BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	226	86	34.8	27.9-42.5	140	65.2	57.5-72.1
GENDER
Male	70	26	36.6	24.3-50.9	44	63.4	49.1-75.7
Female	156	60	33.6	26.0-42.1	96	66.4	57.9-74.0
RACE
White	196	72	34.8	27.7-42.6	124	65.2	57.4-72.3
Other	30	14	35.1	16.4-59.9	16	64.9	40.1-83.6
AGE
18-44	50	13	20.3	10.9-34.5	37	79.7	65.5-89.1
45+	175	72	42.4	34.4-50.8	103	57.6	49.2-65.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	94	42	37.5	26.1-50.5	52	62.5	49.5-73.9
Some College +	131	43	32.8	24.3-42.6	88	67.2	57.4-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	57	36.6	27.1-47.2	76	63.4	52.8-72.9
$50,000+	57	13	26.5	15.8-41.0	44	73.5	59.0-84.2

*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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	226	86	34.8	27.9-42.5	140	65.2	57.5-72.1
GENDER
Male	70	26	36.6	24.3-50.9	44	63.4	49.1-75.7
Female	156	60	33.6	26.0-42.1	96	66.4	57.9-74.0
RACE
White	196	72	34.8	27.7-42.6	124	65.2	57.4-72.3
Other	30	14	35.1	16.4-59.9	16	64.9	40.1-83.6
AGE
18-44	50	13	20.3	10.9-34.5	37	79.7	65.5-89.1
45+	175	72	42.4	34.4-50.8	103	57.6	49.2-65.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	94	42	37.5	26.1-50.5	52	62.5	49.5-73.9
Some College +	131	43	32.8	24.3-42.6	88	67.2	57.4-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	57	36.6	27.1-47.2	76	63.4	52.8-72.9
$50,000+	57	13	26.5	15.8-41.0	44	73.5	59.0-84.2