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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,690 | 945 | 18.1 | 16.4-19.9 | 3,745 | 81.9 | 80.1-83.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,858 | 354 | 17.2 | 14.9-19.9 | 1,504 | 82.8 | 80.1-85.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 609 | 84 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.7 | 525 | 87.1 | 82.3-90.8 |
| Female | 1,249 | 270 | 20.6 | 17.7-23.8 | 979 | 79.4 | 76.2-82.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,424 | 239 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.3 | 1,185 | 83.8 | 80.7-86.5 |
| African American | 365 | 97 | 20.0 | 15.4-25.7 | 268 | 80.0 | 74.3-84.6 |
| Other Minorities | 60 | 16 | 23.9 | 12.5-40.9 | 44 | 76.1 | 59.1-87.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 51 | 6 | 15.5 | 4.8-40.1 | 45 | 84.5 | 59.9-95.2 |
| 25-34 | 151 | 22 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.4 | 129 | 90.6 | 83.6-94.8 |
| 35-44 | 297 | 46 | 12.8 | 8.4-19.0 | 251 | 87.2 | 81.0-91.6 |
| 45-54 | 416 | 84 | 20.7 | 15.8-26.6 | 332 | 79.3 | 73.4-84.2 |
| 55-64 | 376 | 83 | 19.9 | 14.9-26.0 | 293 | 80.1 | 74.0-85.1 |
| 65-74 | 295 | 76 | 25.0 | 18.7-32.7 | 219 | 75.0 | 67.3-81.3 |
| 75+ | 259 | 36 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.5 | 223 | 85.2 | 78.5-90.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 328 | 81 | 18.6 | 13.5-25.0 | 247 | 81.4 | 75.0-86.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 551 | 98 | 16.3 | 12.5-21.0 | 453 | 83.7 | 79.0-87.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 440 | 80 | 19.0 | 13.5-25.9 | 360 | 81.0 | 74.1-86.5 |
| College Graduate | 534 | 95 | 16.0 | 12.3-20.6 | 439 | 84.0 | 79.4-87.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 208 | 57 | 25.6 | 17.8-35.3 | 151 | 74.4 | 64.7-82.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 318 | 70 | 19.3 | 14.3-25.6 | 248 | 80.7 | 74.4-85.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 185 | 30 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.2 | 155 | 87.5 | 79.8-92.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 243 | 49 | 15.2 | 10.1-22.1 | 194 | 84.8 | 77.9-89.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 211 | 42 | 27.0 | 17.7-38.9 | 169 | 73.0 | 61.1-82.3 |
| $75,000+ | 251 | 40 | 16.3 | 11.3-23.0 | 211 | 83.7 | 77.0-88.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 237 | 49 | 21.6 | 16.1-28.2 | 188 | 78.4 | 71.8-83.9 |
| Guilford | 215 | 35 | 14.8 | 10.4-20.5 | 180 | 85.2 | 79.5-89.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 193 | 37 | 17.9 | 12.7-24.6 | 156 | 82.1 | 75.4-87.3 |
| Orange | 179 | 37 | 23.1 | 15.0-33.8 | 142 | 76.9 | 66.2-85.0 |
| Wake | 163 | 28 | 16.9 | 11.2-24.7 | 135 | 83.1 | 75.3-88.8 |
| Chatham/Lee | 188 | 32 | 22.0 | 12.9-35.0 | 156 | 78.0 | 65.0-87.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 202 | 46 | 19.3 | 14.1-25.8 | 156 | 80.7 | 74.2-85.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 244 | 51 | 17.0 | 12.7-22.4 | 193 | 83.0 | 77.6-87.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 218 | 30 | 12.2 | 8.2-17.9 | 188 | 87.8 | 82.1-91.8 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 237 | 45 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.8 | 192 | 83.0 | 77.2-87.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 236 | 57 | 23.8 | 15.8-34.1 | 179 | 76.2 | 65.9-84.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 230 | 49 | 18.2 | 11.5-27.6 | 181 | 81.8 | 72.4-88.5 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 241 | 57 | 21.1 | 16.1-27.3 | 184 | 78.9 | 72.7-83.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 226 | 61 | 23.3 | 17.9-29.7 | 165 | 76.7 | 70.3-82.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 245 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.8-21.4 | 197 | 84.0 | 78.6-88.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 273 | 58 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.3 | 215 | 81.3 | 75.7-85.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 518 | 106 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.7 | 412 | 82.3 | 78.3-85.7 |
| Mountain AHEC | 708 | 151 | 19.8 | 16.3-24.0 | 557 | 80.2 | 76.0-83.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,720 | 373 | 19.3 | 16.3-22.7 | 1,347 | 80.7 | 77.3-83.7 |
| Piedmont | 1,858 | 354 | 17.2 | 14.9-19.9 | 1,504 | 82.8 | 80.1-85.1 |
| Western NC | 1,112 | 218 | 18.6 | 15.4-22.2 | 894 | 81.4 | 77.8-84.6 |
*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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