BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	206	68	31.1	24.2-38.9	138	68.9	61.1-75.8
GENDER
Male	53	13	17.4	9.5-29.6	40	82.6	70.4-90.5
Female	153	55	36.7	28.2-46.3	98	63.3	53.7-71.8
RACE
White	169	54	30.8	23.3-39.4	115	69.2	60.6-76.7
Other	37	14	32.3	17.9-51.0	23	67.7	49.0-82.1
AGE
18-44	47	9	16.7	8.0-31.8	38	83.3	68.2-92.0
45+	158	59	37.9	29.4-47.3	99	62.1	52.7-70.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	36	34.5	24.4-46.2	69	65.5	53.8-75.6
Some College +	100	32	28.2	19.5-38.9	68	71.8	61.1-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	43	32.9	24.0-43.3	83	67.1	56.7-76.0
$50,000+	43	11	21.2	11.3-36.3	32	78.8	63.7-88.7

*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: Alamance County

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
-Alamance County	206	68	31.1	24.2-38.9	138	68.9	61.1-75.8
GENDER
Male	53	13	17.4	9.5-29.6	40	82.6	70.4-90.5
Female	153	55	36.7	28.2-46.3	98	63.3	53.7-71.8
RACE
White	169	54	30.8	23.3-39.4	115	69.2	60.6-76.7
Other	37	14	32.3	17.9-51.0	23	67.7	49.0-82.1
AGE
18-44	47	9	16.7	8.0-31.8	38	83.3	68.2-92.0
45+	158	59	37.9	29.4-47.3	99	62.1	52.7-70.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	36	34.5	24.4-46.2	69	65.5	53.8-75.6
Some College +	100	32	28.2	19.5-38.9	68	71.8	61.1-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	43	32.9	24.0-43.3	83	67.1	56.7-76.0
$50,000+	43	11	21.2	11.3-36.3	32	78.8	63.7-88.7