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 | 4 | 9.2 | 2.9-25.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 42 | 18 | 51.0 | 32.6-69.2 | 16 | 36.9 | 21.1-56.2 | 4 | 5.8 | 1.9-16.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.8 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 88 | 37 | 44.6 | 32.8-57.0 | 23 | 27.7 | 18.4-39.5 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.6-21.9 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.5-10.8 | 11 | 11.2 | 5.9-20.3 |
No | 1,565 | 718 | 47.5 | 44.3-50.9 | 405 | 24.6 | 22.1-27.4 | 276 | 15.9 | 13.7-18.2 | 60 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.7 | 106 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.1 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 519 | 254 | 50.2 | 44.8-55.6 | 117 | 23.5 | 19.3-28.3 | 84 | 14.8 | 11.1-19.3 | 20 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.5 | 44 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.6 |
Piedmont | 981 | 439 | 46.6 | 42.4-50.8 | 260 | 23.5 | 20.5-26.8 | 179 | 16.6 | 13.9-19.6 | 39 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 | 64 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 |
Western NC | 153 | 62 | 45.7 | 35.9-55.9 | 51 | 34.1 | 25.3-44.2 | 26 | 13.1 | 8.4-19.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.0 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 79 | 32 | 47.1 | 33.2-61.4 | 29 | 35.7 | 23.4-50.1 | 10 | 9.4 | 4.6-18.4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.0 | 6 | 6.8 | 2.8-15.6 |
Northwest | 310 | 135 | 45.5 | 38.5-52.8 | 89 | 28.7 | 22.8-35.5 | 62 | 17.9 | 13.3-23.6 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.8 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.4- 8.0 |
Charlotte | 314 | 135 | 44.8 | 38.0-51.7 | 79 | 22.4 | 17.7-28.0 | 66 | 19.2 | 14.4-25.3 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.6 | 21 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.4 |
Greensboro | 197 | 93 | 49.3 | 39.3-59.5 | 53 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.6 | 29 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.2 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.2 | 15 | 13.4 | 6.4-26.1 |
Southern Regional | 182 | 88 | 49.5 | 40.0-59.1 | 36 | 19.8 | 13.5-28.1 | 34 | 17.2 | 10.5-27.1 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.5 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.2-17.3 |
Coastal | 58 | 32 | 57.7 | 43.1-71.0 | 13 | 21.5 | 11.9-35.9 | 8 | 12.5 | 5.9-24.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.4 | 4 | 6.0 | 2.1-15.7 |
Wake | 269 | 124 | 47.5 | 39.5-55.5 | 68 | 22.7 | 17.2-29.2 | 44 | 16.1 | 11.5-22.0 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | 23 | 10.7 | 5.4-19.9 |
Area L | 57 | 22 | 39.4 | 26.1-54.4 | 15 | 30.5 | 18.4-46.1 | 10 | 15.7 | 7.7-29.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1.6-14.6 | 7 | 9.5 | 4.3-19.6 |
Eastern | 187 | 94 | 51.5 | 42.9-60.0 | 46 | 27.5 | 20.4-36.0 | 26 | 12.2 | 7.8-18.4 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.6 | 13 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.4 |
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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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