BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	223	84	37.0	29.9-44.7	139	63.0	55.3-70.1
GENDER
Male	68	25	34.5	23.0-48.1	43	65.5	51.9-77.0
Female	155	59	38.7	30.2-47.9	96	61.3	52.1-69.8
RACE
White	185	63	34.0	26.4-42.4	122	66.0	57.6-73.6
Other	36	19	47.9	30.3-66.1	17	52.1	33.9-69.7
AGE
18-44	41	14	31.3	17.6-49.4	27	68.7	50.6-82.4
45+	181	70	39.0	31.1-47.5	111	61.0	52.5-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	54	42.3	32.1-53.2	65	57.7	46.8-67.9
Some College +	104	30	29.9	21.2-40.4	74	70.1	59.6-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	61	41.2	32.2-50.9	85	58.8	49.1-67.8
$50,000+	50	14	28.7	17.2-43.8	36	71.3	56.2-82.8

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	223	84	37.0	29.9-44.7	139	63.0	55.3-70.1
GENDER
Male	68	25	34.5	23.0-48.1	43	65.5	51.9-77.0
Female	155	59	38.7	30.2-47.9	96	61.3	52.1-69.8
RACE
White	185	63	34.0	26.4-42.4	122	66.0	57.6-73.6
Other	36	19	47.9	30.3-66.1	17	52.1	33.9-69.7
AGE
18-44	41	14	31.3	17.6-49.4	27	68.7	50.6-82.4
45+	181	70	39.0	31.1-47.5	111	61.0	52.5-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	119	54	42.3	32.1-53.2	65	57.7	46.8-67.9
Some College +	104	30	29.9	21.2-40.4	74	70.1	59.6-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	61	41.2	32.2-50.9	85	58.8	49.1-67.8
$50,000+	50	14	28.7	17.2-43.8	36	71.3	56.2-82.8