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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,863 | 2,938 | 72.3 | 69.9-74.6 | 925 | 27.7 | 25.4-30.1 |
| -Mountain AHEC | 593 | 462 | 75.2 | 69.3-80.2 | 131 | 24.8 | 19.8-30.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 200 | 154 | 69.8 | 58.8-78.8 | 46 | 30.2 | 21.2-41.2 |
| Female | 393 | 308 | 79.1 | 73.1-84.1 | 85 | 20.9 | 15.9-26.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 539 | 421 | 77.2 | 72.0-81.7 | 118 | 22.8 | 18.3-28.0 |
| Other | 52 | 39 | 50.1 | 24.6-75.6 | 13 | 49.9 | 24.4-75.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 117 | 71 | 59.5 | 45.1-72.4 | 46 | 40.5 | 27.6-54.9 |
| 45+ | 469 | 388 | 81.8 | 76.6-86.1 | 81 | 18.2 | 13.9-23.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 291 | 236 | 74.5 | 65.0-82.2 | 55 | 25.5 | 17.8-35.0 |
| Some College + | 301 | 225 | 75.9 | 68.9-81.7 | 76 | 24.1 | 18.3-31.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 358 | 285 | 75.7 | 67.3-82.5 | 73 | 24.3 | 17.5-32.7 |
| $50,000+ | 103 | 71 | 71.1 | 58.3-81.3 | 32 | 28.9 | 18.7-41.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 203 | 160 | 77.8 | 69.6-84.3 | 43 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.4 |
| Guilford | 179 | 136 | 74.9 | 66.5-81.7 | 43 | 25.1 | 18.3-33.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 159 | 123 | 74.9 | 66.2-82.0 | 36 | 25.1 | 18.0-33.8 |
| Orange | 150 | 106 | 70.6 | 61.0-78.7 | 44 | 29.4 | 21.3-39.0 |
| Wake | 134 | 96 | 69.3 | 59.6-77.6 | 38 | 30.7 | 22.4-40.4 |
| Chatham/Lee | 156 | 121 | 74.8 | 65.2-82.4 | 35 | 25.2 | 17.6-34.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 172 | 134 | 77.8 | 69.7-84.2 | 38 | 22.2 | 15.8-30.3 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 204 | 170 | 80.4 | 71.9-86.9 | 34 | 19.6 | 13.1-28.1 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 185 | 145 | 78.2 | 69.9-84.7 | 40 | 21.8 | 15.3-30.1 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 199 | 149 | 75.7 | 68.2-81.9 | 50 | 24.3 | 18.1-31.8 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 190 | 139 | 61.9 | 50.0-72.6 | 51 | 38.1 | 27.4-50.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 184 | 141 | 55.8 | 34.7-74.9 | 43 | 44.2 | 25.1-65.3 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 199 | 142 | 69.3 | 60.8-76.6 | 57 | 30.7 | 23.4-39.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 186 | 152 | 79.0 | 71.1-85.1 | 34 | 21.0 | 14.9-28.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 189 | 139 | 74.2 | 66.1-80.9 | 50 | 25.8 | 19.1-33.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 217 | 177 | 77.3 | 69.3-83.7 | 40 | 22.7 | 16.3-30.7 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 406 | 316 | 76.2 | 70.4-81.1 | 90 | 23.8 | 18.9-29.6 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,412 | 1,088 | 73.7 | 69.5-77.5 | 324 | 26.3 | 22.5-30.5 |
| Piedmont | 1,517 | 1,130 | 70.7 | 67.1-74.1 | 387 | 29.3 | 25.9-32.9 |
| Western NC | 934 | 720 | 75.1 | 70.5-79.2 | 214 | 24.9 | 20.8-29.5 |
*This question was asked of respondents who reported having pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint.
^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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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.
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