BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties: (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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	193	154	77.2	69.3-83.5	39	22.8	16.5-30.7
GENDER
Male	52	44	84.4	70.1-92.6	8	15.6	7.4-29.9
Female	141	110	72.6	62.9-80.6	31	27.4	19.4-37.1
RACE
White	127	105	79.2	69.4-86.5	22	20.8	13.5-30.6
Other	63	46	73.4	58.9-84.1	17	26.6	15.9-41.1
AGE
18-44	49	32	71.1	54.9-83.2	17	28.9	16.8-45.1
45+	143	122	81.5	72.5-88.1	21	18.5	11.9-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	97	77.9	67.6-85.7	23	22.1	14.3-32.4
Some College +	73	57	76.0	62.6-85.7	16	24.0	14.3-37.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	119	92	76.0	65.7-83.9	27	24.0	16.1-34.3
$50,000+	45	36	77.2	60.2-88.4	9	22.8	11.6-39.8

*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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	193	154	77.2	69.3-83.5	39	22.8	16.5-30.7
GENDER
Male	52	44	84.4	70.1-92.6	8	15.6	7.4-29.9
Female	141	110	72.6	62.9-80.6	31	27.4	19.4-37.1
RACE
White	127	105	79.2	69.4-86.5	22	20.8	13.5-30.6
Other	63	46	73.4	58.9-84.1	17	26.6	15.9-41.1
AGE
18-44	49	32	71.1	54.9-83.2	17	28.9	16.8-45.1
45+	143	122	81.5	72.5-88.1	21	18.5	11.9-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	97	77.9	67.6-85.7	23	22.1	14.3-32.4
Some College +	73	57	76.0	62.6-85.7	16	24.0	14.3-37.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	119	92	76.0	65.7-83.9	27	24.0	16.1-34.3
$50,000+	45	36	77.2	60.2-88.4	9	22.8	11.6-39.8