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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,042 | 4,380 | 51.3 | 49.8-52.7 | 3,662 | 48.7 | 47.3-50.2 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 206 | 115 | 54.7 | 46.5-62.7 | 91 | 45.3 | 37.3-53.5 |
Buncombe | 223 | 137 | 54.2 | 45.7-62.5 | 86 | 45.8 | 37.5-54.3 |
Cabarrus | 190 | 99 | 48.5 | 39.4-57.7 | 91 | 51.5 | 42.3-60.6 |
Catawba | 218 | 100 | 38.8 | 31.6-46.6 | 118 | 61.2 | 53.4-68.4 |
Cumberland | 215 | 128 | 54.8 | 46.9-62.6 | 87 | 45.2 | 37.4-53.1 |
Davidson | 208 | 111 | 52.4 | 44.3-60.4 | 97 | 47.6 | 39.6-55.7 |
Durham | 176 | 103 | 57.6 | 48.9-65.8 | 73 | 42.4 | 34.2-51.1 |
Forsyth | 193 | 112 | 55.4 | 46.9-63.7 | 81 | 44.6 | 36.3-53.1 |
Gaston | 240 | 120 | 45.7 | 37.5-54.2 | 120 | 54.3 | 45.8-62.5 |
Guilford | 198 | 111 | 50.6 | 42.1-59.0 | 87 | 49.4 | 41.0-57.9 |
Iredell | 172 | 100 | 57.2 | 48.1-65.8 | 72 | 42.8 | 34.2-51.9 |
Johnston | 178 | 102 | 54.1 | 44.7-63.2 | 76 | 45.9 | 36.8-55.3 |
Mecklenburg | 359 | 211 | 58.8 | 52.4-65.0 | 148 | 41.2 | 35.0-47.6 |
New Hanover | 214 | 125 | 58.9 | 50.8-66.5 | 89 | 41.1 | 33.5-49.2 |
Onslow | 173 | 98 | 51.6 | 42.7-60.4 | 75 | 48.4 | 39.6-57.3 |
Orange | 179 | 94 | 51.2 | 41.5-60.9 | 85 | 48.8 | 39.1-58.5 |
Pitt | 202 | 126 | 59.4 | 51.0-67.4 | 76 | 40.6 | 32.6-49.0 |
Randolph | 215 | 98 | 41.5 | 34.3-49.2 | 117 | 58.5 | 50.8-65.7 |
Robeson | 210 | 108 | 46.5 | 38.8-54.4 | 102 | 53.5 | 45.6-61.2 |
Rowan | 249 | 127 | 50.3 | 43.1-57.4 | 122 | 49.7 | 42.6-56.9 |
Union | 173 | 99 | 51.7 | 43.0-60.2 | 74 | 48.3 | 39.8-57.0 |
Wake | 317 | 160 | 43.5 | 36.9-50.3 | 157 | 56.5 | 49.7-63.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 237 | 118 | 48.8 | 41.3-56.4 | 119 | 51.2 | 43.6-58.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 263 | 132 | 48.9 | 41.4-56.4 | 131 | 51.1 | 43.6-58.6 |
Northeast Partnership I | 290 | 165 | 56.7 | 49.3-63.8 | 125 | 43.3 | 36.2-50.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 208 | 113 | 49.1 | 40.5-57.7 | 95 | 50.9 | 42.3-59.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 249 | 133 | 47.6 | 39.8-55.6 | 116 | 52.4 | 44.4-60.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 216 | 115 | 52.1 | 44.3-59.8 | 101 | 47.9 | 40.2-55.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 198 | 108 | 52.0 | 43.4-60.5 | 90 | 48.0 | 39.5-56.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 254 | 146 | 56.0 | 48.6-63.2 | 108 | 44.0 | 36.8-51.4 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 308 | 161 | 50.4 | 43.3-57.5 | 147 | 49.6 | 42.5-56.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 230 | 121 | 52.2 | 44.3-60.1 | 109 | 47.8 | 39.9-55.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 214 | 111 | 47.3 | 39.3-55.5 | 103 | 52.7 | 44.5-60.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 268 | 152 | 53.6 | 46.0-61.1 | 116 | 46.4 | 38.9-54.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 399 | 221 | 50.6 | 44.2-57.0 | 178 | 49.4 | 43.0-55.8 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 626 | 335 | 52.2 | 47.1-57.2 | 291 | 47.8 | 42.8-52.9 |
No | 7,416 | 4,045 | 51.2 | 49.7-52.7 | 3,371 | 48.8 | 47.3-50.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 2,693 | 1,473 | 51.3 | 48.8-53.8 | 1,220 | 48.7 | 46.2-51.2 |
Piedmont | 4,321 | 2,329 | 51.1 | 49.1-53.2 | 1,992 | 48.9 | 46.8-50.9 |
Western NC | 1,028 | 578 | 51.6 | 47.6-55.5 | 450 | 48.4 | 44.5-52.4 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 622 | 358 | 51.6 | 46.4-56.8 | 264 | 48.4 | 43.2-53.6 |
Northwest | 1,568 | 837 | 52.4 | 49.2-55.5 | 731 | 47.6 | 44.5-50.8 |
Charlotte | 1,171 | 642 | 53.3 | 49.4-57.2 | 529 | 46.7 | 42.8-50.6 |
Greensboro | 991 | 510 | 47.7 | 43.5-52.0 | 481 | 52.3 | 48.0-56.5 |
Southern Regional | 857 | 467 | 49.3 | 44.6-54.0 | 390 | 50.7 | 46.0-55.4 |
Coastal | 431 | 239 | 53.5 | 47.8-59.1 | 192 | 46.5 | 40.9-52.2 |
Wake | 979 | 550 | 50.0 | 45.7-54.3 | 429 | 50.0 | 45.7-54.3 |
Area L | 372 | 195 | 48.3 | 41.5-55.2 | 177 | 51.7 | 44.8-58.5 |
Eastern | 1,051 | 582 | 53.1 | 49.4-56.8 | 469 | 46.9 | 43.2-50.6 |
*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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