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Total Respond.^ |
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,391 | 4,462 | 26.9 | 25.9-27.8 | 6,723 | 47.2 | 46.1-48.4 | 1,727 | 14.7 | 13.8-15.6 | 1,479 | 11.2 | 10.5-12.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 350 | 103 | 26.3 | 20.8-32.8 | 154 | 43.5 | 36.5-50.7 | 39 | 14.7 | 9.7-21.7 | 54 | 15.5 | 11.1-21.2 |
Buncombe | 333 | 107 | 27.2 | 22.0-33.2 | 167 | 51.6 | 44.7-58.5 | 38 | 12.2 | 8.4-17.4 | 21 | 9.0 | 5.2-15.1 |
Cabarrus | 366 | 103 | 24.1 | 19.5-29.5 | 180 | 48.6 | 42.3-55.0 | 52 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.4 | 31 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.8 |
Catawba | 374 | 96 | 20.4 | 16.1-25.5 | 198 | 57.7 | 50.7-64.4 | 39 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.9 | 41 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.5 |
Cumberland | 420 | 138 | 29.7 | 24.5-35.6 | 179 | 41.0 | 34.9-47.5 | 56 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.2 | 47 | 14.0 | 9.5-20.0 |
Davidson | 398 | 110 | 23.6 | 19.0-28.9 | 198 | 49.9 | 43.5-56.3 | 40 | 13.2 | 9.1-18.8 | 50 | 13.3 | 9.5-18.3 |
Durham | 371 | 125 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.2 | 155 | 40.6 | 33.9-47.7 | 59 | 21.6 | 15.5-29.3 | 32 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.2 |
Forsyth | 385 | 121 | 26.7 | 21.9-32.1 | 185 | 46.5 | 40.2-52.9 | 35 | 12.3 | 8.4-17.8 | 44 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.8 |
Gaston | 362 | 116 | 27.9 | 22.6-34.0 | 177 | 49.3 | 42.5-56.1 | 40 | 14.7 | 10.2-20.7 | 29 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.8 |
Guilford | 421 | 147 | 34.2 | 28.5-40.4 | 195 | 46.3 | 40.3-52.4 | 36 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.4 | 43 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.2 |
Iredell | 409 | 133 | 28.5 | 23.4-34.1 | 189 | 41.7 | 35.6-48.2 | 53 | 19.3 | 13.9-26.2 | 34 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.1 |
Johnston | 419 | 113 | 23.5 | 18.5-29.3 | 198 | 48.6 | 41.8-55.4 | 60 | 16.6 | 12.2-22.3 | 48 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.3 |
Mecklenburg | 782 | 256 | 27.1 | 23.5-31.0 | 369 | 48.6 | 43.8-53.3 | 82 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.7 | 75 | 12.1 | 8.9-16.4 |
New Hanover | 365 | 132 | 28.8 | 23.8-34.4 | 175 | 49.2 | 42.4-56.1 | 34 | 14.2 | 9.0-21.7 | 24 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.2 |
Onslow | 358 | 116 | 27.8 | 22.4-34.1 | 172 | 48.9 | 42.0-55.8 | 44 | 12.7 | 9.1-17.5 | 26 | 10.6 | 6.1-17.7 |
Orange | 347 | 115 | 29.3 | 23.7-35.6 | 172 | 49.2 | 41.9-56.4 | 41 | 13.9 | 9.4-19.9 | 19 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.5 |
Pitt | 371 | 114 | 26.5 | 21.6-32.0 | 174 | 47.9 | 41.8-54.1 | 41 | 13.9 | 9.6-19.7 | 42 | 11.7 | 8.1-16.6 |
Randolph | 365 | 119 | 25.3 | 20.3-31.0 | 161 | 43.7 | 36.4-51.3 | 51 | 19.7 | 13.5-27.7 | 34 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.6 |
Robeson | 347 | 114 | 25.9 | 20.8-31.7 | 156 | 45.5 | 38.5-52.6 | 37 | 14.2 | 8.8-22.2 | 40 | 14.4 | 9.8-20.6 |
Rowan | 403 | 138 | 32.4 | 26.9-38.3 | 183 | 42.9 | 36.9-49.0 | 41 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.5 | 41 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.6 |
Union | 367 | 110 | 26.1 | 20.7-32.3 | 161 | 39.0 | 33.0-45.4 | 57 | 20.2 | 14.8-26.9 | 39 | 14.7 | 9.6-21.9 |
Wake | 615 | 192 | 27.7 | 23.7-32.0 | 296 | 49.0 | 43.8-54.2 | 76 | 15.6 | 12.1-19.8 | 51 | 7.8 | 5.7-10.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 394 | 121 | 27.3 | 22.0-33.2 | 178 | 46.8 | 40.1-53.7 | 53 | 13.6 | 9.6-19.0 | 42 | 12.3 | 7.9-18.6 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 461 | 147 | 27.1 | 22.5-32.3 | 212 | 49.1 | 43.1-55.1 | 53 | 13.5 | 9.6-18.8 | 49 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 397 | 121 | 27.6 | 22.7-33.2 | 187 | 46.1 | 39.7-52.7 | 47 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 | 42 | 12.7 | 8.0-19.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 393 | 120 | 25.6 | 20.9-30.8 | 170 | 45.6 | 39.3-51.9 | 46 | 14.8 | 10.5-20.5 | 57 | 14.1 | 10.2-19.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 419 | 106 | 22.6 | 17.9-28.1 | 206 | 48.4 | 42.0-54.9 | 58 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.5 | 49 | 10.5 | 7.6-14.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 393 | 136 | 28.7 | 23.9-34.0 | 160 | 42.4 | 36.3-48.7 | 53 | 17.4 | 12.1-24.3 | 44 | 11.5 | 8.2-16.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 355 | 101 | 24.3 | 19.2-30.2 | 168 | 47.8 | 40.8-54.8 | 43 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.0 | 43 | 12.2 | 8.2-17.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 422 | 127 | 22.9 | 18.6-27.9 | 188 | 43.2 | 36.9-49.7 | 62 | 22.4 | 16.1-30.4 | 45 | 11.5 | 8.1-16.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 512 | 140 | 24.6 | 20.0-29.9 | 246 | 49.0 | 43.3-54.7 | 69 | 16.4 | 12.2-21.6 | 57 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 385 | 108 | 25.0 | 20.1-30.6 | 179 | 44.4 | 38.4-50.6 | 51 | 18.0 | 13.2-24.0 | 47 | 12.6 | 8.7-18.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 389 | 122 | 27.0 | 21.9-32.8 | 183 | 47.3 | 40.5-54.3 | 45 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.3 | 39 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 417 | 128 | 26.7 | 21.8-32.3 | 201 | 51.5 | 45.3-57.7 | 46 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.4 | 42 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 526 | 167 | 27.5 | 23.0-32.5 | 251 | 50.5 | 44.7-56.3 | 50 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 | 58 | 11.7 | 8.5-15.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 985 | 303 | 26.3 | 23.1-29.7 | 467 | 50.6 | 46.3-54.8 | 109 | 12.2 | 9.6-15.4 | 106 | 11.0 | 8.5-14.0 |
No | 13,406 | 4,159 | 26.9 | 25.9-27.9 | 6,256 | 47.0 | 45.8-48.3 | 1,618 | 14.8 | 13.9-15.8 | 1,373 | 11.3 | 10.5-12.1 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 4,769 | 1,480 | 26.5 | 24.9-28.1 | 2,189 | 46.5 | 44.5-48.6 | 590 | 15.3 | 13.8-16.9 | 510 | 11.7 | 10.4-13.1 |
Piedmont | 8,087 | 2,507 | 27.3 | 26.0-28.6 | 3,803 | 47.0 | 45.4-48.5 | 963 | 14.8 | 13.7-16.0 | 814 | 10.9 | 9.9-12.0 |
Western NC | 1,535 | 475 | 25.8 | 23.2-28.6 | 731 | 49.8 | 46.3-53.2 | 174 | 12.7 | 10.4-15.4 | 155 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 859 | 274 | 27.4 | 23.9-31.3 | 418 | 50.9 | 46.3-55.4 | 88 | 10.9 | 8.2-14.3 | 79 | 10.8 | 8.2-14.2 |
Northwest | 2,870 | 866 | 25.7 | 23.7-27.8 | 1,370 | 47.1 | 44.5-49.6 | 323 | 14.9 | 13.0-17.1 | 311 | 12.3 | 10.5-14.3 |
Charlotte | 2,233 | 688 | 26.9 | 24.5-29.4 | 1,075 | 48.9 | 45.9-51.8 | 264 | 13.6 | 11.7-15.8 | 206 | 10.6 | 8.7-12.9 |
Greensboro | 1,860 | 588 | 29.3 | 26.5-32.3 | 861 | 45.9 | 42.7-49.1 | 219 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.4 | 192 | 11.8 | 9.8-14.1 |
Southern Regional | 1,442 | 446 | 25.0 | 22.3-28.0 | 644 | 44.6 | 40.9-48.4 | 195 | 18.4 | 15.4-21.9 | 157 | 11.9 | 9.7-14.6 |
Coastal | 753 | 266 | 28.9 | 25.3-32.9 | 333 | 44.2 | 39.6-48.9 | 85 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.2 | 69 | 10.7 | 8.0-14.2 |
Wake | 1,942 | 592 | 26.6 | 24.1-29.3 | 880 | 46.5 | 43.2-49.7 | 267 | 17.2 | 14.7-19.9 | 203 | 9.7 | 8.1-11.6 |
Area L | 603 | 176 | 25.0 | 21.0-29.4 | 281 | 47.4 | 42.2-52.7 | 67 | 13.1 | 9.8-17.2 | 79 | 14.5 | 10.9-19.1 |
Eastern | 1,829 | 566 | 27.3 | 24.6-30.2 | 861 | 48.4 | 45.1-51.7 | 219 | 13.4 | 11.2-16.0 | 183 | 10.9 | 8.9-13.3 |
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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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