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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,749 | 1,943 | 49.2 | 46.8-51.5 | 1,806 | 50.8 | 48.5-53.2 |
| -Western NC | 831 | 427 | 46.6 | 42.1-51.1 | 404 | 53.4 | 48.9-57.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 276 | 120 | 39.3 | 32.0-47.1 | 156 | 60.7 | 52.9-68.0 |
| Female | 555 | 307 | 52.2 | 47.1-57.3 | 248 | 47.8 | 42.7-52.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 777 | 406 | 48.2 | 43.6-52.8 | 371 | 51.8 | 47.2-56.4 |
| African American | 24 | 9 | 24.4 | 10.9-46.0 | 15 | 75.6 | 54.0-89.1 |
| Other Minorities | 26 | 10 | 26.6 | 9.8-54.6 | 16 | 73.4 | 45.4-90.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 17 | 7 | 25.5 | 8.5-55.9 | 10 | 74.5 | 44.1-91.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 810 | 419 | 47.7 | 43.2-52.2 | 391 | 52.3 | 47.8-56.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 13 | 3 | 13.2 | 3.6-38.2 | 10 | 86.8 | 61.8-96.4 |
| 25-34 | 37 | 8 | 17.4 | 8.1-33.6 | 29 | 82.6 | 66.4-91.9 |
| 35-44 | 72 | 37 | 51.0 | 37.4-64.4 | 35 | 49.0 | 35.6-62.6 |
| 45-54 | 142 | 76 | 52.4 | 42.9-61.7 | 66 | 47.6 | 38.3-57.1 |
| 55-64 | 205 | 113 | 55.2 | 47.3-62.8 | 92 | 44.8 | 37.2-52.7 |
| 65-74 | 208 | 108 | 49.4 | 41.8-57.0 | 100 | 50.6 | 43.0-58.2 |
| 75+ | 154 | 82 | 54.3 | 45.0-63.2 | 72 | 45.7 | 36.8-55.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 143 | 67 | 38.7 | 28.7-49.8 | 76 | 61.3 | 50.2-71.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 257 | 130 | 48.1 | 39.4-56.9 | 127 | 51.9 | 43.1-60.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 232 | 121 | 45.7 | 38.0-53.7 | 111 | 54.3 | 46.3-62.0 |
| College Graduate | 198 | 109 | 51.3 | 42.6-59.9 | 89 | 48.7 | 40.1-57.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 132 | 65 | 40.7 | 31.1-50.9 | 67 | 59.3 | 49.1-68.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 202 | 108 | 49.5 | 40.1-58.9 | 94 | 50.5 | 41.1-59.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 73 | 41 | 48.1 | 31.1-65.6 | 32 | 51.9 | 34.4-68.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 118 | 63 | 52.0 | 40.8-63.1 | 55 | 48.0 | 36.9-59.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 112 | 46 | 35.9 | 25.7-47.6 | 66 | 64.1 | 52.4-74.3 |
| $75,000+ | 87 | 51 | 59.9 | 46.7-71.8 | 36 | 40.1 | 28.2-53.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 476 | 274 | 52.1 | 45.9-58.3 | 202 | 47.9 | 41.7-54.1 |
| No | 351 | 151 | 40.7 | 34.3-47.4 | 200 | 59.3 | 52.6-65.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 128 | 66 | 55.7 | 45.2-65.7 | 62 | 44.3 | 34.3-54.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 703 | 361 | 45.0 | 40.2-50.0 | 342 | 55.0 | 50.0-59.8 |
*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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