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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,863 2,938 72.3 69.9-74.6 925 27.7 25.4-30.1
GENDER
Male 1,264 909 67.0 62.7-71.1 355 33.0 28.9-37.3
Female 2,599 2,029 76.5 73.9-78.9 570 23.5 21.1-26.1
RACE
White 2,953 2,224 72.0 69.3-74.6 729 28.0 25.4-30.7
African American 726 581 75.2 69.6-80.0 145 24.8 20.0-30.4
Asian 5 3 55.8 13.8-90.8 2 44.2 9.2-86.2
Native American 114 84 72.2 57.7-83.2 30 27.8 16.8-42.3
Other Minorities 56 39 64.6 43.1-81.4 17 35.4 18.6-56.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 47 62.2 41.6-79.1 22 37.8 20.9-58.4
-English Speaking 47 32 68.6 44.4-85.7 15 31.4 14.3-55.6
-Spanish Speaking 22 15 55.9 26.4-81.8 7 44.1 18.2-73.6
Non-Hispanic 3,794 2,891 72.6 70.2-74.8 903 27.4 25.2-29.8
AGE
18-24 103 58 58.0 42.1-72.4 45 42.0 27.6-57.9
25-34 316 185 54.2 45.8-62.5 131 45.8 37.5-54.2
35-44 561 367 60.0 53.7-66.0 194 40.0 34.0-46.3
45-54 853 629 74.7 70.0-78.9 224 25.3 21.1-30.0
55-64 812 662 81.1 76.6-84.9 150 18.9 15.1-23.4
65-74 674 565 81.5 76.6-85.5 109 18.5 14.5-23.4
75+ 519 454 84.7 79.3-88.9 65 15.3 11.1-20.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 789 641 75.5 70.0-80.3 148 24.5 19.7-30.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,218 920 70.2 65.7-74.2 298 29.8 25.8-34.3
Some Post-H.S. 933 702 72.7 67.4-77.4 231 27.3 22.6-32.6
College Graduate 916 670 72.2 67.6-76.3 246 27.8 23.7-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 609 510 83.2 77.4-87.7 99 16.8 12.3-22.6
$15,000- 24,999 734 529 64.3 57.7-70.3 205 35.7 29.7-42.3
$25,000- 34,999 398 300 68.8 60.8-75.8 98 31.2 24.2-39.2
$35,000- 49,999 469 334 69.2 62.6-75.0 135 30.8 25.0-37.4
$50,000-74,999 384 289 75.7 68.5-81.6 95 24.3 18.4-31.5
$75,000+ 397 275 66.3 59.1-72.8 122 33.7 27.2-40.9
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***
Eastern NC 1,412 1,088 73.7 69.5-77.5 324 26.3 22.5-30.5
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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