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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,278 | 377 | 27.6 | 23.9-31.6 | 901 | 72.4 | 68.4-76.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 42 | 5 | 14.0 | 2.7-48.4 | 37 | 86.0 | 51.6-97.3 |
| 25-34 | 129 | 18 | 14.3 | 7.9-24.5 | 111 | 85.7 | 75.5-92.1 |
| 35-44 | 226 | 58 | 21.2 | 14.8-29.4 | 168 | 78.8 | 70.6-85.2 |
| 45-54 | 247 | 78 | 35.1 | 26.0-45.4 | 169 | 64.9 | 54.6-74.0 |
| 55-64 | 264 | 93 | 37.7 | 29.5-46.6 | 171 | 62.3 | 53.4-70.5 |
| 65-74 | 221 | 70 | 24.7 | 17.9-33.0 | 151 | 75.3 | 67.0-82.1 |
| 75+ | 144 | 53 | 39.8 | 29.4-51.1 | 91 | 60.2 | 48.9-70.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 217 | 91 | 38.2 | 28.7-48.7 | 126 | 61.8 | 51.3-71.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 375 | 105 | 28.7 | 21.7-36.9 | 270 | 71.3 | 63.1-78.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 304 | 92 | 23.1 | 17.2-30.3 | 212 | 76.9 | 69.7-82.8 |
| College Graduate | 378 | 86 | 24.2 | 18.0-31.8 | 292 | 75.8 | 68.2-82.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 119 | 60 | 44.7 | 32.0-58.1 | 59 | 55.3 | 41.9-68.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 206 | 84 | 34.0 | 24.6-44.7 | 122 | 66.0 | 55.3-75.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 122 | 35 | 31.4 | 20.3-45.2 | 87 | 68.6 | 54.8-79.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 207 | 40 | 15.0 | 9.7-22.4 | 167 | 85.0 | 77.6-90.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 173 | 34 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.0 | 139 | 84.3 | 76.0-90.2 |
| $75,000+ | 196 | 41 | 25.4 | 16.5-36.9 | 155 | 74.6 | 63.1-83.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 80 | 29 | 28.3 | 19.1-39.6 | 51 | 71.7 | 60.4-80.9 |
| Guilford | 56 | 15 | 34.5 | 21.3-50.6 | 41 | 65.5 | 49.4-78.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 43 | 9 | 18.3 | 9.4-32.7 | 34 | 81.7 | 67.3-90.6 |
| Orange | 61 | 12 | 16.9 | 9.0-29.4 | 49 | 83.1 | 70.6-91.0 |
| Wake | 45 | 12 | 23.7 | 13.0-39.1 | 33 | 76.3 | 60.9-87.0 |
| Chatham/Lee | 49 | 15 | 19.1 | 10.8-31.4 | 34 | 80.9 | 68.6-89.2 |
| Nash/Wilson | 45 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.7-19.8 | 39 | 91.2 | 80.2-96.3 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 66 | 13 | 16.3 | 9.1-27.5 | 53 | 83.7 | 72.5-90.9 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 80 | 29 | 41.5 | 26.6-58.0 | 51 | 58.5 | 42.0-73.4 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 81 | 23 | 25.9 | 16.7-37.8 | 58 | 74.1 | 62.2-83.3 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 55 | 16 | 18.9 | 10.2-32.3 | 39 | 81.1 | 67.7-89.8 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 72 | 25 | 28.5 | 18.6-41.0 | 47 | 71.5 | 59.0-81.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 37 | 17 | 41.6 | 25.4-59.9 | 20 | 58.4 | 40.1-74.6 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 49 | 17 | 29.6 | 18.2-44.4 | 32 | 70.4 | 55.6-81.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 45 | 14 | 31.5 | 18.0-49.1 | 31 | 68.5 | 50.9-82.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 75 | 27 | 34.0 | 23.4-46.5 | 48 | 66.0 | 53.5-76.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 120 | 41 | 33.3 | 24.5-43.4 | 79 | 66.7 | 56.6-75.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 224 | 74 | 26.8 | 20.1-34.7 | 150 | 73.2 | 65.3-79.9 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 400 | 115 | 26.3 | 19.9-34.0 | 285 | 73.7 | 66.0-80.1 |
| Piedmont | 518 | 140 | 27.0 | 21.7-33.0 | 378 | 73.0 | 67.0-78.3 |
| Western NC | 360 | 122 | 31.7 | 25.0-39.1 | 238 | 68.3 | 60.9-75.0 |
*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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