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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,751 | 1,168 | 29.0 | 27.0-31.1 | 2,583 | 71.0 | 68.9-73.0 |
| -Western NC | 830 | 244 | 27.5 | 23.8-31.5 | 586 | 72.5 | 68.5-76.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 275 | 66 | 24.6 | 18.6-31.6 | 209 | 75.4 | 68.4-81.4 |
| Female | 555 | 178 | 29.8 | 25.5-34.5 | 377 | 70.2 | 65.5-74.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 776 | 232 | 28.9 | 25.0-33.0 | 544 | 71.1 | 67.0-75.0 |
| African American | 24 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.9-19.3 | 21 | 93.6 | 80.7-98.1 |
| Other Minorities | 26 | 9 | 12.9 | 4.6-31.1 | 17 | 87.1 | 68.9-95.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 17 | 5 | 10.8 | 3.3-29.7 | 12 | 89.2 | 70.3-96.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 809 | 239 | 28.4 | 24.6-32.4 | 570 | 71.6 | 67.6-75.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 13 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.8-34.3 | 12 | 93.9 | 65.7-99.2 |
| 25-34 | 37 | 7 | 16.0 | 7.0-32.3 | 30 | 84.0 | 67.7-93.0 |
| 35-44 | 72 | 21 | 27.9 | 16.9-42.5 | 51 | 72.1 | 57.5-83.1 |
| 45-54 | 144 | 47 | 31.3 | 23.4-40.5 | 97 | 68.7 | 59.5-76.6 |
| 55-64 | 205 | 73 | 35.1 | 27.9-43.0 | 132 | 64.9 | 57.0-72.1 |
| 65-74 | 205 | 69 | 35.5 | 28.4-43.3 | 136 | 64.5 | 56.7-71.6 |
| 75+ | 154 | 26 | 17.6 | 11.8-25.4 | 128 | 82.4 | 74.6-88.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 142 | 33 | 21.8 | 14.4-31.6 | 109 | 78.2 | 68.4-85.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 257 | 82 | 30.0 | 23.0-38.1 | 175 | 70.0 | 61.9-77.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 231 | 72 | 28.8 | 22.3-36.3 | 159 | 71.2 | 63.7-77.7 |
| College Graduate | 199 | 57 | 26.8 | 20.2-34.6 | 142 | 73.2 | 65.4-79.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 132 | 37 | 25.6 | 17.9-35.3 | 95 | 74.4 | 64.7-82.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 201 | 56 | 26.2 | 19.3-34.5 | 145 | 73.8 | 65.5-80.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 74 | 26 | 29.5 | 18.1-44.2 | 48 | 70.5 | 55.8-81.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 118 | 40 | 33.7 | 23.9-45.0 | 78 | 66.3 | 55.0-76.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 112 | 25 | 20.7 | 12.3-32.9 | 87 | 79.3 | 67.1-87.7 |
| $75,000+ | 87 | 32 | 39.9 | 28.5-52.5 | 55 | 60.1 | 47.5-71.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 476 | 152 | 29.5 | 24.6-34.9 | 324 | 70.5 | 65.1-75.4 |
| No | 350 | 91 | 25.5 | 20.2-31.7 | 259 | 74.5 | 68.3-79.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 128 | 32 | 31.0 | 21.4-42.6 | 96 | 69.0 | 57.4-78.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 702 | 212 | 26.9 | 23.0-31.1 | 490 | 73.1 | 68.9-77.0 |
*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.
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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