BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties: (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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	154	108	62.1	51.3-71.9	46	37.9	28.1-48.7
GENDER
Male	44	30	57.2	37.8-74.6	14	42.8	25.4-62.2
Female	110	78	65.8	54.5-75.5	32	34.2	24.5-45.5
RACE
White	105	77	71.0	60.3-79.8	28	29.0	20.2-39.7
Other	46	29	51.5	32.7-69.8	17	48.5	30.2-67.3
AGE
18-44	32	14	38.1	20.4-59.7	18	61.9	40.3-79.6
45+	122	94	74.2	64.3-82.1	28	25.8	17.9-35.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	66	60.7	46.9-72.9	31	39.3	27.1-53.1
Some College +	57	42	64.7	46.7-79.3	15	35.3	20.7-53.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	63	58.5	44.1-71.5	29	41.5	28.5-55.9
$50,000+	36	29	73.5	48.6-89.1	7	26.5	10.9-51.4

*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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	154	108	62.1	51.3-71.9	46	37.9	28.1-48.7
GENDER
Male	44	30	57.2	37.8-74.6	14	42.8	25.4-62.2
Female	110	78	65.8	54.5-75.5	32	34.2	24.5-45.5
RACE
White	105	77	71.0	60.3-79.8	28	29.0	20.2-39.7
Other	46	29	51.5	32.7-69.8	17	48.5	30.2-67.3
AGE
18-44	32	14	38.1	20.4-59.7	18	61.9	40.3-79.6
45+	122	94	74.2	64.3-82.1	28	25.8	17.9-35.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	66	60.7	46.9-72.9	31	39.3	27.1-53.1
Some College +	57	42	64.7	46.7-79.3	15	35.3	20.7-53.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	63	58.5	44.1-71.5	29	41.5	28.5-55.9
$50,000+	36	29	73.5	48.6-89.1	7	26.5	10.9-51.4