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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,307 | 1,218 | 36.0 | 33.6-38.5 | 2,089 | 64.0 | 61.5-66.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,458 | 870 | 34.7 | 32.0-37.6 | 1,588 | 65.3 | 62.4-68.0 |
| African American | 688 | 275 | 36.6 | 31.5-42.0 | 413 | 63.4 | 58.0-68.5 |
| Asian | 9 | 4 | 40.9 | 9.4-82.2 | 5 | 59.1 | 17.8-90.6 |
| Native American | 95 | 43 | 45.4 | 29.6-62.2 | 52 | 54.6 | 37.8-70.4 |
| Other Minorities | 51 | 20 | 55.0 | 36.3-72.4 | 31 | 45.0 | 27.6-63.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 54 | 19 | 54.4 | 34.2-73.2 | 35 | 45.6 | 26.8-65.8 |
| -English Speaking | 37 | 14 | 46.1 | 24.5-69.2 | 23 | 53.9 | 30.8-75.5 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 17 | 5 | 59.5 | 31.5-82.4 | 12 | 40.5 | 17.6-68.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,251 | 1,197 | 35.4 | 33.0-37.9 | 2,054 | 64.6 | 62.1-67.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 89 | 21 | 21.1 | 11.9-34.6 | 68 | 78.9 | 65.4-88.1 |
| 25-34 | 265 | 67 | 28.8 | 21.1-38.0 | 198 | 71.2 | 62.0-78.9 |
| 35-44 | 469 | 139 | 27.9 | 22.5-34.0 | 330 | 72.1 | 66.0-77.5 |
| 45-54 | 717 | 272 | 38.0 | 32.9-43.5 | 445 | 62.0 | 56.5-67.1 |
| 55-64 | 665 | 275 | 42.9 | 37.2-48.8 | 390 | 57.1 | 51.2-62.8 |
| 65-74 | 578 | 208 | 33.7 | 28.5-39.4 | 370 | 66.3 | 60.6-71.5 |
| 75+ | 500 | 232 | 48.2 | 41.8-54.7 | 268 | 51.8 | 45.3-58.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 679 | 336 | 51.1 | 45.2-57.0 | 343 | 48.9 | 43.0-54.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,042 | 388 | 36.6 | 32.3-41.1 | 654 | 63.4 | 58.9-67.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 819 | 268 | 29.6 | 25.2-34.4 | 551 | 70.4 | 65.6-74.8 |
| College Graduate | 759 | 223 | 28.4 | 24.1-33.2 | 536 | 71.6 | 66.8-75.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 542 | 277 | 55.3 | 48.8-61.6 | 265 | 44.7 | 38.4-51.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 631 | 235 | 38.1 | 32.4-44.2 | 396 | 61.9 | 55.8-67.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 360 | 115 | 34.4 | 26.8-43.0 | 245 | 65.6 | 57.0-73.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 359 | 96 | 24.0 | 18.3-30.8 | 263 | 76.0 | 69.2-81.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 284 | 80 | 28.6 | 21.6-36.7 | 204 | 71.4 | 63.3-78.4 |
| $75,000+ | 299 | 65 | 21.9 | 16.3-28.7 | 234 | 78.1 | 71.3-83.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 155 | 47 | 31.1 | 23.5-40.0 | 108 | 68.9 | 60.0-76.5 |
| Guilford | 153 | 47 | 30.0 | 22.4-38.8 | 106 | 70.0 | 61.2-77.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 150 | 49 | 29.9 | 22.5-38.6 | 101 | 70.1 | 61.4-77.5 |
| Orange | 129 | 36 | 24.6 | 16.8-34.4 | 93 | 75.4 | 65.6-83.2 |
| Wake | 123 | 36 | 33.0 | 23.7-43.8 | 87 | 67.0 | 56.2-76.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 139 | 45 | 30.1 | 22.2-39.4 | 94 | 69.9 | 60.6-77.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 133 | 58 | 41.3 | 32.3-50.8 | 75 | 58.7 | 49.2-67.7 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 176 | 77 | 42.2 | 33.9-51.0 | 99 | 57.8 | 49.0-66.1 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 150 | 56 | 35.4 | 27.1-44.6 | 94 | 64.6 | 55.4-72.9 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 159 | 55 | 30.2 | 22.9-38.6 | 104 | 69.8 | 61.4-77.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 163 | 64 | 38.5 | 29.2-48.6 | 99 | 61.5 | 51.4-70.8 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 157 | 67 | 44.4 | 34.9-54.2 | 90 | 55.6 | 45.8-65.1 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 173 | 68 | 43.4 | 35.5-51.6 | 105 | 56.6 | 48.4-64.5 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 173 | 71 | 39.6 | 31.9-47.9 | 102 | 60.4 | 52.1-68.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 179 | 62 | 36.4 | 28.5-45.1 | 117 | 63.6 | 54.9-71.5 |
| Northeast NC II | 190 | 72 | 40.6 | 33.1-48.6 | 118 | 59.4 | 51.4-66.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 369 | 134 | 39.0 | 33.3-44.9 | 235 | 61.0 | 55.1-66.7 |
| Mountain AHEC | 486 | 186 | 38.0 | 32.3-44.1 | 300 | 62.0 | 55.9-67.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,221 | 477 | 38.2 | 33.9-42.8 | 744 | 61.8 | 57.2-66.1 |
| Piedmont | 1,323 | 451 | 34.4 | 30.9-38.1 | 872 | 65.6 | 61.9-69.1 |
| Western NC | 763 | 290 | 37.3 | 32.5-42.3 | 473 | 62.7 | 57.7-67.5 |
*This question was asked of respondents who reported joint symptoms beginning 3 months ago, or being told by a doctor that they have 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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