BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	175	136	74.5	65.8-81.7	39	25.5	18.3-34.2
GENDER
Male	53	41	71.3	54.9-83.5	12	28.7	16.5-45.1
Female	122	95	76.8	66.7-84.6	27	23.2	15.4-33.3
RACE
White	142	108	72.8	62.8-80.9	34	27.2	19.1-37.2
Other	31	27	86.1	64.9-95.4	4	13.9	4.6-35.1
AGE
18-44	32	20	65.4	44.8-81.5	12	34.6	18.5-55.2
45+	142	115	77.4	67.6-84.9	27	22.6	15.1-32.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	94	73	72.9	60.2-82.7	21	27.1	17.3-39.8
Some College +	81	63	76.7	64.3-85.8	18	23.3	14.2-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	92	76.6	65.9-84.7	25	23.4	15.3-34.1
$50,000+	40	31	70.6	50.9-84.7	9	29.4	15.3-49.1

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Arthritis Burden

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	175	136	74.5	65.8-81.7	39	25.5	18.3-34.2
GENDER
Male	53	41	71.3	54.9-83.5	12	28.7	16.5-45.1
Female	122	95	76.8	66.7-84.6	27	23.2	15.4-33.3
RACE
White	142	108	72.8	62.8-80.9	34	27.2	19.1-37.2
Other	31	27	86.1	64.9-95.4	4	13.9	4.6-35.1
AGE
18-44	32	20	65.4	44.8-81.5	12	34.6	18.5-55.2
45+	142	115	77.4	67.6-84.9	27	22.6	15.1-32.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	94	73	72.9	60.2-82.7	21	27.1	17.3-39.8
Some College +	81	63	76.7	64.3-85.8	18	23.3	14.2-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	92	76.6	65.9-84.7	25	23.4	15.3-34.1
$50,000+	40	31	70.6	50.9-84.7	9	29.4	15.3-49.1