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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,010 | 1,081 | 55.6 | 52.9-58.3 | 929 | 44.4 | 41.7-47.1 |
-Piedmont | 896 | 466 | 52.9 | 49.0-56.7 | 430 | 47.1 | 43.3-51.0 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 316 | 145 | 46.0 | 39.6-52.5 | 171 | 54.0 | 47.5-60.4 |
Female | 580 | 321 | 57.9 | 53.2-62.5 | 259 | 42.1 | 37.5-46.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 661 | 342 | 53.2 | 48.7-57.6 | 319 | 46.8 | 42.4-51.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 185 | 97 | 51.8 | 43.1-60.3 | 88 | 48.2 | 39.7-56.9 |
Other | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 141 | 86 | 62.8 | 53.7-71.1 | 55 | 37.2 | 28.9-46.3 |
55-64 | 241 | 133 | 54.9 | 47.5-62.1 | 108 | 45.1 | 37.9-52.5 |
65-74 | 237 | 114 | 49.3 | 41.6-57.1 | 123 | 50.7 | 42.9-58.4 |
75+ | 177 | 86 | 51.1 | 42.6-59.6 | 91 | 48.9 | 40.4-57.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 112 | 73 | 67.9 | 57.8-76.5 | 39 | 32.1 | 23.5-42.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 264 | 136 | 51.6 | 44.5-58.5 | 128 | 48.4 | 41.5-55.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 263 | 148 | 52.5 | 45.5-59.4 | 115 | 47.5 | 40.6-54.5 |
College Graduate | 252 | 107 | 41.6 | 35.2-48.3 | 145 | 58.4 | 51.7-64.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 108 | 79 | 72.9 | 62.2-81.5 | 29 | 27.1 | 18.5-37.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 167 | 107 | 66.2 | 57.1-74.3 | 60 | 33.8 | 25.7-42.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 79 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 106 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 163 | 63 | 38.6 | 30.3-47.5 | 100 | 61.4 | 52.5-69.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 441 | 350 | 79.5 | 74.7-83.6 | 91 | 20.5 | 16.4-25.3 |
No | 452 | 113 | 26.4 | 21.7-31.6 | 339 | 73.6 | 68.4-78.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 119 | 57 | 48.5 | 38.3-58.8 | 62 | 51.5 | 41.2-61.7 |
Non-Veteran | 776 | 408 | 53.5 | 49.3-57.6 | 368 | 46.5 | 42.4-50.7 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 426 | 211 | 49.7 | 44.1-55.2 | 215 | 50.3 | 44.8-55.9 |
Regional City or Suburban | 255 | 149 | 57.9 | 50.8-64.7 | 106 | 42.1 | 35.3-49.2 |
Rural | 215 | 106 | 52.9 | 44.8-61.0 | 109 | 47.1 | 39.0-55.2 |
*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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