BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Cabarrus County	183	159	86.6	79.3-91.6	24	13.4	8.4-20.7
GENDER
Male	72	65	90.9	81.1-95.9	7	9.1	4.1-18.9
Female	111	94	82.0	70.3-89.7	17	18.0	10.3-29.7
RACE
White	150	132	88.6	81.8-93.1	18	11.4	6.9-18.2
Other	31	25	77.8	52.3-91.8	6	22.2	8.2-47.7
AGE
18-44	50	39	80.0	64.4-89.9	11	20.0	10.1-35.6
45+	133	120	91.1	83.9-95.2	13	8.9	4.8-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	81	87.0	74.5-93.9	10	13.0	6.1-25.5
Some College +	92	78	86.2	76.9-92.2	14	13.8	7.8-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	92	88.7	77.3-94.7	12	11.3	5.3-22.7
$50,000+	48	40	82.8	68.3-91.5	8	17.2	8.5-31.7

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Cabarrus County	183	159	86.6	79.3-91.6	24	13.4	8.4-20.7
GENDER
Male	72	65	90.9	81.1-95.9	7	9.1	4.1-18.9
Female	111	94	82.0	70.3-89.7	17	18.0	10.3-29.7
RACE
White	150	132	88.6	81.8-93.1	18	11.4	6.9-18.2
Other	31	25	77.8	52.3-91.8	6	22.2	8.2-47.7
AGE
18-44	50	39	80.0	64.4-89.9	11	20.0	10.1-35.6
45+	133	120	91.1	83.9-95.2	13	8.9	4.8-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	81	87.0	74.5-93.9	10	13.0	6.1-25.5
Some College +	92	78	86.2	76.9-92.2	14	13.8	7.8-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	92	88.7	77.3-94.7	12	11.3	5.3-22.7
$50,000+	48	40	82.8	68.3-91.5	8	17.2	8.5-31.7