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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -Western | 399 | 146 | 42.0 | 35.4-48.8 | 253 | 58.0 | 51.2-64.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 155 | 60 | 43.0 | 33.2-53.4 | 95 | 57.0 | 46.6-66.8 |
| Female | 244 | 86 | 41.2 | 32.7-50.3 | 158 | 58.8 | 49.7-67.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 365 | 131 | 42.0 | 35.1-49.1 | 234 | 58.0 | 50.9-64.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 20 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 10 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 18 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 106 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 122 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 112 | 39 | 32.8 | 23.6-43.5 | 73 | 67.2 | 56.5-76.4 |
| College Graduate | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 36 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 223 | 107 | 52.2 | 43.4-60.9 | 116 | 47.8 | 39.1-56.6 |
| No | 175 | 39 | 27.6 | 18.9-38.5 | 136 | 72.4 | 61.5-81.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 334 | 128 | 44.3 | 37.0-51.8 | 206 | 55.7 | 48.2-63.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 330 | 125 | 41.9 | 34.6-49.6 | 205 | 58.1 | 50.4-65.4 |
*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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