BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties: (Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	259	74	28.5	22.4-35.5	185	71.5	64.5-77.6
GENDER
Male	80	24	33.4	22.5-46.5	56	66.6	53.5-77.5
Female	179	50	25.2	18.8-32.9	129	74.8	67.1-81.2
RACE
White	235	68	28.9	22.5-36.3	167	71.1	63.7-77.5
Other	21	5	26.4	10.3-53.0	16	73.6	47.0-89.7
AGE
18-44	44	17	36.5	21.6-54.5	27	63.5	45.5-78.4
45+	212	56	25.6	19.6-32.5	156	74.4	67.5-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	39	34.9	25.2-46.0	70	65.1	54.0-74.8
Some College +	149	34	23.1	15.8-32.5	115	76.9	67.5-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	47	34.6	25.6-44.9	99	65.4	55.1-74.4
$50,000+	73	11	15.1	8.2-26.2	62	84.9	73.8-91.8

*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms 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

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	259	74	28.5	22.4-35.5	185	71.5	64.5-77.6
GENDER
Male	80	24	33.4	22.5-46.5	56	66.6	53.5-77.5
Female	179	50	25.2	18.8-32.9	129	74.8	67.1-81.2
RACE
White	235	68	28.9	22.5-36.3	167	71.1	63.7-77.5
Other	21	5	26.4	10.3-53.0	16	73.6	47.0-89.7
AGE
18-44	44	17	36.5	21.6-54.5	27	63.5	45.5-78.4
45+	212	56	25.6	19.6-32.5	156	74.4	67.5-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	39	34.9	25.2-46.0	70	65.1	54.0-74.8
Some College +	149	34	23.1	15.8-32.5	115	76.9	67.5-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	47	34.6	25.6-44.9	99	65.4	55.1-74.4
$50,000+	73	11	15.1	8.2-26.2	62	84.9	73.8-91.8