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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,351 | 1,093 | 45.0 | 42.0-48.1 | 1,258 | 55.0 | 51.9-58.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 55 | 13 | 15.2 | 7.0-30.1 | 42 | 84.8 | 69.9-93.0 |
25-34 | 172 | 65 | 30.4 | 22.0-40.3 | 107 | 69.6 | 59.7-78.0 |
35-44 | 303 | 145 | 49.3 | 41.3-57.3 | 158 | 50.7 | 42.7-58.7 |
45-54 | 492 | 223 | 46.4 | 39.9-53.0 | 269 | 53.6 | 47.0-60.1 |
55-64 | 482 | 246 | 50.6 | 43.8-57.4 | 236 | 49.4 | 42.6-56.2 |
65-74 | 446 | 238 | 53.2 | 46.3-60.0 | 208 | 46.8 | 40.0-53.7 |
75+ | 385 | 154 | 42.0 | 34.8-49.5 | 231 | 58.0 | 50.5-65.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 406 | 174 | 38.3 | 31.3-45.8 | 232 | 61.7 | 54.2-68.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 741 | 347 | 47.5 | 42.1-52.9 | 394 | 52.5 | 47.1-57.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 623 | 300 | 46.6 | 40.6-52.8 | 323 | 53.4 | 47.2-59.4 |
College Graduate | 580 | 271 | 45.0 | 39.3-50.9 | 309 | 55.0 | 49.1-60.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 318 | 166 | 50.3 | 41.8-58.8 | 152 | 49.7 | 41.2-58.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 437 | 213 | 47.1 | 39.8-54.5 | 224 | 52.9 | 45.5-60.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 258 | 117 | 40.9 | 31.7-50.7 | 141 | 59.1 | 49.3-68.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 275 | 135 | 43.6 | 35.3-52.3 | 140 | 56.4 | 47.7-64.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 233 | 118 | 51.7 | 42.5-60.7 | 115 | 48.3 | 39.3-57.5 |
$75,000+ | 249 | 112 | 48.1 | 39.6-56.7 | 137 | 51.9 | 43.3-60.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 137 | 61 | 45.3 | 36.2-54.6 | 76 | 54.7 | 45.4-63.8 |
Guilford | 110 | 59 | 53.6 | 43.1-63.8 | 51 | 46.4 | 36.2-56.9 |
Mecklenburg | 89 | 43 | 43.4 | 32.6-54.9 | 46 | 56.6 | 45.1-67.4 |
Orange | 103 | 46 | 41.4 | 29.5-54.5 | 57 | 58.6 | 45.5-70.5 |
Wake | 86 | 43 | 53.0 | 41.6-64.0 | 43 | 47.0 | 36.0-58.4 |
Chatham/Lee | 103 | 48 | 47.5 | 37.2-58.0 | 55 | 52.5 | 42.0-62.8 |
Nash/Wilson | 88 | 35 | 34.8 | 25.2-45.8 | 53 | 65.2 | 54.2-74.8 |
Craven/Pamlico | 128 | 61 | 42.4 | 33.4-51.8 | 67 | 57.6 | 48.2-66.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 135 | 61 | 45.6 | 36.2-55.4 | 74 | 54.4 | 44.6-63.8 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 150 | 62 | 40.6 | 31.4-50.5 | 88 | 59.4 | 49.5-68.6 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 105 | 46 | 48.1 | 35.2-61.2 | 59 | 51.9 | 38.8-64.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 133 | 68 | 48.2 | 37.9-58.7 | 65 | 51.8 | 41.3-62.1 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 62 | 18 | 30.1 | 19.1-44.1 | 44 | 69.9 | 55.9-80.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 94 | 37 | 37.5 | 27.3-49.0 | 57 | 62.5 | 51.0-72.7 |
Northeast NC I | 76 | 40 | 49.3 | 37.1-61.5 | 36 | 50.7 | 38.5-62.9 |
Northeast NC II | 121 | 65 | 53.9 | 43.8-63.6 | 56 | 46.1 | 36.4-56.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 197 | 105 | 52.6 | 44.6-60.6 | 92 | 47.4 | 39.4-55.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 430 | 216 | 52.2 | 45.7-58.6 | 214 | 47.8 | 41.4-54.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 717 | 328 | 46.6 | 40.7-52.6 | 389 | 53.4 | 47.4-59.3 |
Piedmont | 946 | 439 | 43.3 | 39.0-47.8 | 507 | 56.7 | 52.2-61.0 |
Western NC | 688 | 326 | 47.4 | 42.1-52.7 | 362 | 52.6 | 47.3-57.9 |
*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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