BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	217	81	35.1	28.0-42.8	136	64.9	57.2-72.0
GENDER
Male	70	24	30.5	19.5-44.3	46	69.5	55.7-80.5
Female	147	57	38.1	29.8-47.2	90	61.9	52.8-70.2
RACE
White	206	74	33.6	26.5-41.5	132	66.4	58.5-73.5
Other	11	7	66.2	33.8-88.2	4	33.8	11.8-66.2
AGE
18-44	47	10	18.5	9.1-33.8	37	81.5	66.2-90.9
45+	170	71	42.1	34.1-50.6	99	57.9	49.4-65.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	41	35.5	26.5-45.7	72	64.5	54.3-73.5
Some College +	102	39	34.6	24.3-46.5	63	65.4	53.5-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	63	39.6	30.4-49.6	87	60.4	50.4-69.6
$50,000+	43	11	26.2	14.4-42.8	32	73.8	57.2-85.6

*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms 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

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	217	81	35.1	28.0-42.8	136	64.9	57.2-72.0
GENDER
Male	70	24	30.5	19.5-44.3	46	69.5	55.7-80.5
Female	147	57	38.1	29.8-47.2	90	61.9	52.8-70.2
RACE
White	206	74	33.6	26.5-41.5	132	66.4	58.5-73.5
Other	11	7	66.2	33.8-88.2	4	33.8	11.8-66.2
AGE
18-44	47	10	18.5	9.1-33.8	37	81.5	66.2-90.9
45+	170	71	42.1	34.1-50.6	99	57.9	49.4-65.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	41	35.5	26.5-45.7	72	64.5	54.3-73.5
Some College +	102	39	34.6	24.3-46.5	63	65.4	53.5-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	63	39.6	30.4-49.6	87	60.4	50.4-69.6
$50,000+	43	11	26.2	14.4-42.8	32	73.8	57.2-85.6