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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,272 | 1,961 | 86.0 | 83.7-88.0 | 311 | 14.0 | 12.0-16.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 62 | 47 | 78.9 | 63.0-89.2 | 15 | 21.1 | 10.8-37.0 |
25-34 | 187 | 148 | 77.6 | 67.7-85.2 | 39 | 22.4 | 14.8-32.3 |
35-44 | 307 | 250 | 80.2 | 72.7-86.1 | 57 | 19.8 | 13.9-27.3 |
45-54 | 492 | 416 | 85.8 | 80.9-89.6 | 76 | 14.2 | 10.4-19.1 |
55-64 | 469 | 419 | 90.7 | 85.9-94.0 | 50 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.1 |
65-74 | 397 | 363 | 93.1 | 89.3-95.7 | 34 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.7 |
75+ | 341 | 305 | 90.6 | 85.6-94.0 | 36 | 9.4 | 6.0-14.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 370 | 332 | 89.5 | 83.1-93.7 | 38 | 10.5 | 6.3-16.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 715 | 622 | 87.1 | 83.0-90.3 | 93 | 12.9 | 9.7-17.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 597 | 512 | 84.1 | 79.2-88.0 | 85 | 15.9 | 12.0-20.8 |
College Graduate | 587 | 494 | 84.6 | 79.8-88.4 | 93 | 15.4 | 11.6-20.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 298 | 280 | 95.0 | 89.7-97.7 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 416 | 360 | 83.9 | 77.4-88.9 | 56 | 16.1 | 11.1-22.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 240 | 207 | 86.3 | 79.2-91.2 | 33 | 13.7 | 8.8-20.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 277 | 233 | 84.0 | 76.1-89.7 | 44 | 16.0 | 10.3-23.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 230 | 199 | 84.0 | 75.2-90.1 | 31 | 16.0 | 9.9-24.8 |
$75,000+ | 259 | 211 | 82.4 | 75.1-87.9 | 48 | 17.6 | 12.1-24.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 128 | 118 | 87.3 | 74.5-94.1 | 10 | 12.7 | 5.9-25.5 |
Guilford | 108 | 95 | 89.8 | 82.3-94.4 | 13 | 10.2 | 5.6-17.7 |
Mecklenburg | 95 | 80 | 81.8 | 70.5-89.4 | 15 | 18.2 | 10.6-29.5 |
Orange | 108 | 85 | 77.0 | 63.6-86.5 | 23 | 23.0 | 13.5-36.4 |
Wake | 87 | 70 | 77.9 | 66.1-86.4 | 17 | 22.1 | 13.6-33.9 |
Chatham/Lee | 96 | 83 | 83.8 | 71.3-91.4 | 13 | 16.2 | 8.6-28.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 88 | 82 | 91.2 | 79.5-96.5 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.5-20.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 127 | 112 | 86.8 | 78.6-92.1 | 15 | 13.2 | 7.9-21.4 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 136 | 113 | 84.4 | 76.5-90.0 | 23 | 15.6 | 10.0-23.5 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 143 | 126 | 88.8 | 82.0-93.2 | 17 | 11.2 | 6.8-18.0 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 104 | 90 | 86.7 | 76.8-92.7 | 14 | 13.3 | 7.3-23.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 123 | 106 | 85.2 | 76.5-91.0 | 17 | 14.8 | 9.0-23.5 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 59 | 53 | 88.0 | 74.9-94.7 | 6 | 12.0 | 5.3-25.1 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 97 | 80 | 80.2 | 68.1-88.5 | 17 | 19.8 | 11.5-31.9 |
Northeast NC I | 74 | 61 | 80.6 | 69.0-88.7 | 13 | 19.4 | 11.3-31.0 |
Northeast NC II | 112 | 90 | 79.9 | 70.0-87.1 | 22 | 20.1 | 12.9-30.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 186 | 151 | 80.1 | 72.5-86.0 | 35 | 19.9 | 14.0-27.5 |
Mountain AHEC | 403 | 359 | 88.6 | 83.6-92.3 | 44 | 11.4 | 7.7-16.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 707 | 605 | 85.9 | 81.6-89.3 | 102 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.4 |
Piedmont | 918 | 781 | 84.8 | 81.2-87.9 | 137 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.8 |
Western NC | 647 | 575 | 89.3 | 85.3-92.2 | 72 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.7 |
*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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