BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	274	114	37.1	30.6-44.1	160	62.9	55.9-69.4
GENDER
Male	81	29	30.5	20.2-43.3	52	69.5	56.7-79.8
Female	193	85	41.4	33.8-49.4	108	58.6	50.6-66.2
RACE
White	243	102	37.8	30.9-45.3	141	62.2	54.7-69.1
Other	31	12	31.9	15.9-53.8	19	68.1	46.2-84.1
AGE
18-44	57	23	34.8	22.1-50.1	34	65.2	49.9-77.9
45+	217	91	38.2	31.3-45.6	126	61.8	54.4-68.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	82	44.2	34.9-53.8	82	55.8	46.2-65.1
Some College +	108	30	24.9	17.0-34.8	78	75.1	65.2-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	193	80	38.7	31.1-47.0	113	61.3	53.0-68.9
$50,000+	40	12	31.1	17.4-49.0	28	68.9	51.0-82.6

*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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	274	114	37.1	30.6-44.1	160	62.9	55.9-69.4
GENDER
Male	81	29	30.5	20.2-43.3	52	69.5	56.7-79.8
Female	193	85	41.4	33.8-49.4	108	58.6	50.6-66.2
RACE
White	243	102	37.8	30.9-45.3	141	62.2	54.7-69.1
Other	31	12	31.9	15.9-53.8	19	68.1	46.2-84.1
AGE
18-44	57	23	34.8	22.1-50.1	34	65.2	49.9-77.9
45+	217	91	38.2	31.3-45.6	126	61.8	54.4-68.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	82	44.2	34.9-53.8	82	55.8	46.2-65.1
Some College +	108	30	24.9	17.0-34.8	78	75.1	65.2-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	193	80	38.7	31.1-47.0	113	61.3	53.0-68.9
$50,000+	40	12	31.1	17.4-49.0	28	68.9	51.0-82.6