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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,608 | 472 | 28.6 | 25.4-32.1 | 1,136 | 71.4 | 67.9-74.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 63 | 13 | 12.1 | 5.7-23.8 | 50 | 87.9 | 76.2-94.3 |
25-34 | 186 | 41 | 20.5 | 13.2-30.3 | 145 | 79.5 | 69.7-86.8 |
35-44 | 327 | 98 | 28.9 | 22.6-36.0 | 229 | 71.1 | 64.0-77.4 |
45-54 | 516 | 170 | 35.7 | 29.7-42.2 | 346 | 64.3 | 57.8-70.3 |
55-64 | 499 | 145 | 30.3 | 24.2-37.3 | 354 | 69.7 | 62.7-75.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 166 | 86 | 51.2 | 39.1-63.2 | 80 | 48.8 | 36.8-60.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 488 | 171 | 33.9 | 28.1-40.3 | 317 | 66.1 | 59.7-71.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 466 | 124 | 26.1 | 20.6-32.4 | 342 | 73.9 | 67.6-79.4 |
College Graduate | 487 | 91 | 17.1 | 13.0-22.2 | 396 | 82.9 | 77.8-87.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 166 | 99 | 61.3 | 49.4-71.9 | 67 | 38.7 | 28.1-50.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 269 | 96 | 32.1 | 24.0-41.5 | 173 | 67.9 | 58.5-76.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 188 | 56 | 33.9 | 23.7-45.9 | 132 | 66.1 | 54.1-76.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 224 | 52 | 21.0 | 14.2-29.9 | 172 | 79.0 | 70.1-85.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 218 | 43 | 25.8 | 18.1-35.3 | 175 | 74.2 | 64.7-81.9 |
$75,000+ | 248 | 34 | 13.9 | 9.0-20.8 | 214 | 86.1 | 79.2-91.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 80 | 22 | 29.2 | 19.0-42.1 | 58 | 70.8 | 57.9-81.0 |
Guilford | 79 | 19 | 22.9 | 14.5-34.2 | 60 | 77.1 | 65.8-85.5 |
Mecklenburg | 67 | 10 | 17.0 | 8.7-30.7 | 57 | 83.0 | 69.3-91.3 |
Orange | 81 | 15 | 14.6 | 7.9-25.6 | 66 | 85.4 | 74.4-92.1 |
Wake | 72 | 9 | 13.3 | 6.8-24.3 | 63 | 86.7 | 75.7-93.2 |
Chatham/Lee | 69 | 17 | 22.6 | 13.4-35.6 | 52 | 77.4 | 64.4-86.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 53 | 20 | 39.5 | 26.2-54.6 | 33 | 60.5 | 45.4-73.8 |
Craven/Pamlico | 85 | 27 | 29.4 | 20.1-40.8 | 58 | 70.6 | 59.2-79.9 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 97 | 36 | 41.1 | 30.5-52.6 | 61 | 58.9 | 47.4-69.5 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 110 | 38 | 31.3 | 22.3-42.0 | 72 | 68.7 | 58.0-77.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 77 | 19 | 24.9 | 15.4-37.6 | 58 | 75.1 | 62.4-84.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 83 | 32 | 37.3 | 25.9-50.5 | 51 | 62.7 | 49.5-74.1 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 42 | 14 | 42.9 | 27.4-59.9 | 28 | 57.1 | 40.1-72.6 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 59 | 23 | 37.1 | 24.5-51.7 | 36 | 62.9 | 48.3-75.5 |
Northeast NC I | 52 | 12 | 22.9 | 12.4-38.3 | 40 | 77.1 | 61.7-87.6 |
Northeast NC II | 79 | 31 | 41.7 | 30.4-54.0 | 48 | 58.3 | 46.0-69.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 131 | 43 | 36.4 | 27.6-46.3 | 88 | 63.6 | 53.7-72.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 269 | 90 | 33.4 | 26.2-41.5 | 179 | 66.6 | 58.5-73.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 468 | 153 | 31.5 | 25.0-38.8 | 315 | 68.5 | 61.2-75.0 |
Piedmont | 686 | 160 | 25.2 | 20.9-30.1 | 526 | 74.8 | 69.9-79.1 |
Western NC | 454 | 159 | 34.7 | 28.7-41.2 | 295 | 65.3 | 58.8-71.3 |
*This question was asked of respondents (18-64 yrs.) 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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