BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	178	136	76.1	67.5-82.9	42	23.9	17.1-32.5
GENDER
Male	56	46	82.7	68.7-91.2	10	17.3	8.8-31.3
Female	122	90	71.1	60.0-80.1	32	28.9	19.9-40.0
RACE
White	154	113	72.6	63.5-80.2	41	27.4	19.8-36.5
Other	24	23	91.7	58.1-98.9	1	8.3	1.1-41.9
AGE
18-44	42	26	65.8	47.2-80.5	16	34.2	19.5-52.8
45+	136	110	82.6	74.8-88.3	26	17.4	11.7-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	62	78.0	64.6-87.3	18	22.0	12.7-35.4
Some College +	98	74	74.6	62.8-83.6	24	25.4	16.4-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	84	72.9	61.3-82.1	30	27.1	17.9-38.7
$50,000+	37	33	89.2	73.4-96.1	4	10.8	3.9-26.6

*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: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County	178	136	76.1	67.5-82.9	42	23.9	17.1-32.5
GENDER
Male	56	46	82.7	68.7-91.2	10	17.3	8.8-31.3
Female	122	90	71.1	60.0-80.1	32	28.9	19.9-40.0
RACE
White	154	113	72.6	63.5-80.2	41	27.4	19.8-36.5
Other	24	23	91.7	58.1-98.9	1	8.3	1.1-41.9
AGE
18-44	42	26	65.8	47.2-80.5	16	34.2	19.5-52.8
45+	136	110	82.6	74.8-88.3	26	17.4	11.7-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	62	78.0	64.6-87.3	18	22.0	12.7-35.4
Some College +	98	74	74.6	62.8-83.6	24	25.4	16.4-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	84	72.9	61.3-82.1	30	27.1	17.9-38.7
$50,000+	37	33	89.2	73.4-96.1	4	10.8	3.9-26.6