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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,958 | 1,513 | 76.0 | 73.0-78.8 | 445 | 24.0 | 21.2-27.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 47 | 32 | 68.0 | 46.0-84.2 | 15 | 32.0 | 15.8-54.0 |
25-34 | 148 | 97 | 66.9 | 55.0-76.9 | 51 | 33.1 | 23.1-45.0 |
35-44 | 249 | 157 | 58.1 | 49.1-66.6 | 92 | 41.9 | 33.4-50.9 |
45-54 | 416 | 307 | 74.4 | 67.8-80.0 | 109 | 25.6 | 20.0-32.2 |
55-64 | 419 | 339 | 83.6 | 78.0-88.0 | 80 | 16.4 | 12.0-22.0 |
65-74 | 362 | 304 | 82.7 | 76.5-87.5 | 58 | 17.3 | 12.5-23.5 |
75+ | 304 | 267 | 86.9 | 80.0-91.7 | 37 | 13.1 | 8.3-20.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 332 | 274 | 81.0 | 73.5-86.7 | 58 | 19.0 | 13.3-26.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 622 | 477 | 73.3 | 67.6-78.2 | 145 | 26.7 | 21.8-32.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 510 | 394 | 77.6 | 71.3-82.8 | 116 | 22.4 | 17.2-28.7 |
College Graduate | 493 | 367 | 73.7 | 67.8-78.8 | 126 | 26.3 | 21.2-32.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 280 | 233 | 85.2 | 78.9-89.8 | 47 | 14.8 | 10.2-21.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 360 | 265 | 70.9 | 62.6-78.0 | 95 | 29.1 | 22.0-37.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 207 | 154 | 66.8 | 55.4-76.5 | 53 | 33.2 | 23.5-44.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 233 | 178 | 76.8 | 68.2-83.6 | 55 | 23.2 | 16.4-31.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 198 | 155 | 80.5 | 71.3-87.3 | 43 | 19.5 | 12.7-28.7 |
$75,000+ | 210 | 146 | 67.2 | 58.0-75.3 | 64 | 32.8 | 24.7-42.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 117 | 94 | 82.2 | 73.5-88.5 | 23 | 17.8 | 11.5-26.5 |
Guilford | 95 | 74 | 77.3 | 66.2-85.5 | 21 | 22.7 | 14.5-33.8 |
Mecklenburg | 80 | 59 | 70.4 | 57.9-80.5 | 21 | 29.6 | 19.5-42.1 |
Orange | 85 | 63 | 75.6 | 62.8-85.0 | 22 | 24.4 | 15.0-37.2 |
Wake | 70 | 52 | 76.5 | 64.5-85.3 | 18 | 23.5 | 14.7-35.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 83 | 69 | 79.7 | 68.0-87.9 | 14 | 20.3 | 12.1-32.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 82 | 66 | 79.0 | 66.6-87.7 | 16 | 21.0 | 12.3-33.4 |
Craven/Pamlico | 112 | 95 | 83.7 | 74.7-89.9 | 17 | 16.3 | 10.1-25.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 113 | 91 | 82.4 | 73.8-88.6 | 22 | 17.6 | 11.4-26.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 126 | 94 | 74.1 | 64.1-82.1 | 32 | 25.9 | 17.9-35.9 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 90 | 65 | 65.6 | 50.2-78.2 | 25 | 34.4 | 21.8-49.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 106 | 80 | 64.8 | 50.8-76.7 | 26 | 35.2 | 23.3-49.2 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 53 | 35 | 60.4 | 45.3-73.7 | 18 | 39.6 | 26.3-54.7 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 79 | 64 | 79.7 | 68.4-87.8 | 15 | 20.3 | 12.2-31.6 |
Northeast NC I | 61 | 42 | 72.5 | 58.9-82.9 | 19 | 27.5 | 17.1-41.1 |
Northeast NC II | 90 | 75 | 81.1 | 69.4-89.1 | 15 | 18.9 | 10.9-30.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 151 | 117 | 78.6 | 69.9-85.4 | 34 | 21.4 | 14.6-30.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 358 | 280 | 78.9 | 72.6-84.0 | 78 | 21.1 | 16.0-27.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 604 | 473 | 76.2 | 70.3-81.3 | 131 | 23.8 | 18.7-29.7 |
Piedmont | 780 | 596 | 75.3 | 70.7-79.3 | 184 | 24.7 | 20.7-29.3 |
Western NC | 574 | 444 | 77.5 | 72.3-82.0 | 130 | 22.5 | 18.0-27.7 |
*This question was asked of respondents who reported having pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint.
^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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