BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	177	132	68.2	58.2-76.8	45	31.8	23.2-41.8
GENDER
Male	73	51	60.4	45.3-73.8	22	39.6	26.2-54.7
Female	104	81	75.9	63.4-85.1	23	24.1	14.9-36.6
RACE
White	164	126	71.1	60.4-79.8	38	28.9	20.2-39.6
Other	13	6	34.7	13.5-64.3	7	65.3	35.7-86.5
AGE
18-44	37	22	48.4	30.0-67.2	15	51.6	32.8-70.0
45+	138	108	77.6	68.6-84.7	30	22.4	15.3-31.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	75	67.1	54.8-77.4	27	32.9	22.6-45.2
Some College +	75	57	69.7	52.2-82.9	18	30.3	17.1-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	83	69.5	56.3-80.1	29	30.5	19.9-43.7
$50,000+	36	28	68.6	46.3-84.7	8	31.4	15.3-53.7

*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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	177	132	68.2	58.2-76.8	45	31.8	23.2-41.8
GENDER
Male	73	51	60.4	45.3-73.8	22	39.6	26.2-54.7
Female	104	81	75.9	63.4-85.1	23	24.1	14.9-36.6
RACE
White	164	126	71.1	60.4-79.8	38	28.9	20.2-39.6
Other	13	6	34.7	13.5-64.3	7	65.3	35.7-86.5
AGE
18-44	37	22	48.4	30.0-67.2	15	51.6	32.8-70.0
45+	138	108	77.6	68.6-84.7	30	22.4	15.3-31.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	75	67.1	54.8-77.4	27	32.9	22.6-45.2
Some College +	75	57	69.7	52.2-82.9	18	30.3	17.1-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	83	69.5	56.3-80.1	29	30.5	19.9-43.7
$50,000+	36	28	68.6	46.3-84.7	8	31.4	15.3-53.7