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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,157 | 701 | 20.7 | 18.7-22.9 | 2,456 | 79.3 | 77.1-81.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,354 | 451 | 18.9 | 16.7-21.4 | 1,903 | 81.1 | 78.6-83.3 |
| African American | 650 | 210 | 27.0 | 22.6-32.0 | 440 | 73.0 | 68.0-77.4 |
| Asian | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.6-39.1 | 5 | 94.0 | 60.9-99.4 |
| Native American | 92 | 28 | 26.0 | 15.6-40.0 | 64 | 74.0 | 60.0-84.4 |
| Other Minorities | 49 | 8 | 24.2 | 11.0-45.2 | 41 | 75.8 | 54.8-89.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 49 | 7 | 23.6 | 9.4-47.8 | 42 | 76.4 | 52.2-90.6 |
| -English Speaking | 32 | 3 | 23.5 | 7.6-53.5 | 29 | 76.5 | 46.5-92.4 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 17 | 4 | 23.6 | 6.4-58.3 | 13 | 76.4 | 41.7-93.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,106 | 693 | 20.5 | 18.5-22.7 | 2,413 | 79.5 | 77.3-81.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 76 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.1-22.5 | 68 | 90.0 | 77.5-95.9 |
| 25-34 | 238 | 51 | 15.7 | 10.8-22.3 | 187 | 84.3 | 77.7-89.2 |
| 35-44 | 433 | 74 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.0 | 359 | 85.2 | 80.0-89.3 |
| 45-54 | 685 | 170 | 23.0 | 18.7-27.9 | 515 | 77.0 | 72.1-81.3 |
| 55-64 | 642 | 171 | 28.1 | 22.8-34.0 | 471 | 71.9 | 66.0-77.2 |
| 65-74 | 567 | 145 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.3 | 422 | 73.5 | 67.7-78.5 |
| 75+ | 493 | 78 | 15.7 | 11.5-21.0 | 415 | 84.3 | 79.0-88.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 655 | 157 | 22.1 | 17.4-27.7 | 498 | 77.9 | 72.3-82.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,006 | 234 | 21.7 | 18.2-25.7 | 772 | 78.3 | 74.3-81.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 781 | 165 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.3 | 616 | 80.0 | 75.7-83.8 |
| College Graduate | 709 | 145 | 19.2 | 15.5-23.5 | 564 | 80.8 | 76.5-84.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 525 | 137 | 29.0 | 22.8-36.0 | 388 | 71.0 | 64.0-77.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 612 | 145 | 20.6 | 16.4-25.5 | 467 | 79.4 | 74.5-83.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 341 | 73 | 18.0 | 12.6-24.9 | 268 | 82.0 | 75.1-87.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 336 | 84 | 19.6 | 14.8-25.6 | 252 | 80.4 | 74.4-85.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 274 | 58 | 26.7 | 19.3-35.7 | 216 | 73.3 | 64.3-80.7 |
| $75,000+ | 279 | 43 | 16.1 | 11.2-22.5 | 236 | 83.9 | 77.5-88.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 153 | 31 | 19.4 | 13.5-26.9 | 122 | 80.6 | 73.1-86.5 |
| Guilford | 146 | 28 | 19.8 | 13.5-28.1 | 118 | 80.2 | 71.9-86.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 139 | 28 | 18.8 | 12.6-27.1 | 111 | 81.2 | 72.9-87.4 |
| Orange | 118 | 26 | 28.1 | 16.5-43.4 | 92 | 71.9 | 56.6-83.5 |
| Wake | 113 | 23 | 22.1 | 14.3-32.7 | 90 | 77.9 | 67.3-85.7 |
| Chatham/Lee | 133 | 21 | 17.1 | 10.9-25.8 | 112 | 82.9 | 74.2-89.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 131 | 32 | 22.9 | 16.0-31.6 | 99 | 77.1 | 68.4-84.0 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 167 | 39 | 20.1 | 14.6-27.1 | 128 | 79.9 | 72.9-85.4 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 140 | 20 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.4 | 120 | 86.5 | 78.6-91.7 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 155 | 32 | 18.2 | 12.5-25.7 | 123 | 81.8 | 74.3-87.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 154 | 47 | 32.1 | 23.1-42.7 | 107 | 67.9 | 57.3-76.9 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 151 | 33 | 19.1 | 13.0-27.1 | 118 | 80.9 | 72.9-87.0 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 166 | 43 | 24.7 | 18.3-32.5 | 123 | 75.3 | 67.5-81.7 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 164 | 49 | 27.3 | 20.7-35.1 | 115 | 72.7 | 64.9-79.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 167 | 41 | 21.6 | 15.6-29.1 | 126 | 78.4 | 70.9-84.4 |
| Northeast NC II | 181 | 41 | 20.4 | 14.9-27.3 | 140 | 79.6 | 72.7-85.1 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 348 | 82 | 20.8 | 16.6-25.9 | 266 | 79.2 | 74.1-83.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 472 | 104 | 21.6 | 17.0-27.0 | 368 | 78.4 | 73.0-83.0 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,168 | 282 | 21.8 | 18.3-25.9 | 886 | 78.2 | 74.1-81.7 |
| Piedmont | 1,249 | 270 | 20.6 | 17.7-23.8 | 979 | 79.4 | 76.2-82.3 |
| Western NC | 740 | 149 | 19.0 | 15.4-23.1 | 591 | 81.0 | 76.9-84.6 |
*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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