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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,008 2,544 82.6 80.3-84.6 464 17.4 15.4-19.7
GENDER
Male 1,091 906 82.6 78.9-85.8 185 17.4 14.2-21.1
Female 1,917 1,638 82.6 79.7-85.1 279 17.4 14.9-20.3
RACE
White 2,371 2,017 83.8 81.3-86.0 354 16.2 14.0-18.7
African American 446 369 78.2 71.7-83.5 77 21.8 16.5-28.3
Asian 21 14 67.1 39.5-86.4 7 32.9 13.6-60.5
Native American 96 83 90.1 80.5-95.3 13 9.9 4.7-19.5
Other Minorities 57 46 76.2 56.7-88.7 11 23.8 11.3-43.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 44 70.6 51.9-84.3 16 29.4 15.7-48.1
-English Speaking 33 29 91.5 74.3-97.6 4 8.5 2.4-25.7
-Spanish Speaking 27 15 54.6 30.6-76.6 12 45.4 23.4-69.4
Non-Hispanic 2,944 2,496 82.9 80.7-85.0 448 17.1 15.0-19.3
AGE
18-24 132 90 64.6 50.2-76.9 42 35.4 23.1-49.8
25-34 317 231 72.8 65.6-78.9 86 27.2 21.1-34.4
35-44 495 403 80.8 75.3-85.4 92 19.2 14.6-24.7
45-54 669 563 82.4 77.8-86.2 106 17.6 13.8-22.2
55-64 541 483 91.2 87.1-94.0 58 8.8 6.0-12.9
65-74 454 415 91.9 87.8-94.7 39 8.1 5.3-12.2
75+ 378 347 90.5 84.9-94.2 31 9.5 5.8-15.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 574 506 88.6 84.5-91.7 68 11.4 8.3-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 886 762 83.3 79.0-86.8 124 16.7 13.2-21.0
Some Post-H.S. 717 592 80.2 74.9-84.7 125 19.8 15.3-25.1
College Graduate 823 677 78.5 73.9-82.6 146 21.5 17.4-26.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 400 359 87.7 81.4-92.0 41 12.3 8.0-18.6
$15,000- 24,999 491 419 84.5 78.2-89.3 72 15.5 10.7-21.8
$25,000- 34,999 359 297 81.8 74.9-87.1 62 18.2 12.9-25.1
$35,000- 49,999 368 308 79.6 71.7-85.7 60 20.4 14.3-28.3
$50,000-74,999 320 261 80.6 73.1-86.3 59 19.4 13.7-26.9
$75,000+ 355 285 77.3 70.5-82.9 70 22.7 17.1-29.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 210 185 85.7 77.7-91.1 25 14.3 8.9-22.3
Forsyth 213 178 78.6 70.6-84.8 35 21.4 15.2-29.4
Guilford 181 157 85.9 78.3-91.1 24 14.1 8.9-21.7
Henderson/Transylvania 217 188 88.3 82.5-92.3 29 11.7 7.7-17.5
Mecklenburg 185 148 74.4 63.4-83.0 37 25.6 17.0-36.6
Orange 186 149 79.0 71.1-85.2 37 21.0 14.8-28.9
Pitt 167 142 87.1 80.3-91.8 25 12.9 8.2-19.7
Randolph 196 167 80.6 72.4-86.9 29 19.4 13.1-27.6
Robeson 210 178 81.0 72.4-87.4 32 19.0 12.6-27.6
Wake 164 128 77.0 68.8-83.5 36 23.0 16.5-31.2
Western NC 333 292 84.9 79.7-88.9 41 15.1 11.1-20.3
Piedmont NC 401 341 84.6 79.9-88.4 60 15.4 11.6-20.1
Eastern NC 345 291 82.4 76.8-86.8 54 17.6 13.2-23.2

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported having pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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