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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,075 | 2,653 | 30.8 | 29.5-32.1 | 5,422 | 69.2 | 67.9-70.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 206 | 65 | 30.4 | 23.5-38.4 | 141 | 69.6 | 61.6-76.5 |
Buncombe | 224 | 67 | 27.4 | 21.2-34.6 | 157 | 72.6 | 65.4-78.8 |
Cabarrus | 191 | 57 | 28.7 | 21.2-37.5 | 134 | 71.3 | 62.5-78.8 |
Catawba | 219 | 51 | 20.4 | 15.0-27.0 | 168 | 79.6 | 73.0-85.0 |
Cumberland | 215 | 66 | 31.1 | 23.9-39.3 | 149 | 68.9 | 60.7-76.1 |
Davidson | 209 | 69 | 35.6 | 27.9-44.0 | 140 | 64.4 | 56.0-72.1 |
Durham | 176 | 70 | 41.6 | 33.4-50.4 | 106 | 58.4 | 49.6-66.6 |
Forsyth | 196 | 64 | 32.8 | 25.6-41.0 | 132 | 67.2 | 59.0-74.4 |
Gaston | 238 | 62 | 23.8 | 17.9-30.9 | 176 | 76.2 | 69.1-82.1 |
Guilford | 200 | 58 | 27.4 | 20.9-35.1 | 142 | 72.6 | 64.9-79.1 |
Iredell | 170 | 58 | 34.6 | 26.4-43.8 | 112 | 65.4 | 56.2-73.6 |
Johnston | 178 | 66 | 36.6 | 28.3-45.8 | 112 | 63.4 | 54.2-71.7 |
Mecklenburg | 358 | 107 | 30.0 | 24.5-36.1 | 251 | 70.0 | 63.9-75.5 |
New Hanover | 215 | 67 | 36.6 | 28.9-45.1 | 148 | 63.4 | 54.9-71.1 |
Onslow | 176 | 74 | 36.2 | 28.7-44.5 | 102 | 63.8 | 55.5-71.3 |
Orange | 181 | 48 | 23.7 | 17.2-31.7 | 133 | 76.3 | 68.3-82.8 |
Pitt | 203 | 83 | 37.5 | 30.1-45.6 | 120 | 62.5 | 54.4-69.9 |
Randolph | 216 | 70 | 31.4 | 24.8-38.8 | 146 | 68.6 | 61.2-75.2 |
Robeson | 210 | 74 | 32.0 | 25.2-39.6 | 136 | 68.0 | 60.4-74.8 |
Rowan | 254 | 79 | 30.2 | 23.9-37.2 | 175 | 69.8 | 62.8-76.1 |
Union | 174 | 67 | 38.1 | 30.1-46.7 | 107 | 61.9 | 53.3-69.9 |
Wake | 318 | 92 | 25.3 | 20.2-31.2 | 226 | 74.7 | 68.8-79.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 237 | 68 | 27.5 | 21.5-34.5 | 169 | 72.5 | 65.5-78.5 |
Northeast Partnership II | 261 | 90 | 30.1 | 24.1-36.9 | 171 | 69.9 | 63.1-75.9 |
Northeast Partnership I | 292 | 114 | 40.3 | 32.7-48.3 | 178 | 59.7 | 51.7-67.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 209 | 82 | 33.9 | 26.5-42.2 | 127 | 66.1 | 57.8-73.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 252 | 89 | 30.5 | 24.3-37.5 | 163 | 69.5 | 62.5-75.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 219 | 82 | 34.2 | 27.4-41.7 | 137 | 65.8 | 58.3-72.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 200 | 67 | 33.0 | 25.7-41.2 | 133 | 67.0 | 58.8-74.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 255 | 77 | 29.3 | 23.1-36.4 | 178 | 70.7 | 63.6-76.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 305 | 111 | 31.9 | 26.0-38.4 | 194 | 68.1 | 61.6-74.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 233 | 82 | 34.5 | 27.6-42.1 | 151 | 65.5 | 57.9-72.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 215 | 73 | 32.5 | 25.7-40.2 | 142 | 67.5 | 59.8-74.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 269 | 85 | 31.2 | 25.0-38.2 | 184 | 68.8 | 61.8-75.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 401 | 119 | 26.9 | 21.9-32.6 | 282 | 73.1 | 67.4-78.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 626 | 225 | 33.6 | 28.9-38.5 | 401 | 66.4 | 61.5-71.1 |
No | 7,449 | 2,428 | 30.6 | 29.3-32.0 | 5,021 | 69.4 | 68.0-70.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,703 | 967 | 33.0 | 30.8-35.3 | 1,736 | 67.0 | 64.7-69.2 |
Piedmont | 4,339 | 1,360 | 30.0 | 28.3-31.8 | 2,979 | 70.0 | 68.2-71.7 |
Western NC | 1,033 | 326 | 29.3 | 26.0-32.7 | 707 | 70.7 | 67.3-74.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 625 | 186 | 27.1 | 23.0-31.6 | 439 | 72.9 | 68.4-77.0 |
Northwest | 1,580 | 499 | 32.1 | 29.2-35.0 | 1,081 | 67.9 | 65.0-70.8 |
Charlotte | 1,171 | 364 | 29.8 | 26.5-33.2 | 807 | 70.2 | 66.8-73.5 |
Greensboro | 998 | 296 | 28.2 | 24.7-32.0 | 702 | 71.8 | 68.0-75.3 |
Southern Regional | 856 | 288 | 29.3 | 25.5-33.4 | 568 | 70.7 | 66.6-74.5 |
Coastal | 434 | 148 | 34.2 | 29.1-39.7 | 286 | 65.8 | 60.3-70.9 |
Wake | 981 | 346 | 31.3 | 27.7-35.1 | 635 | 68.7 | 64.9-72.3 |
Area L | 373 | 134 | 32.6 | 26.6-39.2 | 239 | 67.4 | 60.8-73.4 |
Eastern | 1,057 | 392 | 34.6 | 31.1-38.1 | 665 | 65.4 | 61.9-68.9 |
*Asked only of respondents with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis
^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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