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Under 18 years | 18-59 years | 60 years or older | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,756 | 432 | 13.1 | 11.5-14.8 | 914 | 28.3 | 26.2-30.5 | 2,410 | 58.6 | 56.3-60.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
Alamance | 106 | 11 | 9.5 | 4.6-18.6 | 22 | 20.1 | 12.6-30.5 | 73 | 70.4 | 58.9-79.8 |
Buncombe | 75 | 8 | 10.7 | 5.0-21.5 | 20 | 24.6 | 14.8-38.0 | 47 | 64.7 | 50.8-76.5 |
Cabarrus | 104 | 16 | 15.8 | 9.1-26.0 | 29 | 36.3 | 26.1-48.0 | 59 | 47.9 | 36.9-59.0 |
Catawba | 111 | 21 | 17.7 | 10.4-28.4 | 23 | 28.1 | 15.8-44.7 | 67 | 54.2 | 38.9-68.8 |
Cumberland | 103 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.6 | 36 | 42.1 | 28.4-57.1 | 53 | 48.7 | 34.8-62.8 |
Davidson | 108 | 11 | 16.0 | 8.3-28.6 | 20 | 24.2 | 15.2-36.3 | 77 | 59.7 | 47.7-70.7 |
Durham | 94 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.6-17.2 | 26 | 41.6 | 28.0-56.6 | 62 | 51.5 | 37.8-65.0 |
Forsyth | 87 | 7 | 8.3 | 3.4-19.0 | 25 | 35.6 | 24.2-49.0 | 55 | 56.1 | 43.3-68.1 |
Gaston | 95 | 9 | 18.2 | 8.3-35.3 | 16 | 21.0 | 11.0-36.2 | 70 | 60.9 | 45.5-74.3 |
Guilford | 96 | 11 | 17.4 | 7.9-34.2 | 19 | 18.9 | 10.8-30.8 | 66 | 63.7 | 49.4-76.0 |
Iredell | 110 | 14 | 24.4 | 12.8-41.3 | 24 | 20.8 | 13.4-30.8 | 72 | 54.9 | 41.8-67.3 |
Johnston | 101 | 13 | 10.1 | 5.2-18.7 | 31 | 44.2 | 29.0-60.7 | 57 | 45.6 | 31.5-60.6 |
Mecklenburg | 177 | 31 | 18.5 | 11.8-27.8 | 45 | 27.9 | 19.8-37.7 | 101 | 53.6 | 42.8-64.0 |
New Hanover | 92 | 9 | 13.2 | 6.4-25.2 | 19 | 20.2 | 12.8-30.5 | 64 | 66.5 | 54.6-76.6 |
Onslow | 97 | 13 | 18.7 | 10.4-31.3 | 30 | 36.5 | 23.7-51.5 | 54 | 44.9 | 32.4-58.1 |
Orange | 84 | 11 | 28.8 | 12.0-54.6 | 15 | 17.8 | 9.2-31.4 | 58 | 53.4 | 35.0-71.0 |
Pitt | 105 | 16 | 17.7 | 10.3-28.7 | 24 | 26.2 | 16.9-38.2 | 65 | 56.1 | 44.5-67.1 |
Randolph | 106 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.5 | 26 | 29.6 | 19.8-41.8 | 75 | 67.2 | 55.2-77.3 |
Robeson | 105 | 16 | 21.5 | 11.8-35.8 | 30 | 34.0 | 23.3-46.7 | 59 | 44.5 | 33.3-56.3 |
Rowan | 105 | 12 | 10.1 | 4.9-19.9 | 20 | 27.3 | 17.1-40.7 | 73 | 62.5 | 49.5-73.9 |
Union | 98 | 14 | 15.6 | 8.6-26.7 | 24 | 32.8 | 19.1-50.3 | 60 | 51.6 | 37.4-65.5 |
Wake | 146 | 20 | 12.4 | 7.7-19.3 | 32 | 25.9 | 18.5-35.2 | 94 | 61.7 | 52.4-70.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 105 | 11 | 14.8 | 7.1-28.4 | 24 | 26.6 | 16.8-39.3 | 70 | 58.6 | 45.5-70.6 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 118 | 9 | 10.0 | 4.2-22.2 | 28 | 25.3 | 15.9-37.9 | 81 | 64.6 | 51.7-75.7 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 102 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.0-14.9 | 20 | 34.0 | 19.5-52.1 | 71 | 58.2 | 42.2-72.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 93 | 11 | 16.6 | 7.9-31.4 | 27 | 35.5 | 24.1-48.8 | 55 | 47.9 | 35.3-60.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 125 | 14 | 12.7 | 7.2-21.3 | 32 | 25.9 | 18.0-35.8 | 79 | 61.4 | 50.9-71.0 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 106 | 12 | 14.6 | 7.9-25.3 | 31 | 32.8 | 22.9-44.4 | 63 | 52.7 | 41.4-63.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 97 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.2 | 26 | 35.1 | 22.7-49.9 | 66 | 60.4 | 46.2-73.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 99 | 10 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.5 | 21 | 17.7 | 11.2-27.0 | 68 | 70.8 | 59.2-80.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 133 | 18 | 22.8 | 13.3-36.3 | 32 | 24.2 | 16.3-34.3 | 83 | 53.0 | 41.5-64.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 106 | 9 | 9.2 | 4.6-17.5 | 30 | 34.0 | 22.9-47.1 | 67 | 56.9 | 44.3-68.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 100 | 8 | 13.7 | 4.6-34.1 | 30 | 31.2 | 20.7-44.1 | 62 | 55.1 | 41.1-68.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 129 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.3-13.1 | 25 | 24.5 | 16.2-35.2 | 90 | 67.9 | 57.3-76.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 138 | 12 | 7.4 | 3.3-15.9 | 32 | 24.1 | 14.5-37.3 | 94 | 68.4 | 55.4-79.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||
Yes | 261 | 26 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.7 | 58 | 27.5 | 19.9-36.7 | 177 | 60.1 | 50.9-68.7 |
No | 3,495 | 406 | 13.1 | 11.5-14.9 | 856 | 28.4 | 26.2-30.7 | 2,233 | 58.5 | 56.1-60.9 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,259 | 150 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.7 | 334 | 31.2 | 27.6-35.2 | 775 | 55.0 | 51.0-58.9 |
Piedmont | 2,101 | 245 | 13.6 | 11.5-16.0 | 476 | 27.1 | 24.4-30.0 | 1,380 | 59.3 | 56.2-62.3 |
Western NC | 396 | 37 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.4 | 104 | 27.2 | 21.2-34.2 | 255 | 63.3 | 56.1-70.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 213 | 20 | 8.3 | 4.5-14.6 | 52 | 24.3 | 16.4-34.4 | 141 | 67.5 | 57.3-76.3 |
Northwest | 763 | 90 | 13.3 | 10.2-17.2 | 179 | 29.8 | 25.2-34.8 | 494 | 56.9 | 51.9-61.9 |
Charlotte | 588 | 84 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.2 | 137 | 27.0 | 22.0-32.7 | 367 | 56.8 | 50.7-62.7 |
Greensboro | 487 | 49 | 14.4 | 9.2-21.6 | 106 | 22.6 | 17.9-28.1 | 332 | 63.0 | 56.2-69.3 |
Southern Regional | 385 | 48 | 14.0 | 9.9-19.5 | 107 | 31.3 | 24.7-38.7 | 230 | 54.8 | 47.4-61.9 |
Coastal | 198 | 19 | 12.0 | 7.4-19.1 | 47 | 27.2 | 20.2-35.6 | 132 | 60.7 | 52.1-68.7 |
Wake | 480 | 47 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.5 | 128 | 33.1 | 27.5-39.4 | 305 | 57.1 | 51.1-63.0 |
Area L | 155 | 16 | 15.0 | 7.7-27.3 | 39 | 32.2 | 22.2-44.3 | 100 | 52.7 | 41.5-63.7 |
Eastern | 487 | 59 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.7 | 119 | 27.6 | 22.3-33.6 | 309 | 58.7 | 52.4-64.6 |
*Asked only of care givers.
^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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