BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties: (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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	478	193	35.9	30.8-41.3	285	64.1	58.7-69.2
GENDER
Male	156	52	32.6	24.3-42.1	104	67.4	57.9-75.7
Female	322	141	38.4	32.3-44.8	181	61.6	55.2-67.7
RACE
White	299	127	37.1	31.1-43.5	172	62.9	56.5-68.9
Other	175	63	33.5	25.3-42.9	112	66.5	57.1-74.7
AGE
18-44	173	49	26.1	18.9-34.9	124	73.9	65.1-81.1
45+	301	143	46.0	39.7-52.4	158	54.0	47.6-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	273	120	37.8	31.0-45.1	153	62.2	54.9-69.0
Some College +	203	73	33.3	26.1-41.5	130	66.7	58.5-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	119	37.9	31.1-45.3	157	62.1	54.7-68.9
$50,000+	123	45	35.2	26.0-45.6	78	64.8	54.4-74.0

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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	478	193	35.9	30.8-41.3	285	64.1	58.7-69.2
GENDER
Male	156	52	32.6	24.3-42.1	104	67.4	57.9-75.7
Female	322	141	38.4	32.3-44.8	181	61.6	55.2-67.7
RACE
White	299	127	37.1	31.1-43.5	172	62.9	56.5-68.9
Other	175	63	33.5	25.3-42.9	112	66.5	57.1-74.7
AGE
18-44	173	49	26.1	18.9-34.9	124	73.9	65.1-81.1
45+	301	143	46.0	39.7-52.4	158	54.0	47.6-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	273	120	37.8	31.0-45.1	153	62.2	54.9-69.0
Some College +	203	73	33.3	26.1-41.5	130	66.7	58.5-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	119	37.9	31.1-45.3	157	62.1	54.7-68.9
$50,000+	123	45	35.2	26.0-45.6	78	64.8	54.4-74.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Arthritis Burden

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