BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	179	143	80.6	73.1-86.4	36	19.4	13.6-26.9
GENDER
Male	56	42	81.2	68.5-89.6	14	18.8	10.4-31.5
Female	123	101	80.2	70.4-87.4	22	19.8	12.6-29.6
RACE
White	173	138	80.4	72.7-86.3	35	19.6	13.7-27.3
Other	6	5	91.2	53.8-98.9	1	8.8	1.1-46.2
AGE
18-44	40	24	64.2	44.5-80.0	16	35.8	20.0-55.5
45+	139	119	88.1	81.3-92.7	20	11.9	7.3-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	70	74.4	63.0-83.2	23	25.6	16.8-37.0
Some College +	84	71	86.0	75.8-92.4	13	14.0	7.6-24.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	99	82.6	73.4-89.2	23	17.4	10.8-26.6
$50,000+	39	28	74.4	57.5-86.2	11	25.6	13.8-42.5

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons that began more than 3 months ago.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Arthritis Burden

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	179	143	80.6	73.1-86.4	36	19.4	13.6-26.9
GENDER
Male	56	42	81.2	68.5-89.6	14	18.8	10.4-31.5
Female	123	101	80.2	70.4-87.4	22	19.8	12.6-29.6
RACE
White	173	138	80.4	72.7-86.3	35	19.6	13.7-27.3
Other	6	5	91.2	53.8-98.9	1	8.8	1.1-46.2
AGE
18-44	40	24	64.2	44.5-80.0	16	35.8	20.0-55.5
45+	139	119	88.1	81.3-92.7	20	11.9	7.3-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	70	74.4	63.0-83.2	23	25.6	16.8-37.0
Some College +	84	71	86.0	75.8-92.4	13	14.0	7.6-24.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	99	82.6	73.4-89.2	23	17.4	10.8-26.6
$50,000+	39	28	74.4	57.5-86.2	11	25.6	13.8-42.5