BRFSS 2003 - Buncombe County: (In this next question we are referring to work for pay.Do arthritis or joint symptoms now affect whether you work, the type of work you do or the amount of work you do?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,430	1,060	28.5	26.2-31.0	2,370	71.5	69.0-73.8
-Buncombe County	153	53	34.9	26.8-44.0	100	65.1	56.0-73.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	153	53	34.9	26.8-44.0	100	65.1	56.0-73.2
Guilford	153	33	20.4	13.9-28.9	120	79.6	71.1-86.1
Mecklenburg	155	28	15.9	10.6-23.2	127	84.1	76.8-89.4
Orange	154	29	17.2	11.4-24.9	125	82.8	75.1-88.6
Wake	145	33	29.1	20.1-40.0	112	70.9	60.0-79.9
Chatham/Lee	138	33	20.1	13.5-28.9	105	79.9	71.1-86.5
Nash/Wilson	142	47	28.0	20.6-36.8	95	72.0	63.2-79.4
Craven/Pamlico	170	46	24.4	18.0-32.3	124	75.6	67.7-82.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	169	51	27.7	20.4-36.3	118	72.3	63.7-79.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	173	57	29.4	22.3-37.6	116	70.6	62.4-77.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	186	66	29.8	22.4-38.3	120	70.2	61.7-77.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	161	54	24.3	15.1-36.6	107	75.7	63.4-84.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	189	82	43.8	35.9-52.0	107	56.2	48.0-64.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	160	61	33.9	26.3-42.5	99	66.1	57.5-73.7
Northeast NC I	173	59	37.0	29.0-45.8	114	63.0	54.2-71.0
Northeast NC II	186	74	38.1	30.5-46.4	112	61.9	53.6-69.5
Northeastern Partnership	359	133	37.7	32.0-43.8	226	62.3	56.2-68.0
Mountain AHEC	471	159	33.3	27.6-39.4	312	66.7	60.6-72.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,230	431	31.8	27.6-36.3	799	68.2	63.7-72.4
Piedmont	1,424	365	24.9	21.8-28.3	1,059	75.1	71.7-78.2
Western NC	776	264	35.2	30.2-40.6	512	64.8	59.4-69.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Buncombe County. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

Back to Arthritis.

*This question was asked of respondents (18-64 yrs.) who reported joint symptoms beginning 3 months ago, or being told by a doctor that they have arthritis

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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.

	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,430	1,060	28.5	26.2-31.0	2,370	71.5	69.0-73.8
-Buncombe County	153	53	34.9	26.8-44.0	100	65.1	56.0-73.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	153	53	34.9	26.8-44.0	100	65.1	56.0-73.2
Guilford	153	33	20.4	13.9-28.9	120	79.6	71.1-86.1
Mecklenburg	155	28	15.9	10.6-23.2	127	84.1	76.8-89.4
Orange	154	29	17.2	11.4-24.9	125	82.8	75.1-88.6
Wake	145	33	29.1	20.1-40.0	112	70.9	60.0-79.9
Chatham/Lee	138	33	20.1	13.5-28.9	105	79.9	71.1-86.5
Nash/Wilson	142	47	28.0	20.6-36.8	95	72.0	63.2-79.4
Craven/Pamlico	170	46	24.4	18.0-32.3	124	75.6	67.7-82.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	169	51	27.7	20.4-36.3	118	72.3	63.7-79.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	173	57	29.4	22.3-37.6	116	70.6	62.4-77.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	186	66	29.8	22.4-38.3	120	70.2	61.7-77.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	161	54	24.3	15.1-36.6	107	75.7	63.4-84.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	189	82	43.8	35.9-52.0	107	56.2	48.0-64.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	160	61	33.9	26.3-42.5	99	66.1	57.5-73.7
Northeast NC I	173	59	37.0	29.0-45.8	114	63.0	54.2-71.0
Northeast NC II	186	74	38.1	30.5-46.4	112	61.9	53.6-69.5
Northeastern Partnership	359	133	37.7	32.0-43.8	226	62.3	56.2-68.0
Mountain AHEC	471	159	33.3	27.6-39.4	312	66.7	60.6-72.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,230	431	31.8	27.6-36.3	799	68.2	63.7-72.4
Piedmont	1,424	365	24.9	21.8-28.3	1,059	75.1	71.7-78.2
Western NC	776	264	35.2	30.2-40.6	512	64.8	59.4-69.8

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Buncombe County

Arthritis

In this next question we are referring to work for pay.Do arthritis or joint symptoms now affect whether you work, the type of work you do or the amount of work you do?*