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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis-FEMALES

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 3,059 2,602 84.0 81.9-86.0 457 16.0 14.0-18.1
RACE
White 2,272 1,961 86.0 83.7-88.0 311 14.0 12.0-16.3
African American 640 523 78.6 72.8-83.4 117 21.4 16.6-27.2
Asian 7 3 18.6 3.4-59.6 4 81.4 40.4-96.6
Native American 86 74 80.0 57.5-92.2 12 20.0 7.8-42.5
Other Minorities 46 34 76.7 54.9-89.9 12 23.3 10.1-45.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 41 72.1 50.9-86.5 14 27.9 13.5-49.1
-English Speaking 38 29 75.6 54.4-89.0 9 24.4 11.0-45.6
-Spanish Speaking 17 12 69.8 38.0-89.7 5 30.2 10.3-62.0
Non-Hispanic 3,003 2,561 84.4 82.2-86.3 442 15.6 13.7-17.8
AGE
18-24 88 61 67.4 51.7-80.0 27 32.6 20.0-48.3
25-34 268 199 72.3 63.7-79.6 69 27.7 20.4-36.3
35-44 445 356 78.6 72.2-83.8 89 21.4 16.2-27.8
45-54 684 576 84.9 80.6-88.3 108 15.1 11.7-19.4
55-64 610 545 91.1 87.2-93.9 65 8.9 6.1-12.8
65-74 507 465 93.2 89.8-95.5 42 6.8 4.5-10.2
75+ 433 381 89.8 85.4-92.9 52 10.2 7.1-14.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 521 87.0 81.6-91.0 72 13.0 9.0-18.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 973 845 86.2 82.7-89.2 128 13.8 10.8-17.3
Some Post-H.S. 771 644 80.8 75.9-85.0 127 19.2 15.0-24.1
College Graduate 717 590 82.4 77.9-86.1 127 17.6 13.9-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 497 449 90.5 85.4-93.9 48 9.5 6.1-14.6
$15,000- 24,999 587 501 82.0 76.3-86.5 86 18.0 13.5-23.7
$25,000- 34,999 324 273 82.2 75.1-87.6 51 17.8 12.4-24.9
$35,000- 49,999 341 281 80.9 73.5-86.6 60 19.1 13.4-26.5
$50,000-74,999 275 234 84.1 76.2-89.7 41 15.9 10.3-23.8
$75,000+ 288 233 81.8 75.0-87.1 55 18.2 12.9-25.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 144 132 87.2 75.7-93.7 12 12.8 6.3-24.3
Guilford 142 120 86.6 79.6-91.5 22 13.4 8.5-20.4
Mecklenburg 148 120 75.5 66.0-83.1 28 24.5 16.9-34.0
Orange 125 99 77.9 66.0-86.5 26 22.1 13.5-34.0
Wake 112 88 78.8 69.2-86.1 24 21.2 13.9-30.8
Chatham/Lee 123 106 82.7 72.2-89.8 17 17.3 10.2-27.8
Nash/Wilson 126 116 88.8 79.3-94.2 10 11.2 5.8-20.7
Craven/Pamlico 167 141 80.5 69.6-88.1 26 19.5 11.9-30.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 143 117 83.8 76.1-89.3 26 16.2 10.7-23.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 149 131 88.6 81.9-93.0 18 11.4 7.0-18.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 155 129 79.8 69.1-87.5 26 20.2 12.5-30.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 140 120 84.4 76.3-90.1 20 15.6 9.9-23.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 158 135 83.7 75.9-89.3 23 16.3 10.7-24.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 166 137 79.0 70.3-85.7 29 21.0 14.3-29.7
Northeast NC I 163 130 78.3 69.7-84.9 33 21.7 15.1-30.3
Northeast NC II 173 143 81.6 73.6-87.6 30 18.4 12.4-26.4
Northeastern Partnership 336 273 80.4 74.6-85.1 63 19.6 14.9-25.4
Mountain AHEC 443 394 88.7 83.9-92.2 49 11.3 7.8-16.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,140 962 84.7 81.4-87.6 178 15.3 12.4-18.6
Piedmont 1,221 1,020 82.1 78.6-85.1 201 17.9 14.9-21.4
Western NC 698 620 89.4 85.6-92.2 78 10.6 7.8-14.4

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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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