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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trans GIS. 2013 Sep 12;18(4):586–603. doi: 10.1111/tgis.12052

Table 3.

Geocoding match rates (percent of records geocoded) at the zip code (zip), street (str), and parcel (parc) level among 2005 births.a

Statewide
Buncombe County
Cabarrus County
Durham County
Guilford County
Pitt County
Sampson County
Wilson County
Zip Str Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc Zip Str Parc
All 96.8 88.0 97.5 83.5 83.6 99.6 89.9 92.1 97.8 93.4 95.5 99.4 97.5 93.5 98.6 86.9 80.2 98.7 76.5 39.8 99.4 82.1 82.9

Maternal race/ethnicity
 NHW 96.5 89.7 97.5 82.9 83.4 99.6 91.0 92.4 96.1 94.5 94.6 99.5 97.8 94.0 99.0 89.6 82.2 100.0 88.5 44.8 99.8 86.0 84.0
 NHB 97.2 86.2 97.9 87.5 88.5 99.1 85.6 92.4 98.5 92.0 95.8 99.2 97.6 93.2 98.5 83.4 78.9 98.2 77.9 46.0 99.1 80.9 83.7
 Hispanic 97.6 85.5 98.2 84.6 81.0 99.8 90.1 90.7 99.2 94.5 95.8 99.4 96.6 92.8 96.7 86.1 74.4 97.1 56.6 26.2 99.5 76.9 78.4
 Other 95.6 84.4 97.8 87.0 93.5 100.0 86.0 93.0 97.9 90.7 98.3 99.4 96.8 93.6 100.0 95.0 85.0 100.0 95.7 56.5 100.0 83.3 100.0

Maternal age(yrs)
 15–19 97.0 84.4 96.5 79.9 78.2 99.5 91.6 88.1 99.7 93.9 95.0 99.1 97.1 94.5 97.9 81.3 75.7 97.4 79.1 38.3 100.0 78.3 83.1
 20–24 97.5 86.1 98.3 81.2 81.5 99.8 91.8 91.1 98.9 93.7 94.7 99.3 97.3 93.5 98.1 86.2 74.6 99.3 77.7 38.3 99.7 81.2 78.2
 25–29 97.0 88.3 97.3 81.9 83.0 99.9 89.3 93.1 98.1 92.7 97.0 99.6 97.6 92.9 98.9 87.5 81.9 98.9 78.7 42.9 98.9 85.9 85.6
 30–34 96.0 90.2 97.3 86.4 87.1 99.2 87.1 92.4 96.1 92.5 94.8 99.3 97.5 93.6 98.9 88.3 84.5 98.8 73.4 35.3 99.5 80.8 84.5
 35–39 96.1 91.0 97.5 88.0 87.6 99.3 92.7 94.1 97.1 95.7 95.9 99.6 98.2 93.8 99.4 90.5 85.2 98.4 65.6 49.2 99.0 86.6 87.6
 40–44 95.8 89.0 100.0 92.7 86.8 100.0 83.3 94.4 97.8 95.7 93.5 99.2 97.0 95.4 100.0 85.7 82.9 90.9 72.7 45.5 100.0 57.1 78.6

Maternal education
 <9th grade 97.7 82.3 99.3 79.7 76.4 100.0 92.4 91.3 99.8 94.1 94.1 99.3 95.3 92.6 96.9 79.7 71.1 98.7 60.4 30.9 100.0 78.3 78.3
 Some high school 97.3 84.0 96.8 78.7 77.3 99.7 91.5 90.6 99.3 94.1 95.5 99.5 98.2 95.8 98.2 85.3 76.1 96.3 70.6 33.1 99.5 78.9 80.3
 High school 97.2 86.3 97.0 80.7 79.8 99.1 90.7 89.0 98.5 93.6 94.8 99.1 97.0 93.0 98.8 85.4 74.6 98.7 78.3 39.2 99.4 81.8 83.0
 Some college 97.0 88.9 97.6 84.3 87.7 99.8 90.8 92.9 98.2 91.7 94.7 99.5 97.7 92.2 98.2 85.6 79.6 100.0 86.5 44.4 99.0 83.9 83.9
 College degree 95.7 93.1 98.1 89.1 89.7 99.7 86.9 95.5 96.3 93.5 96.5 99.5 98.0 94.1 99.5 91.4 88.9 100.0 85.9 57.6 99.5 86.8 87.8

Maternal marital status
 Married 96.4 90.0 97.7 84.2 84.7 99.7 89.4 92.8 96.8 93.5 95.3 99.5 97.6 93.2 98.8 89.0 83.3 99.4 80.4 42.1 99.6 84.6 84.8
 Not married 97.4 84.7 97.4 82.4 81.9 99.3 90.9 90.5 99.2 93.3 95.7 99.2 97.3 94.0 98.4 84.3 76.6 97.9 72.2 37.2 99.3 79.7 81.2

Gestational age at delivery
 Term birth 96.8 88.1 97.7 83.9 84.3 99.6 89.7 92.0 97.8 93.7 95.6 99.4 97.4 93.7 98.6 87.2 80.1 98.6 75.6 39.3 99.3 81.9 82.4
 Preterm birth 96.6 87.1 96.6 81.0 79.1 99.7 91.3 92.6 97.6 91.7 94.7 99.4 97.8 92.6 98.7 84.9 80.7 99.2 82.3 43.1 100.0 83.7 87.1

Urban-rural classification
 Large central metro 99.5 97.5
 Large fringe metro 99.3 89.2
 Medium metro 95.4 91.6
 Small metro 98.8 88.3
 Micropolitan 96.2 81.9
 Noncore 98.8 65.6
a

Gray shading highlights geocoding rates that were significantly different (false discovery rate adjusted p-value < 0.05) across demographic or outcome subgroups.