BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	222	75	30.0	23.4-37.5	147	70.0	62.5-76.6
GENDER
Male	88	25	26.2	16.9-38.1	63	73.8	61.9-83.1
Female	134	50	33.5	24.9-43.4	84	66.5	56.6-75.1
RACE
White	205	69	29.4	22.6-37.2	136	70.6	62.8-77.4
Other	17	6	36.8	15.6-64.9	11	63.2	35.1-84.4
AGE
18-44	48	8	12.7	5.7-25.8	40	87.3	74.2-94.3
45+	172	67	39.2	31.0-48.0	105	60.8	52.0-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	46	31.1	22.6-41.2	82	68.9	58.8-77.4
Some College +	94	29	28.5	19.0-40.2	65	71.5	59.8-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	139	49	36.0	26.8-46.3	90	64.0	53.7-73.2
$50,000+	43	10	18.4	9.3-33.0	33	81.6	67.0-90.7

*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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	222	75	30.0	23.4-37.5	147	70.0	62.5-76.6
GENDER
Male	88	25	26.2	16.9-38.1	63	73.8	61.9-83.1
Female	134	50	33.5	24.9-43.4	84	66.5	56.6-75.1
RACE
White	205	69	29.4	22.6-37.2	136	70.6	62.8-77.4
Other	17	6	36.8	15.6-64.9	11	63.2	35.1-84.4
AGE
18-44	48	8	12.7	5.7-25.8	40	87.3	74.2-94.3
45+	172	67	39.2	31.0-48.0	105	60.8	52.0-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	46	31.1	22.6-41.2	82	68.9	58.8-77.4
Some College +	94	29	28.5	19.0-40.2	65	71.5	59.8-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	139	49	36.0	26.8-46.3	90	64.0	53.7-73.2
$50,000+	43	10	18.4	9.3-33.0	33	81.6	67.0-90.7