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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 | 1,645 | 223 | 16.1 | 13.7-19.0 | 357 | 23.2 | 20.6-25.9 | 785 | 43.6 | 40.5-46.8 | 188 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.5 | 92 | 5.7 | 4.2- 7.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 26 | 2 | 11.6 | 2.6-39.2 | 6 | 26.5 | 10.8-52.0 | 13 | 48.7 | 28.2-69.7 | 4 | 10.6 | 3.7-26.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.3-16.4 |
Buncombe | 37 | 6 | 15.2 | 6.7-31.0 | 9 | 28.2 | 14.9-47.0 | 15 | 39.7 | 24.3-57.4 | 6 | 13.7 | 5.9-28.9 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.5 |
Cabarrus | 56 | 6 | 13.8 | 6.1-28.5 | 10 | 15.5 | 8.0-28.1 | 28 | 50.3 | 36.4-64.2 | 8 | 14.8 | 6.9-28.9 | 4 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.4 |
Catawba | 33 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.7 | 6 | 16.8 | 6.9-35.6 | 24 | 75.4 | 56.9-87.7 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.0 |
Cumberland | 55 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.0-25.0 | 18 | 31.7 | 19.0-47.8 | 27 | 48.5 | 31.8-65.6 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.6-13.3 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-25.7 |
Davidson | 39 | 4 | 11.6 | 4.3-27.8 | 11 | 29.3 | 16.3-46.7 | 18 | 46.5 | 30.1-63.6 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.7 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.2-32.2 |
Durham | 35 | 8 | 23.9 | 10.6-45.2 | 5 | 10.3 | 3.9-24.5 | 16 | 45.8 | 26.4-66.5 | 4 | 10.3 | 3.3-28.0 | 2 | 9.8 | 2.2-34.1 |
Forsyth | 43 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.7-21.9 | 9 | 18.8 | 9.5-33.6 | 22 | 56.7 | 39.5-72.4 | 7 | 14.9 | 6.7-29.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.3 |
Gaston | 39 | 3 | 17.4 | 5.3-44.2 | 5 | 14.9 | 5.9-32.7 | 24 | 53.1 | 34.9-70.5 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.4-18.1 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.3-23.6 |
Guilford | 44 | 9 | 23.8 | 10.1-46.5 | 8 | 15.6 | 7.0-31.5 | 19 | 41.3 | 23.8-61.2 | 7 | 17.7 | 8.2-34.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.6 |
Iredell | 53 | 6 | 10.7 | 4.1-25.4 | 9 | 17.9 | 8.8-32.8 | 27 | 54.6 | 38.1-70.2 | 9 | 13.4 | 6.7-25.2 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.6 |
Johnston | 62 | 9 | 14.3 | 6.7-28.0 | 21 | 36.8 | 23.9-52.0 | 29 | 45.0 | 31.3-59.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.8 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.6 |
Mecklenburg | 125 | 20 | 20.7 | 13.0-31.4 | 31 | 26.6 | 18.4-36.9 | 54 | 35.3 | 26.8-44.8 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.2 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.8 |
New Hanover | 24 | 5 | 19.7 | 7.9-41.2 | 7 | 33.3 | 16.1-56.6 | 8 | 29.2 | 13.9-51.4 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.5 | 2 | 10.5 | 2.6-33.9 |
Onslow | 42 | 9 | 23.5 | 11.6-41.9 | 8 | 19.4 | 9.4-35.8 | 19 | 41.5 | 26.7-58.0 | 4 | 13.5 | 4.8-32.4 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4-10.0 |
Orange | 45 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.4-22.2 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.9-21.1 | 29 | 64.7 | 48.6-78.0 | 8 | 16.7 | 8.0-31.7 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.9 |
Pitt | 46 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.5-18.8 | 14 | 37.7 | 22.4-56.0 | 22 | 47.0 | 30.9-63.8 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 |
Randolph | 38 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.9-20.7 | 10 | 25.9 | 12.9-45.0 | 22 | 61.1 | 41.2-77.9 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.9-13.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.5 |
Robeson | 44 | 8 | 16.6 | 8.0-31.4 | 12 | 27.3 | 14.9-44.5 | 16 | 36.4 | 22.0-53.6 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.8-18.1 | 5 | 13.8 | 4.9-32.9 |
Rowan | 46 | 7 | 19.4 | 8.9-37.2 | 7 | 15.8 | 6.9-32.3 | 28 | 56.7 | 39.8-72.2 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-18.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-12.8 |
Union | 54 | 7 | 21.3 | 8.8-43.3 | 13 | 21.8 | 11.7-37.0 | 25 | 38.7 | 25.2-54.2 | 8 | 13.7 | 6.6-26.3 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-25.5 |
Wake | 101 | 11 | 16.1 | 8.3-28.9 | 13 | 14.1 | 8.0-23.6 | 57 | 49.2 | 37.5-61.0 | 14 | 11.5 | 6.4-19.8 | 6 | 9.1 | 2.5-27.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 28 | 3 | 16.6 | 4.7-44.6 | 7 | 24.1 | 10.7-45.8 | 13 | 48.4 | 28.4-68.9 | 3 | 5.0 | 1.5-15.5 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.4-22.1 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 50 | 9 | 22.2 | 10.2-41.9 | 12 | 24.0 | 13.4-39.1 | 20 | 35.9 | 22.5-51.9 | 3 | 6.7 | 2.0-20.3 | 6 | 11.2 | 4.8-24.3 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 28 | 4 | 10.6 | 3.7-26.9 | 5 | 20.3 | 8.3-41.8 | 14 | 48.3 | 28.7-68.3 | 3 | 14.7 | 4.7-37.5 | 2 | 6.1 | 1.3-23.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 47 | 6 | 12.5 | 5.4-26.5 | 21 | 52.6 | 36.8-67.9 | 16 | 26.6 | 15.5-41.8 | 3 | 6.9 | 2.2-20.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 49 | 7 | 12.5 | 5.6-25.4 | 12 | 20.1 | 10.9-34.2 | 15 | 32.3 | 19.2-49.0 | 9 | 22.3 | 10.6-41.2 | 6 | 12.7 | 4.8-29.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 33 | 3 | 11.9 | 3.9-31.1 | 7 | 21.2 | 9.5-40.9 | 14 | 42.5 | 25.7-61.1 | 6 | 16.7 | 6.6-36.0 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.3-23.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 47 | 6 | 21.0 | 6.5-50.3 | 10 | 23.1 | 10.1-44.4 | 24 | 42.6 | 25.0-62.3 | 6 | 12.9 | 4.8-30.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 52 | 11 | 19.7 | 10.3-34.6 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.0-21.9 | 25 | 54.4 | 39.4-68.7 | 5 | 8.3 | 3.2-19.6 | 5 | 7.9 | 3.1-18.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 55 | 11 | 17.5 | 8.9-31.4 | 8 | 15.8 | 7.0-32.0 | 29 | 58.0 | 42.2-72.4 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.5-13.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.1-12.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 37 | 5 | 11.4 | 4.2-27.4 | 7 | 31.9 | 16.0-53.5 | 17 | 38.4 | 23.1-56.3 | 7 | 15.7 | 7.1-31.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 40 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.9-20.4 | 7 | 27.5 | 12.6-50.0 | 22 | 48.3 | 31.2-65.7 | 5 | 12.4 | 4.8-28.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.8-16.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 51 | 9 | 23.4 | 11.5-41.8 | 8 | 21.7 | 10.6-39.4 | 17 | 30.4 | 18.2-46.1 | 10 | 17.9 | 8.8-33.1 | 7 | 6.6 | 2.7-15.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 41 | 5 | 15.0 | 4.8-38.3 | 11 | 37.4 | 21.0-57.3 | 17 | 29.4 | 16.3-47.0 | 6 | 14.4 | 4.8-36.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.5 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 87 | 13 | 17.1 | 8.6-31.2 | 18 | 21.9 | 13.7-33.0 | 40 | 42.5 | 31.2-54.7 | 7 | 8.8 | 4.0-18.2 | 9 | 9.7 | 4.8-18.7 |
No | 1,558 | 210 | 16.1 | 13.6-19.0 | 339 | 23.2 | 20.6-26.1 | 745 | 43.7 | 40.5-46.9 | 181 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.7 | 83 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.6 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 519 | 74 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.8 | 142 | 28.4 | 23.9-33.3 | 221 | 41.0 | 35.8-46.5 | 47 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 35 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.2 |
Piedmont | 974 | 130 | 17.2 | 13.9-21.1 | 182 | 19.6 | 16.6-23.1 | 494 | 45.5 | 41.5-49.7 | 119 | 12.1 | 9.8-14.9 | 49 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.6 |
Western NC | 152 | 19 | 14.2 | 8.0-24.0 | 33 | 30.1 | 21.4-40.7 | 70 | 39.4 | 30.4-49.1 | 22 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.9 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 78 | 11 | 15.0 | 6.6-30.7 | 20 | 34.6 | 22.1-49.7 | 32 | 32.6 | 21.6-45.8 | 12 | 14.2 | 6.4-28.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.0 |
Northwest | 310 | 33 | 12.2 | 8.0-18.1 | 60 | 23.7 | 17.8-30.8 | 167 | 50.7 | 43.6-57.9 | 36 | 9.8 | 6.8-13.9 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.5 |
Charlotte | 312 | 41 | 19.2 | 13.5-26.4 | 64 | 21.9 | 16.6-28.5 | 146 | 38.2 | 32.1-44.6 | 39 | 13.6 | 9.3-19.4 | 22 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.5 |
Greensboro | 193 | 30 | 19.6 | 11.9-30.6 | 33 | 17.3 | 11.2-25.8 | 98 | 47.0 | 36.9-57.4 | 25 | 13.3 | 8.1-21.1 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.2 |
Southern Regional | 181 | 27 | 13.5 | 8.7-20.3 | 46 | 25.9 | 18.8-34.5 | 79 | 45.2 | 35.7-55.0 | 19 | 10.3 | 5.6-18.2 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.4 |
Coastal | 58 | 9 | 17.7 | 8.8-32.3 | 13 | 20.3 | 11.4-33.7 | 21 | 33.4 | 21.7-47.7 | 10 | 20.2 | 10.0-36.5 | 5 | 8.4 | 3.3-19.5 |
Wake | 269 | 37 | 16.8 | 11.0-25.0 | 54 | 18.1 | 13.2-24.3 | 140 | 47.9 | 40.1-55.9 | 26 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.6 | 12 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.2 |
Area L | 57 | 7 | 11.3 | 5.1-23.0 | 19 | 42.6 | 28.5-57.9 | 22 | 33.1 | 21.1-47.7 | 3 | 4.7 | 1.5-13.8 | 6 | 8.4 | 3.7-18.2 |
Eastern | 187 | 28 | 16.9 | 10.7-25.7 | 48 | 26.0 | 19.4-33.9 | 80 | 40.1 | 32.1-48.7 | 18 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.4 | 13 | 8.3 | 4.1-15.8 |
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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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