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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,548 1,264 81.5 78.4-84.3 284 18.5 15.7-21.6
RACE
White 1,199 995 82.7 79.2-85.7 204 17.3 14.3-20.8
African American 254 203 80.2 71.8-86.6 51 19.8 13.4-28.2
Asian 6 2 26.0 5.0-70.1 4 74.0 29.9-95.0
Native American 46 40 77.2 52.4-91.3 6 22.8 8.7-47.6
Other Minorities 37 22 63.6 41.1-81.4 15 36.4 18.6-58.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 40 28 80.0 62.7-90.5 12 20.0 9.5-37.3
-English Speaking 19 18 97.2 81.2-99.6 1 2.8 0.4-18.8
-Spanish Speaking 21 10 63.3 33.6-85.4 11 36.7 14.6-66.4
Non-Hispanic 1,507 1,236 81.7 78.5-84.4 271 18.3 15.6-21.5
AGE
18-24 70 42 69.5 52.2-82.6 28 30.5 17.4-47.8
25-34 178 117 67.2 56.8-76.1 61 32.8 23.9-43.2
35-44 276 206 75.6 68.0-81.9 70 24.4 18.1-32.0
45-54 334 277 86.9 81.2-91.1 57 13.1 8.9-18.8
55-64 306 267 89.2 84.1-92.8 39 10.8 7.2-15.9
65-74 229 210 92.0 85.6-95.7 19 8.0 4.3-14.4
75+ 147 139 95.4 88.0-98.3 8 4.6 1.7-12.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 299 268 90.7 84.9-94.4 31 9.3 5.6-15.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 462 373 82.9 77.8-87.0 89 17.1 13.0-22.2
Some Post-H.S. 361 291 79.5 71.6-85.6 70 20.5 14.4-28.4
College Graduate 420 327 76.7 70.2-82.0 93 23.3 18.0-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 177 160 92.1 85.7-95.8 17 7.9 4.2-14.3
$15,000- 24,999 291 233 82.8 76.1-87.9 58 17.2 12.1-23.9
$25,000- 34,999 157 125 83.0 73.7-89.5 32 17.0 10.5-26.3
$35,000- 49,999 228 188 79.5 70.9-86.0 40 20.5 14.0-29.1
$50,000-74,999 185 151 79.3 69.6-86.5 34 20.7 13.5-30.4
$75,000+ 208 165 79.7 68.9-87.5 43 20.3 12.5-31.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 83 72 80.9 67.5-89.7 11 19.1 10.3-32.5
Guilford 73 59 80.7 67.0-89.7 14 19.3 10.3-33.0
Mecklenburg 57 39 62.2 44.0-77.5 18 37.8 22.5-56.0
Orange 71 51 64.7 49.8-77.2 20 35.3 22.8-50.2
Wake 61 46 71.1 55.5-83.0 15 28.9 17.0-44.5
Chatham/Lee 66 50 68.3 51.7-81.3 16 31.7 18.7-48.3
Nash/Wilson 63 56 90.2 78.7-95.8 7 9.8 4.2-21.3
Craven/Pamlico 79 63 76.2 62.5-85.9 16 23.8 14.1-37.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 81 68 86.8 77.3-92.7 13 13.2 7.3-22.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 78 68 82.3 67.4-91.3 10 17.7 8.7-32.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 78 61 78.7 65.7-87.7 17 21.3 12.3-34.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 75 64 92.2 82.7-96.7 11 7.8 3.3-17.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 86 64 72.0 59.7-81.8 22 28.0 18.2-40.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 58 50 84.6 69.9-92.9 8 15.4 7.1-30.1
Northeast NC I 72 59 78.2 63.6-88.1 13 21.8 11.9-36.4
Northeast NC II 88 74 79.8 67.1-88.5 14 20.2 11.5-32.9
Northeastern Partnership 160 133 79.3 69.9-86.3 27 20.7 13.7-30.1
Mountain AHEC 235 200 81.0 72.7-87.3 35 19.0 12.7-27.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 546 451 82.7 77.2-87.0 95 17.3 13.0-22.8
Piedmont 635 498 80.1 75.4-84.1 137 19.9 15.9-24.6
Western NC 367 315 84.2 78.2-88.8 52 15.8 11.2-21.8

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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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