BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	511	244	42.8	37.5-48.3	267	57.2	51.7-62.5
GENDER
Male	180	76	38.4	30.1-47.5	104	61.6	52.5-69.9
Female	331	168	46.8	40.3-53.3	163	53.2	46.7-59.7
RACE
White	451	217	42.7	37.1-48.4	234	57.3	51.6-62.9
Other	60	27	43.8	28.3-60.7	33	56.2	39.3-71.7
AGE
18-44	178	62	32.9	25.0-42.0	116	67.1	58.0-75.0
45+	332	182	53.0	46.8-59.0	150	47.0	41.0-53.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	291	142	42.1	35.0-49.6	149	57.9	50.4-65.0
Some College +	218	100	43.3	35.6-51.4	118	56.7	48.6-64.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	319	170	48.9	42.0-55.8	149	51.1	44.2-58.0
$50,000+	120	37	27.0	19.2-36.5	83	73.0	63.5-80.8

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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: 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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	511	244	42.8	37.5-48.3	267	57.2	51.7-62.5
GENDER
Male	180	76	38.4	30.1-47.5	104	61.6	52.5-69.9
Female	331	168	46.8	40.3-53.3	163	53.2	46.7-59.7
RACE
White	451	217	42.7	37.1-48.4	234	57.3	51.6-62.9
Other	60	27	43.8	28.3-60.7	33	56.2	39.3-71.7
AGE
18-44	178	62	32.9	25.0-42.0	116	67.1	58.0-75.0
45+	332	182	53.0	46.8-59.0	150	47.0	41.0-53.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	291	142	42.1	35.0-49.6	149	57.9	50.4-65.0
Some College +	218	100	43.3	35.6-51.4	118	56.7	48.6-64.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	319	170	48.9	42.0-55.8	149	51.1	44.2-58.0
$50,000+	120	37	27.0	19.2-36.5	83	73.0	63.5-80.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?