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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,458 | 870 | 34.7 | 32.0-37.6 | 1,588 | 65.3 | 62.4-68.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 63 | 12 | 14.4 | 6.7-28.3 | 51 | 85.6 | 71.7-93.3 |
25-34 | 188 | 50 | 28.8 | 20.1-39.5 | 138 | 71.2 | 60.5-79.9 |
35-44 | 326 | 88 | 24.3 | 18.5-31.3 | 238 | 75.7 | 68.7-81.5 |
45-54 | 516 | 187 | 37.3 | 31.3-43.7 | 329 | 62.7 | 56.3-68.7 |
55-64 | 499 | 195 | 42.0 | 35.4-48.8 | 304 | 58.0 | 51.2-64.6 |
65-74 | 456 | 154 | 30.5 | 24.9-36.8 | 302 | 69.5 | 63.2-75.1 |
75+ | 393 | 180 | 48.9 | 41.6-56.3 | 213 | 51.1 | 43.7-58.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 422 | 201 | 50.9 | 43.5-58.3 | 221 | 49.1 | 41.7-56.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 769 | 275 | 35.5 | 30.6-40.7 | 494 | 64.5 | 59.3-69.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 647 | 213 | 29.1 | 24.3-34.5 | 434 | 70.9 | 65.5-75.7 |
College Graduate | 617 | 181 | 28.4 | 23.6-33.7 | 436 | 71.6 | 66.3-76.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 324 | 169 | 58.7 | 50.5-66.5 | 155 | 41.3 | 33.5-49.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 449 | 160 | 37.3 | 30.5-44.7 | 289 | 62.7 | 55.3-69.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 268 | 83 | 26.5 | 19.3-35.2 | 185 | 73.5 | 64.8-80.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 290 | 80 | 24.2 | 17.9-31.8 | 210 | 75.8 | 68.2-82.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 243 | 68 | 28.1 | 20.7-36.9 | 175 | 71.9 | 63.1-79.3 |
$75,000+ | 268 | 60 | 22.4 | 16.5-29.7 | 208 | 77.6 | 70.3-83.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 137 | 42 | 31.5 | 23.4-41.0 | 95 | 68.5 | 59.0-76.6 |
Guilford | 114 | 38 | 33.3 | 24.4-43.7 | 76 | 66.7 | 56.3-75.6 |
Mecklenburg | 95 | 32 | 29.9 | 20.9-40.8 | 63 | 70.1 | 59.2-79.1 |
Orange | 112 | 29 | 21.3 | 13.8-31.6 | 83 | 78.7 | 68.4-86.2 |
Wake | 94 | 25 | 27.0 | 17.9-38.5 | 69 | 73.0 | 61.5-82.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 108 | 34 | 30.4 | 21.7-40.9 | 74 | 69.6 | 59.1-78.3 |
Nash/Wilson | 92 | 37 | 37.4 | 27.5-48.6 | 55 | 62.6 | 51.4-72.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 130 | 57 | 42.7 | 33.7-52.3 | 73 | 57.3 | 47.7-66.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 145 | 53 | 36.1 | 27.8-45.3 | 92 | 63.9 | 54.7-72.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 154 | 53 | 30.0 | 22.7-38.6 | 101 | 70.0 | 61.4-77.3 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 111 | 39 | 35.9 | 24.4-49.2 | 72 | 64.1 | 50.8-75.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 139 | 59 | 44.1 | 34.0-54.7 | 80 | 55.9 | 45.3-66.0 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 65 | 25 | 43.1 | 30.6-56.5 | 40 | 56.9 | 43.5-69.4 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 100 | 36 | 34.7 | 25.1-45.6 | 64 | 65.3 | 54.4-74.9 |
Northeast NC I | 82 | 23 | 30.6 | 20.4-43.0 | 59 | 69.4 | 57.0-79.6 |
Northeast NC II | 126 | 43 | 37.3 | 28.3-47.3 | 83 | 62.7 | 52.7-71.7 |
Northeastern Partnership | 208 | 66 | 35.4 | 28.2-43.3 | 142 | 64.6 | 56.7-71.8 |
Mountain AHEC | 442 | 167 | 37.5 | 31.6-43.8 | 275 | 62.5 | 56.2-68.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 749 | 277 | 36.2 | 30.8-42.0 | 472 | 63.8 | 58.0-69.2 |
Piedmont | 1,001 | 327 | 33.3 | 29.3-37.5 | 674 | 66.7 | 62.5-70.7 |
Western NC | 708 | 266 | 36.8 | 31.9-42.0 | 442 | 63.2 | 58.0-68.1 |
*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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