BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	461	204	36.7	31.5-42.3	257	63.3	57.7-68.5
GENDER
Male	147	50	25.6	18.2-34.8	97	74.4	65.2-81.8
Female	314	154	45.0	38.7-51.6	160	55.0	48.4-61.3
RACE
White	347	162	40.3	34.2-46.8	185	59.7	53.2-65.8
Other	111	42	29.1	20.2-40.0	69	70.9	60.0-79.8
AGE
18-44	176	58	25.8	19.2-33.8	118	74.2	66.2-80.8
45+	283	145	49.9	43.1-56.7	138	50.1	43.3-56.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	101	35.4	27.9-43.6	121	64.6	56.4-72.1
Some College +	236	102	38.1	30.9-45.8	134	61.9	54.2-69.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	125	36.6	29.9-43.8	140	63.4	56.2-70.1
$50,000+	116	48	39.6	29.4-50.9	68	60.4	49.1-70.6

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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
-Alamance County	461	204	36.7	31.5-42.3	257	63.3	57.7-68.5
GENDER
Male	147	50	25.6	18.2-34.8	97	74.4	65.2-81.8
Female	314	154	45.0	38.7-51.6	160	55.0	48.4-61.3
RACE
White	347	162	40.3	34.2-46.8	185	59.7	53.2-65.8
Other	111	42	29.1	20.2-40.0	69	70.9	60.0-79.8
AGE
18-44	176	58	25.8	19.2-33.8	118	74.2	66.2-80.8
45+	283	145	49.9	43.1-56.7	138	50.1	43.3-56.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	101	35.4	27.9-43.6	121	64.6	56.4-72.1
Some College +	236	102	38.1	30.9-45.8	134	61.9	54.2-69.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	125	36.6	29.9-43.8	140	63.4	56.2-70.1
$50,000+	116	48	39.6	29.4-50.9	68	60.4	49.1-70.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Arthritis Burden

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