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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,414 | 173 | 1.2 | 1.0- 1.5 | 3,651 | 24.3 | 23.2-25.4 | 11,293 | 73.0 | 71.9-74.1 | 297 | 1.4 | 1.2- 1.7 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 376 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 98 | 33.3 | 25.4-42.2 | 266 | 64.0 | 55.2-71.9 | 9 | 2.3 | 0.8- 5.9 |
Buncombe | 342 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.0 | 70 | 19.1 | 14.8-24.4 | 267 | 79.0 | 73.4-83.7 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.8 |
Cabarrus | 357 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 82 | 21.0 | 16.1-26.9 | 262 | 76.4 | 70.4-81.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
Catawba | 439 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.4 | 74 | 20.8 | 15.6-27.1 | 352 | 76.7 | 70.4-82.1 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 |
Cumberland | 465 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 | 112 | 22.8 | 18.3-27.9 | 343 | 75.7 | 70.5-80.3 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.2 |
Davidson | 397 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.3 | 128 | 34.0 | 27.9-40.6 | 263 | 64.7 | 58.1-70.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
Durham | 387 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 1.0 | 60 | 16.3 | 11.2-23.0 | 316 | 82.6 | 76.0-87.7 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 |
Forsyth | 401 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 121 | 31.3 | 25.8-37.3 | 270 | 65.8 | 59.7-71.5 | 7 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 |
Gaston | 399 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.9 | 99 | 26.4 | 20.6-33.2 | 288 | 71.4 | 64.6-77.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 |
Guilford | 415 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.7 | 79 | 17.0 | 12.8-22.3 | 325 | 80.7 | 75.2-85.1 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 |
Iredell | 419 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 | 96 | 23.4 | 18.6-29.0 | 309 | 73.4 | 67.7-78.4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.7 |
Johnston | 456 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.7 | 112 | 23.9 | 18.8-30.0 | 330 | 73.5 | 67.4-78.8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 |
Mecklenburg | 659 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 | 113 | 17.6 | 14.1-21.7 | 528 | 80.6 | 76.5-84.2 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 |
New Hanover | 365 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 62 | 15.9 | 10.9-22.6 | 296 | 82.5 | 75.8-87.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.7 |
Onslow | 401 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.4 | 86 | 20.7 | 16.0-26.4 | 299 | 75.9 | 70.0-80.9 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 |
Orange | 370 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 | 69 | 20.6 | 13.8-29.5 | 294 | 77.6 | 68.8-84.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.2 |
Pitt | 388 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 87 | 19.8 | 15.3-25.2 | 298 | 79.9 | 74.5-84.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 |
Randolph | 390 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.7 | 118 | 31.4 | 24.5-39.4 | 260 | 65.7 | 57.9-72.8 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 |
Robeson | 379 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 120 | 30.5 | 24.0-37.8 | 248 | 67.8 | 60.4-74.4 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.6 |
Rowan | 434 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 118 | 34.0 | 27.2-41.6 | 302 | 64.1 | 56.6-71.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 |
Union | 401 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3- 2.1 | 81 | 19.8 | 14.9-25.9 | 312 | 78.9 | 72.8-83.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.9 |
Wake | 570 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.6 | 87 | 15.3 | 11.8-19.5 | 469 | 82.3 | 77.9-86.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
Wayne | 441 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 99 | 24.9 | 18.5-32.5 | 326 | 73.0 | 65.4-79.4 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 |
NC REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,164 | 59 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 1,261 | 26.5 | 24.6-28.5 | 3,741 | 70.9 | 68.9-72.9 | 103 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.7 |
Piedmont | 7,406 | 76 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.5 | 1,684 | 22.9 | 21.4-24.4 | 5,508 | 74.6 | 73.0-76.1 | 138 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.9 |
Western NC | 2,844 | 38 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 | 706 | 26.0 | 23.7-28.5 | 2,044 | 70.7 | 68.2-73.1 | 56 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,870 | 25 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.1 | 444 | 22.9 | 20.5-25.5 | 1,366 | 73.8 | 71.0-76.4 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 |
Northwest | 3,227 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 859 | 31.2 | 28.8-33.7 | 2,270 | 65.9 | 63.4-68.4 | 65 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.6 |
Charlotte | 2,043 | 25 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 | 447 | 22.6 | 20.1-25.3 | 1,537 | 75.5 | 72.8-78.0 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 |
Greensboro | 1,763 | 14 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 409 | 23.4 | 20.1-27.0 | 1,307 | 74.2 | 70.5-77.5 | 33 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.7 |
Southern Regional | 1,497 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.3 | 381 | 25.3 | 22.0-28.9 | 1,069 | 72.2 | 68.6-75.5 | 30 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
Coastal | 759 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 | 167 | 23.1 | 19.1-27.6 | 574 | 75.1 | 70.6-79.1 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 |
Wake | 1,671 | 20 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.5 | 318 | 17.9 | 15.3-20.9 | 1,302 | 79.3 | 76.2-82.1 | 31 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 |
Area L | 457 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.6 | 131 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.3 | 308 | 66.0 | 59.9-71.6 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 |
Eastern | 2,127 | 26 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 495 | 26.4 | 23.2-30.0 | 1,560 | 70.3 | 66.7-73.6 | 46 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.3 |
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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