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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,002 | 786 | 42.1 | 39.4-44.8 | 1,216 | 57.9 | 55.2-60.6 |
| -Piedmont | 893 | 330 | 40.9 | 37.1-44.9 | 563 | 59.1 | 55.1-62.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 315 | 101 | 34.2 | 28.1-40.8 | 214 | 65.8 | 59.2-71.9 |
| Female | 578 | 229 | 45.8 | 41.1-50.7 | 349 | 54.2 | 49.3-58.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 659 | 223 | 39.4 | 34.9-44.0 | 436 | 60.6 | 56.0-65.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 183 | 78 | 42.0 | 33.9-50.7 | 105 | 58.0 | 49.3-66.1 |
| Other | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 140 | 68 | 49.2 | 40.1-58.5 | 72 | 50.8 | 41.5-59.9 |
| 55-64 | 240 | 108 | 46.8 | 39.6-54.3 | 132 | 53.2 | 45.7-60.4 |
| 65-74 | 236 | 64 | 31.9 | 24.6-40.1 | 172 | 68.1 | 59.9-75.4 |
| 75+ | 176 | 44 | 28.3 | 21.2-36.6 | 132 | 71.7 | 63.4-78.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 112 | 66 | 61.0 | 50.2-70.8 | 46 | 39.0 | 29.2-49.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 262 | 100 | 41.7 | 34.8-48.9 | 162 | 58.3 | 51.1-65.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 261 | 103 | 37.8 | 31.4-44.7 | 158 | 62.2 | 55.3-68.6 |
| College Graduate | 253 | 60 | 26.0 | 20.4-32.4 | 193 | 74.0 | 67.6-79.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 108 | 71 | 69.3 | 58.4-78.4 | 37 | 30.7 | 21.6-41.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 167 | 73 | 46.9 | 37.8-56.3 | 94 | 53.1 | 43.7-62.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 80 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 105 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 163 | 35 | 23.4 | 16.6-31.9 | 128 | 76.6 | 68.1-83.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 438 | 249 | 60.0 | 54.5-65.2 | 189 | 40.0 | 34.8-45.5 |
| No | 452 | 80 | 22.3 | 17.7-27.8 | 372 | 77.7 | 72.2-82.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 117 | 35 | 29.6 | 21.3-39.6 | 82 | 70.4 | 60.4-78.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 775 | 294 | 42.6 | 38.4-46.9 | 481 | 57.4 | 53.1-61.6 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 425 | 159 | 40.2 | 34.7-45.8 | 266 | 59.8 | 54.2-65.3 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 254 | 97 | 41.6 | 34.7-48.8 | 157 | 58.4 | 51.2-65.3 |
| Rural | 214 | 74 | 41.5 | 33.4-50.1 | 140 | 58.5 | 49.9-66.6 |
*For those with arthritis, this question was asked regardless of the their employment status.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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