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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis-FEMALES

The next questions refer to your joints. During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,961 3,076 47.0 45.1-49.0 2,885 53.0 51.0-54.9
RACE
White 4,350 2,286 48.7 46.4-50.9 2,064 51.3 49.1-53.6
African American 1,261 643 46.7 42.5-50.9 618 53.3 49.1-57.5
Asian 24 7 17.7 5.2-45.8 17 82.3 54.2-94.8
Native American 146 86 57.8 43.8-70.6 60 42.2 29.4-56.2
Other Minorities 161 46 25.8 17.3-36.6 115 74.2 63.4-82.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 55 27.5 18.5-39.0 111 72.5 61.0-81.5
-English Speaking 82 38 34.9 21.5-51.3 44 65.1 48.7-78.5
-Spanish Speaking 84 17 24.2 13.4-39.8 67 75.8 60.2-86.6
Non-Hispanic 5,788 3,020 48.0 46.1-50.0 2,768 52.0 50.0-53.9
AGE
18-24 364 88 23.4 17.6-30.5 276 76.6 69.5-82.4
25-34 881 269 28.3 24.2-32.7 612 71.7 67.3-75.8
35-44 1,095 448 39.2 35.1-43.5 647 60.8 56.5-64.9
45-54 1,157 685 58.4 54.1-62.5 472 41.6 37.5-45.9
55-64 949 610 66.8 62.3-71.0 339 33.2 29.0-37.7
65-74 810 511 60.2 55.1-65.1 299 39.8 34.9-44.9
75+ 657 440 65.4 59.8-70.6 217 34.6 29.4-40.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 990 599 56.5 51.3-61.6 391 43.5 38.4-48.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,799 976 49.0 45.4-52.6 823 51.0 47.4-54.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,538 776 47.4 43.6-51.3 762 52.6 48.7-56.4
College Graduate 1,617 720 38.8 35.5-42.2 897 61.2 57.8-64.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 802 501 59.1 53.7-64.3 301 40.9 35.7-46.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 590 49.2 44.5-53.9 525 50.8 46.1-55.5
$25,000- 34,999 672 326 45.6 39.7-51.7 346 54.4 48.3-60.3
$35,000- 49,999 716 341 43.0 37.7-48.5 375 57.0 51.5-62.3
$50,000-74,999 575 277 43.8 38.3-49.6 298 56.2 50.4-61.7
$75,000+ 653 288 43.8 38.7-49.1 365 56.2 50.9-61.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 146 51.2 44.4-57.9 128 48.8 42.1-55.6
Guilford 280 143 50.0 43.1-56.9 137 50.0 43.1-56.9
Mecklenburg 280 149 52.3 45.7-58.8 131 47.7 41.2-54.3
Orange 282 125 36.3 28.2-45.3 157 63.7 54.7-71.8
Wake 277 112 37.7 31.4-44.5 165 62.3 55.5-68.6
Chatham/Lee 248 123 46.2 39.1-53.6 125 53.8 46.4-60.9
Nash/Wilson 240 126 49.6 42.5-56.7 114 50.4 43.3-57.5
Craven/Pamlico 285 168 56.3 49.5-63.0 117 43.7 37.0-50.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 145 47.4 40.5-54.3 131 52.6 45.7-59.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 149 45.3 37.1-53.7 138 54.7 46.3-62.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 155 48.4 41.2-55.7 146 51.6 44.3-58.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 140 49.7 42.6-56.8 123 50.3 43.2-57.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 158 46.4 40.2-52.8 138 53.6 47.2-59.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 291 169 55.1 48.5-61.5 122 44.9 38.5-51.5
Northeast NC I 317 164 50.6 44.3-56.9 153 49.4 43.1-55.7
Northeast NC II 326 174 51.3 45.1-57.4 152 48.7 42.6-54.9
Northeastern Partnership 643 338 51.0 46.5-55.5 305 49.0 44.5-53.5
Mountain AHEC 813 446 55.1 50.5-59.7 367 44.9 40.3-49.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,144 1,146 47.4 44.0-50.8 998 52.6 49.2-56.0
Piedmont 2,519 1,227 45.5 42.8-48.3 1,292 54.5 51.7-57.2
Western NC 1,298 703 52.4 48.3-56.4 595 47.6 43.6-51.7

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^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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