BRFSS 2005 - Catawba County: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Catawba County	445	197	38.8	33.4-44.4	248	61.2	55.6-66.6
GENDER
Male	171	80	41.5	33.1-50.5	91	58.5	49.5-66.9
Female	274	117	36.4	29.8-43.5	157	63.6	56.5-70.2
RACE
White	396	181	41.4	35.5-47.5	215	58.6	52.5-64.5
Other	48	16	22.4	12.6-36.6	32	77.6	63.4-87.4
AGE
18-44	159	43	24.6	17.6-33.2	116	75.4	66.8-82.4
45+	283	152	55.2	48.5-61.6	131	44.8	38.4-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	112	40.6	33.3-48.4	120	59.4	51.6-66.7
Some College +	212	85	36.9	29.3-45.2	127	63.1	54.8-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	271	127	43.0	35.9-50.4	144	57.0	49.6-64.1
$50,000+	103	40	32.4	23.3-43.2	63	67.6	56.8-76.7

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^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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Catawba County	445	197	38.8	33.4-44.4	248	61.2	55.6-66.6
GENDER
Male	171	80	41.5	33.1-50.5	91	58.5	49.5-66.9
Female	274	117	36.4	29.8-43.5	157	63.6	56.5-70.2
RACE
White	396	181	41.4	35.5-47.5	215	58.6	52.5-64.5
Other	48	16	22.4	12.6-36.6	32	77.6	63.4-87.4
AGE
18-44	159	43	24.6	17.6-33.2	116	75.4	66.8-82.4
45+	283	152	55.2	48.5-61.6	131	44.8	38.4-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	112	40.6	33.3-48.4	120	59.4	51.6-66.7
Some College +	212	85	36.9	29.3-45.2	127	63.1	54.8-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	271	127	43.0	35.9-50.4	144	57.0	49.6-64.1
$50,000+	103	40	32.4	23.3-43.2	63	67.6	56.8-76.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?