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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,690 | 945 | 18.1 | 16.4-19.9 | 3,745 | 81.9 | 80.1-83.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,533 | 244 | 14.7 | 11.9-17.9 | 1,289 | 85.3 | 82.1-88.1 |
| Female | 3,157 | 701 | 20.7 | 18.7-22.9 | 2,456 | 79.3 | 77.1-81.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 3,548 | 625 | 16.9 | 15.0-19.0 | 2,923 | 83.1 | 81.0-85.0 |
| African American | 903 | 259 | 22.5 | 18.8-26.7 | 644 | 77.5 | 73.3-81.2 |
| Asian | 9 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.5-29.5 | 8 | 95.5 | 70.5-99.5 |
| Native American | 139 | 41 | 21.5 | 13.2-33.2 | 98 | 78.5 | 66.8-86.8 |
| Other Minorities | 82 | 16 | 21.4 | 11.4-36.7 | 66 | 78.6 | 63.3-88.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 85 | 20 | 27.0 | 14.9-43.7 | 65 | 73.0 | 56.3-85.1 |
| -English Speaking | 52 | 11 | 39.8 | 20.5-63.0 | 41 | 60.2 | 37.0-79.5 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 33 | 9 | 20.0 | 7.8-42.6 | 24 | 80.0 | 57.4-92.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,602 | 924 | 17.8 | 16.1-19.6 | 3,678 | 82.2 | 80.4-83.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 124 | 11 | 10.3 | 3.7-26.0 | 113 | 89.7 | 74.0-96.3 |
| 25-34 | 380 | 63 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.8 | 317 | 88.8 | 84.2-92.2 |
| 35-44 | 680 | 112 | 14.0 | 10.7-18.1 | 568 | 86.0 | 81.9-89.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,019 | 225 | 21.7 | 17.8-26.2 | 794 | 78.3 | 73.8-82.2 |
| 55-64 | 967 | 239 | 23.4 | 19.5-27.7 | 728 | 76.6 | 72.3-80.5 |
| 65-74 | 831 | 194 | 23.7 | 19.6-28.3 | 637 | 76.3 | 71.7-80.4 |
| 75+ | 660 | 97 | 13.3 | 10.0-17.4 | 563 | 86.7 | 82.6-90.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 978 | 221 | 18.7 | 15.2-22.8 | 757 | 81.3 | 77.2-84.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,473 | 303 | 18.3 | 15.6-21.5 | 1,170 | 81.7 | 78.5-84.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,131 | 229 | 19.3 | 15.6-23.6 | 902 | 80.7 | 76.4-84.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,097 | 192 | 16.2 | 13.0-19.9 | 905 | 83.8 | 80.1-87.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 706 | 175 | 24.3 | 19.4-30.0 | 531 | 75.7 | 70.0-80.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 898 | 193 | 16.9 | 13.8-20.6 | 705 | 83.1 | 79.4-86.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 491 | 100 | 16.9 | 12.4-22.5 | 391 | 83.1 | 77.5-87.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 568 | 122 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.4 | 446 | 81.7 | 76.6-85.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 459 | 83 | 22.4 | 16.0-30.4 | 376 | 77.6 | 69.6-84.0 |
| $75,000+ | 478 | 71 | 16.8 | 12.1-23.0 | 407 | 83.2 | 77.0-87.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 237 | 49 | 21.6 | 16.1-28.2 | 188 | 78.4 | 71.8-83.9 |
| Guilford | 215 | 35 | 14.8 | 10.4-20.5 | 180 | 85.2 | 79.5-89.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 193 | 37 | 17.9 | 12.7-24.6 | 156 | 82.1 | 75.4-87.3 |
| Orange | 179 | 37 | 23.1 | 15.0-33.8 | 142 | 76.9 | 66.2-85.0 |
| Wake | 163 | 28 | 16.9 | 11.2-24.7 | 135 | 83.1 | 75.3-88.8 |
| Chatham/Lee | 188 | 32 | 22.0 | 12.9-35.0 | 156 | 78.0 | 65.0-87.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 202 | 46 | 19.3 | 14.1-25.8 | 156 | 80.7 | 74.2-85.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 244 | 51 | 17.0 | 12.7-22.4 | 193 | 83.0 | 77.6-87.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 218 | 30 | 12.2 | 8.2-17.9 | 188 | 87.8 | 82.1-91.8 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 237 | 45 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.8 | 192 | 83.0 | 77.2-87.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 236 | 57 | 23.8 | 15.8-34.1 | 179 | 76.2 | 65.9-84.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 230 | 49 | 18.2 | 11.5-27.6 | 181 | 81.8 | 72.4-88.5 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 241 | 57 | 21.1 | 16.1-27.3 | 184 | 78.9 | 72.7-83.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 226 | 61 | 23.3 | 17.9-29.7 | 165 | 76.7 | 70.3-82.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 245 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.8-21.4 | 197 | 84.0 | 78.6-88.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 273 | 58 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.3 | 215 | 81.3 | 75.7-85.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 518 | 106 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.7 | 412 | 82.3 | 78.3-85.7 |
| Mountain AHEC | 708 | 151 | 19.8 | 16.3-24.0 | 557 | 80.2 | 76.0-83.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,720 | 373 | 19.3 | 16.3-22.7 | 1,347 | 80.7 | 77.3-83.7 |
| Piedmont | 1,858 | 354 | 17.2 | 14.9-19.9 | 1,504 | 82.8 | 80.1-85.1 |
| Western NC | 1,112 | 218 | 18.6 | 15.4-22.2 | 894 | 81.4 | 77.8-84.6 |
*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, 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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