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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 |
| -Eastern | 712 | 167 | 24.5 | 20.9-28.5 | 183 | 27.2 | 23.3-31.4 | 362 | 48.4 | 43.9-52.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 249 | 56 | 24.1 | 18.2-31.1 | 52 | 23.3 | 17.1-30.8 | 141 | 52.7 | 45.1-60.1 |
| Female | 463 | 111 | 24.8 | 20.4-29.8 | 131 | 29.8 | 25.0-35.1 | 221 | 45.4 | 40.0-50.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 475 | 89 | 20.2 | 16.1-25.1 | 125 | 29.4 | 24.4-34.9 | 261 | 50.4 | 44.9-55.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 184 | 61 | 33.8 | 26.1-42.4 | 46 | 24.5 | 17.9-32.6 | 77 | 41.7 | 33.4-50.6 |
| Other | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 20 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 114 | 35 | 31.9 | 23.0-42.3 | 32 | 27.0 | 18.7-37.1 | 47 | 41.2 | 31.3-51.8 |
| 55-64 | 198 | 51 | 26.0 | 19.5-33.6 | 53 | 27.5 | 20.7-35.6 | 94 | 46.5 | 38.6-54.7 |
| 65-74 | 183 | 40 | 22.2 | 15.8-30.4 | 41 | 23.8 | 17.3-31.7 | 102 | 54.0 | 45.3-62.5 |
| 75+ | 136 | 24 | 20.6 | 12.8-31.4 | 34 | 27.3 | 18.9-37.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 112 | 41 | 31.2 | 22.3-41.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 238 | 52 | 22.9 | 17.3-29.6 | 63 | 26.8 | 20.7-34.0 | 123 | 50.3 | 43.0-57.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 214 | 53 | 25.2 | 19.0-32.7 | 53 | 26.3 | 19.9-34.0 | 108 | 48.4 | 40.6-56.3 |
| College Graduate | 148 | 21 | 15.3 | 9.4-24.0 | 35 | 25.1 | 17.9-34.0 | 92 | 59.6 | 50.1-68.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 145 | 43 | 34.0 | 25.2-44.1 | 40 | 26.6 | 18.8-36.2 | 62 | 39.4 | 30.4-49.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 17.0 | 9.3-29.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 106 | 15 | 15.9 | 9.3-25.7 | 20 | 17.6 | 11.2-26.6 | 71 | 66.5 | 55.9-75.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 397 | 150 | 38.8 | 33.2-44.7 | 120 | 30.3 | 25.0-36.1 | 127 | 30.9 | 25.7-36.7 |
| No | 312 | 16 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.3 | 62 | 22.9 | 17.4-29.5 | 234 | 72.3 | 65.6-78.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 124 | 29 | 26.9 | 18.2-37.7 | 30 | 23.5 | 16.0-33.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 588 | 138 | 24.0 | 20.1-28.3 | 153 | 28.0 | 23.6-32.8 | 297 | 48.0 | 43.2-53.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Urban | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 78 | 14 | 15.6 | 8.6-26.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 582 | 144 | 26.1 | 21.9-30.7 | 153 | 28.0 | 23.6-32.9 | 285 | 45.9 | 41.0-50.9 |
*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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