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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Arthritis

Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,863 2,938 72.3 69.9-74.6 925 27.7 25.4-30.1
-Eastern NC 1,412 1,088 73.7 69.5-77.5 324 26.3 22.5-30.5
GENDER
Male 451 336 71.6 64.0-78.1 115 28.4 21.9-36.0
Female 961 752 75.4 70.7-79.5 209 24.6 20.5-29.3
RACE
White 909 696 74.1 68.8-78.8 213 25.9 21.2-31.2
African American 405 325 72.9 65.1-79.6 80 27.1 20.4-34.9
Other Minorities 95 66 76.3 62.0-86.4 29 23.7 13.6-38.0
AGE
18-24 38 24 63.0 34.3-84.7 14 37.0 15.3-65.7
25-34 122 72 55.5 42.0-68.2 50 44.5 31.8-58.0
35-44 189 126 62.7 50.9-73.1 63 37.3 26.9-49.1
45-54 303 223 72.4 63.4-79.9 80 27.6 20.1-36.6
55-64 302 251 83.8 77.2-88.8 51 16.2 11.2-22.8
65-74 264 220 82.1 73.4-88.5 44 17.9 11.5-26.6
75+ 186 165 87.0 78.0-92.7 21 13.0 7.3-22.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 340 283 80.5 73.0-86.3 57 19.5 13.7-27.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 470 364 71.5 63.9-78.1 106 28.5 21.9-36.1
Some Post-H.S. 350 259 73.6 63.8-81.5 91 26.4 18.5-36.2
College Graduate 250 181 70.0 60.2-78.3 69 30.0 21.7-39.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 265 226 88.2 82.5-92.2 39 11.8 7.8-17.5
$15,000- 24,999 292 209 60.5 49.3-70.7 83 39.5 29.3-50.7
$25,000- 34,999 147 112 76.4 64.6-85.2 35 23.6 14.8-35.4
$35,000- 49,999 161 115 72.1 61.7-80.5 46 27.9 19.5-38.3
$50,000-74,999 125 95 78.3 63.5-88.2 30 21.7 11.8-36.5
$75,000+ 103 68 60.5 44.6-74.4 35 39.5 25.6-55.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 203 160 77.8 69.6-84.3 43 22.2 15.7-30.4
Guilford 179 136 74.9 66.5-81.7 43 25.1 18.3-33.5
Mecklenburg 159 123 74.9 66.2-82.0 36 25.1 18.0-33.8
Orange 150 106 70.6 61.0-78.7 44 29.4 21.3-39.0
Wake 134 96 69.3 59.6-77.6 38 30.7 22.4-40.4
Chatham/Lee 156 121 74.8 65.2-82.4 35 25.2 17.6-34.8
Nash/Wilson 172 134 77.8 69.7-84.2 38 22.2 15.8-30.3
Craven/Pamlico 204 170 80.4 71.9-86.9 34 19.6 13.1-28.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 185 145 78.2 69.9-84.7 40 21.8 15.3-30.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 199 149 75.7 68.2-81.9 50 24.3 18.1-31.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 190 139 61.9 50.0-72.6 51 38.1 27.4-50.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 184 141 55.8 34.7-74.9 43 44.2 25.1-65.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 199 142 69.3 60.8-76.6 57 30.7 23.4-39.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 186 152 79.0 71.1-85.1 34 21.0 14.9-28.9
Northeast NC I 189 139 74.2 66.1-80.9 50 25.8 19.1-33.9
Northeast NC II 217 177 77.3 69.3-83.7 40 22.7 16.3-30.7
Northeastern Partnership 406 316 76.2 70.4-81.1 90 23.8 18.9-29.6
Mountain AHEC 593 462 75.2 69.3-80.2 131 24.8 19.8-30.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 1,517 1,130 70.7 67.1-74.1 387 29.3 25.9-32.9
Western NC 934 720 75.1 70.5-79.2 214 24.9 20.8-29.5

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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 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.

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