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| Total Respond.^ |
A lot | A little | Not at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,011 | 461 | 25.0 | 22.7-27.6 | 461 | 23.1 | 20.9-25.4 | 1,089 | 51.9 | 49.1-54.6 |
| -Piedmont | 898 | 198 | 23.4 | 20.1-27.0 | 200 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.5 | 500 | 54.4 | 50.5-58.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 316 | 56 | 18.1 | 13.4-24.1 | 58 | 18.0 | 13.7-23.3 | 202 | 63.9 | 57.4-70.0 |
| Female | 582 | 142 | 27.2 | 23.0-31.9 | 142 | 25.3 | 21.4-29.6 | 298 | 47.5 | 42.8-52.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 662 | 133 | 22.4 | 18.6-26.7 | 134 | 20.8 | 17.4-24.6 | 395 | 56.8 | 52.2-61.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 185 | 49 | 24.4 | 17.9-32.4 | 53 | 27.9 | 21.0-36.1 | 83 | 47.7 | 39.1-56.3 |
| Other | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 140 | 40 | 29.2 | 21.4-38.5 | 35 | 24.1 | 17.2-32.6 | 65 | 46.7 | 37.7-56.0 |
| 55-64 | 240 | 64 | 27.0 | 20.7-34.3 | 51 | 22.0 | 16.5-28.6 | 125 | 51.0 | 43.7-58.3 |
| 65-74 | 239 | 37 | 18.1 | 12.1-26.3 | 55 | 22.4 | 17.0-29.1 | 147 | 59.5 | 51.5-66.9 |
| 75+ | 178 | 39 | 25.6 | 18.2-34.8 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.2-21.4 | 109 | 59.4 | 50.6-67.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 114 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 22.6 | 15.2-32.4 | 42 | 38.0 | 28.3-48.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 264 | 60 | 22.4 | 17.0-29.0 | 68 | 26.4 | 20.7-33.0 | 136 | 51.2 | 44.2-58.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 260 | 59 | 21.6 | 16.6-27.7 | 65 | 22.4 | 17.4-28.4 | 136 | 56.0 | 49.0-62.6 |
| College Graduate | 255 | 34 | 11.9 | 8.3-16.8 | 38 | 15.6 | 11.3-21.1 | 183 | 72.5 | 66.2-78.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 108 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 23.0 | 15.0-33.6 | 35 | 31.2 | 22.0-42.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 169 | 54 | 34.6 | 26.0-44.3 | 43 | 25.7 | 18.5-34.4 | 72 | 39.7 | 31.3-48.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 80 | 13 | 13.2 | 7.2-22.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 106 | 15 | 12.5 | 6.9-21.6 | 27 | 26.5 | 18.1-37.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 163 | 17 | 10.2 | 5.6-17.9 | 24 | 13.5 | 8.9-20.0 | 122 | 76.2 | 67.9-82.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 440 | 184 | 43.4 | 37.9-49.0 | 120 | 27.4 | 22.8-32.5 | 136 | 29.2 | 24.6-34.3 |
| No | 455 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 17.2 | 13.6-21.6 | 363 | 79.1 | 74.3-83.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 119 | 25 | 21.9 | 13.9-32.8 | 24 | 17.6 | 11.5-25.8 | 70 | 60.6 | 50.0-70.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 778 | 173 | 23.6 | 20.1-27.6 | 176 | 23.0 | 19.7-26.6 | 429 | 53.4 | 49.1-57.5 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Urban | 426 | 85 | 20.8 | 16.5-25.9 | 90 | 20.9 | 16.8-25.7 | 251 | 58.3 | 52.7-63.7 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 256 | 61 | 24.0 | 18.5-30.6 | 69 | 27.3 | 21.5-34.0 | 126 | 48.6 | 41.6-55.7 |
| Rural | 216 | 52 | 27.4 | 20.1-36.2 | 41 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.4 | 123 | 54.0 | 45.7-62.1 |
*This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
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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