BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	159	135	83.1	73.8-89.5	24	16.9	10.5-26.2
GENDER
Male	65	55	82.2	66.0-91.6	10	17.8	8.4-34.0
Female	94	80	84.1	74.2-90.7	14	15.9	9.3-25.8
RACE
White	132	113	82.8	71.8-90.1	19	17.2	9.9-28.2
Other	25	22	89.1	69.7-96.7	3	10.9	3.3-30.3
AGE
18-44	39	29	72.9	52.1-87.0	10	27.1	13.0-47.9
45+	120	106	89.1	81.7-93.7	14	10.9	6.3-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	68	78.6	63.0-88.8	13	21.4	11.2-37.0
Some College +	78	67	87.9	78.4-93.6	11	12.1	6.4-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	80	86.8	77.2-92.7	12	13.2	7.3-22.8
$50,000+	40	33	84.5	70.0-92.8	7	15.5	7.2-30.0

*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: Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	159	135	83.1	73.8-89.5	24	16.9	10.5-26.2
GENDER
Male	65	55	82.2	66.0-91.6	10	17.8	8.4-34.0
Female	94	80	84.1	74.2-90.7	14	15.9	9.3-25.8
RACE
White	132	113	82.8	71.8-90.1	19	17.2	9.9-28.2
Other	25	22	89.1	69.7-96.7	3	10.9	3.3-30.3
AGE
18-44	39	29	72.9	52.1-87.0	10	27.1	13.0-47.9
45+	120	106	89.1	81.7-93.7	14	10.9	6.3-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	68	78.6	63.0-88.8	13	21.4	11.2-37.0
Some College +	78	67	87.9	78.4-93.6	11	12.1	6.4-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	80	86.8	77.2-92.7	12	13.2	7.3-22.8
$50,000+	40	33	84.5	70.0-92.8	7	15.5	7.2-30.0