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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,536 | 811 | 51.5 | 47.6-55.3 | 725 | 48.5 | 44.7-52.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 444 | 198 | 41.9 | 35.4-48.7 | 246 | 58.1 | 51.3-64.6 |
Female | 1,092 | 613 | 56.8 | 52.2-61.4 | 479 | 43.2 | 38.6-47.8 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,193 | 611 | 49.2 | 44.8-53.6 | 582 | 50.8 | 46.4-55.2 |
African American | 273 | 161 | 62.2 | 53.2-70.4 | 112 | 37.8 | 29.6-46.8 |
Other Minorities | 51 | 25 | 41.2 | 24.9-59.7 | 26 | 58.8 | 40.3-75.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 24 | 12 | 32.6 | 14.4-58.1 | 12 | 67.4 | 41.9-85.6 |
No | 1,508 | 796 | 51.7 | 47.8-55.6 | 712 | 48.3 | 44.4-52.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 18 | 3 | 11.0 | 3.0-33.2 | 15 | 89.0 | 66.8-97.0 |
25-34 | 64 | 25 | 33.1 | 19.1-51.0 | 39 | 66.9 | 49.0-80.9 |
35-44 | 181 | 67 | 35.1 | 24.9-46.8 | 114 | 64.9 | 53.2-75.1 |
45-54 | 303 | 157 | 51.5 | 42.6-60.3 | 146 | 48.5 | 39.7-57.4 |
55-64 | 341 | 197 | 58.5 | 50.5-66.0 | 144 | 41.5 | 34.0-49.5 |
65+ | 614 | 354 | 59.1 | 53.5-64.5 | 260 | 40.9 | 35.5-46.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 375 | 223 | 59.0 | 51.1-66.4 | 152 | 41.0 | 33.6-48.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 493 | 249 | 48.1 | 41.4-54.8 | 244 | 51.9 | 45.2-58.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 365 | 188 | 52.2 | 44.2-60.0 | 177 | 47.8 | 40.0-55.8 |
College Graduate | 291 | 146 | 46.9 | 38.6-55.4 | 145 | 53.1 | 44.6-61.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 231 | 134 | 50.2 | 39.7-60.7 | 97 | 49.8 | 39.3-60.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 312 | 193 | 58.0 | 49.6-65.9 | 119 | 42.0 | 34.1-50.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 198 | 95 | 61.0 | 51.1-70.1 | 103 | 39.0 | 29.9-48.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 175 | 83 | 38.2 | 28.5-48.8 | 92 | 61.8 | 51.2-71.5 |
$50,000+ | 267 | 117 | 43.1 | 34.7-51.9 | 150 | 56.9 | 48.1-65.3 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 120 | 60 | 46.8 | 37.2-56.7 | 60 | 53.2 | 43.3-62.8 |
Cumberland | 102 | 63 | 60.2 | 49.2-70.3 | 39 | 39.8 | 29.7-50.8 |
Durham | 79 | 39 | 45.7 | 33.3-58.7 | 40 | 54.3 | 41.3-66.7 |
Forsyth | 115 | 59 | 48.4 | 38.1-58.8 | 56 | 51.6 | 41.2-61.9 |
Gaston | 143 | 69 | 48.7 | 39.7-57.8 | 74 | 51.3 | 42.2-60.3 |
Guilford | 90 | 53 | 54.5 | 42.9-65.7 | 37 | 45.5 | 34.3-57.1 |
Mecklenburg | 70 | 30 | 46.5 | 34.2-59.3 | 40 | 53.5 | 40.7-65.8 |
New Hanover | 99 | 60 | 60.0 | 48.7-70.3 | 39 | 40.0 | 29.7-51.3 |
Onslow | 98 | 51 | 49.3 | 38.1-60.6 | 47 | 50.7 | 39.4-61.9 |
Wake | 56 | 31 | 57.4 | 42.9-70.7 | 25 | 42.6 | 29.3-57.1 |
Western NC | 203 | 102 | 50.7 | 43.0-58.3 | 101 | 49.3 | 41.7-57.0 |
Piedmont NC | 184 | 95 | 50.5 | 42.1-58.9 | 89 | 49.5 | 41.1-57.9 |
Eastern NC | 177 | 99 | 52.6 | 43.6-61.4 | 78 | 47.4 | 38.6-56.4 |
* This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that s/he had arthritis.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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