BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	184	148	79.5	71.5-85.7	36	20.5	14.3-28.5
GENDER
Male	58	46	76.2	60.3-87.1	12	23.8	12.9-39.7
Female	126	102	81.9	73.5-88.0	24	18.1	12.0-26.5
RACE
White	165	132	78.7	70.3-85.2	33	21.3	14.8-29.7
Other	16	13	78.7	43.9-94.6	3	21.3	5.4-56.1
AGE
18-44	35	24	72.5	52.9-86.1	11	27.5	13.9-47.1
45+	146	121	81.8	73.3-88.1	25	18.2	11.9-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	63	75.9	61.7-86.0	16	24.1	14.0-38.3
Some College +	104	84	82.6	73.5-89.0	20	17.4	11.0-26.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	79	75.7	64.6-84.2	26	24.3	15.8-35.4
$50,000+	49	41	84.1	69.8-92.3	8	15.9	7.7-30.2

*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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	184	148	79.5	71.5-85.7	36	20.5	14.3-28.5
GENDER
Male	58	46	76.2	60.3-87.1	12	23.8	12.9-39.7
Female	126	102	81.9	73.5-88.0	24	18.1	12.0-26.5
RACE
White	165	132	78.7	70.3-85.2	33	21.3	14.8-29.7
Other	16	13	78.7	43.9-94.6	3	21.3	5.4-56.1
AGE
18-44	35	24	72.5	52.9-86.1	11	27.5	13.9-47.1
45+	146	121	81.8	73.3-88.1	25	18.2	11.9-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	63	75.9	61.7-86.0	16	24.1	14.0-38.3
Some College +	104	84	82.6	73.5-89.0	20	17.4	11.0-26.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	79	75.7	64.6-84.2	26	24.3	15.8-35.4
$50,000+	49	41	84.1	69.8-92.3	8	15.9	7.7-30.2