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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 |
| -Western | 400 | 208 | 58.6 | 52.2-64.7 | 192 | 41.4 | 35.3-47.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 155 | 81 | 59.5 | 49.6-68.8 | 74 | 40.5 | 31.2-50.4 |
| Female | 245 | 127 | 58.0 | 49.6-65.9 | 118 | 42.0 | 34.1-50.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 366 | 191 | 59.1 | 52.4-65.4 | 175 | 40.9 | 34.6-47.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 20 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 10 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 19 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 105 | 62 | 67.1 | 56.0-76.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 122 | 75 | 67.4 | 56.8-76.5 | 47 | 32.6 | 23.5-43.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 225 | 156 | 72.2 | 64.2-79.0 | 69 | 27.8 | 21.0-35.8 |
| No | 174 | 51 | 38.9 | 29.3-49.4 | 123 | 61.1 | 50.6-70.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 335 | 173 | 57.9 | 50.8-64.7 | 162 | 42.1 | 35.3-49.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 68 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 332 | 176 | 58.5 | 51.3-65.3 | 156 | 41.5 | 34.7-48.7 |
*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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