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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,210 | 2,926 | 33.0 | 31.7-34.3 | 5,284 | 67.0 | 65.7-68.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 206 | 68 | 31.1 | 24.2-38.9 | 138 | 68.9 | 61.1-75.8 |
Buncombe | 226 | 86 | 34.8 | 27.9-42.5 | 140 | 65.2 | 57.5-72.1 |
Cabarrus | 196 | 68 | 28.7 | 21.8-36.6 | 128 | 71.3 | 63.4-78.2 |
Catawba | 222 | 75 | 30.0 | 23.4-37.5 | 147 | 70.0 | 62.5-76.6 |
Cumberland | 218 | 92 | 43.0 | 35.3-51.0 | 126 | 57.0 | 49.0-64.7 |
Davidson | 212 | 72 | 33.7 | 26.5-41.6 | 140 | 66.3 | 58.4-73.5 |
Durham | 179 | 68 | 34.7 | 27.1-43.2 | 111 | 65.3 | 56.8-72.9 |
Forsyth | 199 | 77 | 37.3 | 29.8-45.5 | 122 | 62.7 | 54.5-70.2 |
Gaston | 244 | 94 | 33.2 | 26.3-40.8 | 150 | 66.8 | 59.2-73.7 |
Guilford | 206 | 70 | 34.8 | 27.0-43.5 | 136 | 65.2 | 56.5-73.0 |
Iredell | 175 | 56 | 24.4 | 18.2-31.9 | 119 | 75.6 | 68.1-81.8 |
Johnston | 182 | 72 | 34.6 | 26.6-43.6 | 110 | 65.4 | 56.4-73.4 |
Mecklenburg | 363 | 120 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.4 | 243 | 69.5 | 63.6-74.7 |
New Hanover | 219 | 62 | 26.7 | 20.2-34.3 | 157 | 73.3 | 65.7-79.8 |
Onslow | 180 | 62 | 28.9 | 22.3-36.6 | 118 | 71.1 | 63.4-77.7 |
Orange | 180 | 51 | 22.9 | 16.8-30.5 | 129 | 77.1 | 69.5-83.2 |
Pitt | 205 | 59 | 25.6 | 19.4-32.9 | 146 | 74.4 | 67.1-80.6 |
Randolph | 218 | 90 | 39.3 | 32.2-46.9 | 128 | 60.7 | 53.1-67.8 |
Robeson | 215 | 96 | 45.3 | 37.7-53.1 | 119 | 54.7 | 46.9-62.3 |
Rowan | 258 | 84 | 31.6 | 25.5-38.5 | 174 | 68.4 | 61.5-74.5 |
Union | 177 | 55 | 27.1 | 20.6-34.9 | 122 | 72.9 | 65.1-79.4 |
Wake | 317 | 91 | 25.4 | 20.3-31.4 | 226 | 74.6 | 68.6-79.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 243 | 95 | 39.7 | 32.4-47.5 | 148 | 60.3 | 52.5-67.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 268 | 104 | 35.5 | 29.0-42.6 | 164 | 64.5 | 57.4-71.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 295 | 117 | 34.5 | 28.3-41.4 | 178 | 65.5 | 58.6-71.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 210 | 78 | 31.2 | 24.3-39.1 | 132 | 68.8 | 60.9-75.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 260 | 102 | 36.1 | 29.3-43.4 | 158 | 63.9 | 56.6-70.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 223 | 84 | 37.0 | 29.9-44.7 | 139 | 63.0 | 55.3-70.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 204 | 64 | 27.4 | 20.8-35.0 | 140 | 72.6 | 65.0-79.2 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 259 | 74 | 28.5 | 22.4-35.5 | 185 | 71.5 | 64.5-77.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 314 | 116 | 35.8 | 29.3-42.7 | 198 | 64.2 | 57.3-70.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 239 | 84 | 30.0 | 23.6-37.2 | 155 | 70.0 | 62.8-76.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 217 | 81 | 35.1 | 28.0-42.8 | 136 | 64.9 | 57.2-72.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 274 | 114 | 37.1 | 30.6-44.1 | 160 | 62.9 | 55.9-69.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 407 | 145 | 33.5 | 28.0-39.5 | 262 | 66.5 | 60.5-72.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 638 | 251 | 36.8 | 32.0-41.8 | 387 | 63.2 | 58.2-68.0 |
No | 7,572 | 2,675 | 32.7 | 31.4-34.1 | 4,897 | 67.3 | 65.9-68.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,759 | 1,045 | 35.6 | 33.4-37.9 | 1,714 | 64.4 | 62.1-66.6 |
Piedmont | 4,404 | 1,492 | 31.0 | 29.3-32.8 | 2,912 | 69.0 | 67.2-70.7 |
Western NC | 1,047 | 389 | 34.2 | 30.8-37.8 | 658 | 65.8 | 62.2-69.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 633 | 231 | 33.9 | 29.4-38.6 | 402 | 66.1 | 61.4-70.6 |
Northwest | 1,606 | 566 | 32.8 | 30.1-35.7 | 1,040 | 67.2 | 64.3-69.9 |
Charlotte | 1,194 | 414 | 30.7 | 27.6-34.1 | 780 | 69.3 | 65.9-72.4 |
Greensboro | 1,011 | 350 | 33.9 | 29.9-38.2 | 661 | 66.1 | 61.8-70.1 |
Southern Regional | 877 | 353 | 39.6 | 35.3-44.0 | 524 | 60.4 | 56.0-64.7 |
Coastal | 441 | 142 | 32.5 | 27.5-38.0 | 299 | 67.5 | 62.0-72.5 |
Wake | 990 | 333 | 28.5 | 25.1-32.3 | 657 | 71.5 | 67.7-74.9 |
Area L | 378 | 144 | 31.8 | 26.4-37.7 | 234 | 68.2 | 62.3-73.6 |
Eastern | 1,080 | 393 | 35.0 | 31.5-38.6 | 687 | 65.0 | 61.4-68.5 |
*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms that began more than 3 months ago.
^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.
** 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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