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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--WHITE Respondents Only

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 2,371 2,017 83.8 81.3-86.0 354 16.2 14.0-18.7
GENDER
Male 870 728 83.2 79.0-86.8 142 16.8 13.2-21.0
Female 1,501 1,289 84.2 81.3-86.8 212 15.8 13.2-18.7
AGE
18-24 94 62 64.6 47.3-78.7 32 35.4 21.3-52.7
25-34 227 172 78.3 70.6-84.4 55 21.7 15.6-29.4
35-44 366 301 82.2 76.0-87.0 65 17.8 13.0-24.0
45-54 530 443 81.8 76.4-86.1 87 18.2 13.9-23.6
55-64 436 385 91.0 86.4-94.2 51 9.0 5.8-13.6
65-74 381 349 92.5 88.3-95.3 32 7.5 4.7-11.7
75+ 323 297 90.3 83.9-94.4 26 9.7 5.6-16.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 400 356 90.5 86.1-93.7 44 9.5 6.3-13.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 701 605 84.5 79.8-88.2 96 15.5 11.8-20.2
Some Post-H.S. 564 468 81.6 75.7-86.4 96 18.4 13.6-24.3
College Graduate 700 583 79.5 74.5-83.8 117 20.5 16.2-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 266 236 87.7 81.0-92.3 30 12.3 7.7-19.0
$15,000- 24,999 348 304 90.8 86.0-94.1 44 9.2 5.9-14.0
$25,000- 34,999 276 233 84.6 76.7-90.2 43 15.4 9.8-23.3
$35,000- 49,999 310 259 78.0 68.9-85.0 51 22.0 15.0-31.1
$50,000-74,999 283 232 81.5 73.5-87.4 51 18.5 12.6-26.5
$75,000+ 319 257 77.2 70.0-83.2 62 22.8 16.8-30.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 184 162 84.9 75.9-90.9 22 15.1 9.1-24.1
Forsyth 167 140 80.0 71.1-86.6 27 20.0 13.4-28.9
Guilford 135 120 88.0 79.3-93.4 15 12.0 6.6-20.7
Henderson/Transylvania 206 177 86.7 80.4-91.1 29 13.3 8.9-19.6
Mecklenburg 117 95 72.9 56.7-84.6 22 27.1 15.4-43.3
Orange 162 129 78.1 69.4-84.9 33 21.9 15.1-30.6
Pitt 121 101 85.3 76.6-91.2 20 14.7 8.8-23.4
Randolph 187 159 80.9 72.4-87.2 28 19.1 12.8-27.6
Robeson 80 68 83.1 71.3-90.7 12 16.9 9.3-28.7
Wake 123 98 76.5 66.6-84.1 25 23.5 15.9-33.4
Western NC 312 274 85.3 80.1-89.4 38 14.7 10.6-19.9
Piedmont NC 340 292 86.0 81.1-89.9 48 14.0 10.1-18.9
Eastern NC 237 202 84.4 78.2-89.1 35 15.6 10.9-21.8

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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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