BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland County: (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
-Cumberland County	175	145	80.8	73.2-86.7	30	19.2	13.3-26.8
GENDER
Male	58	45	79.9	66.8-88.7	13	20.1	11.3-33.2
Female	117	100	81.6	71.6-88.6	17	18.4	11.4-28.4
RACE
White	112	96	85.1	76.1-91.2	16	14.9	8.8-23.9
Other	62	48	73.6	59.0-84.4	14	26.4	15.6-41.0
AGE
18-44	46	37	80.8	65.7-90.3	9	19.2	9.7-34.3
45+	128	107	80.5	71.1-87.3	21	19.5	12.7-28.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	51	75.0	61.2-85.1	14	25.0	14.9-38.8
Some College +	110	94	83.8	74.1-90.3	16	16.2	9.7-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	87	77.7	67.1-85.7	21	22.3	14.3-32.9
$50,000+	57	48	82.9	69.4-91.2	9	17.1	8.8-30.6

*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: Cumberland County

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
-Cumberland County	175	145	80.8	73.2-86.7	30	19.2	13.3-26.8
GENDER
Male	58	45	79.9	66.8-88.7	13	20.1	11.3-33.2
Female	117	100	81.6	71.6-88.6	17	18.4	11.4-28.4
RACE
White	112	96	85.1	76.1-91.2	16	14.9	8.8-23.9
Other	62	48	73.6	59.0-84.4	14	26.4	15.6-41.0
AGE
18-44	46	37	80.8	65.7-90.3	9	19.2	9.7-34.3
45+	128	107	80.5	71.1-87.3	21	19.5	12.7-28.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	51	75.0	61.2-85.1	14	25.0	14.9-38.8
Some College +	110	94	83.8	74.1-90.3	16	16.2	9.7-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	87	77.7	67.1-85.7	21	22.3	14.3-32.9
$50,000+	57	48	82.9	69.4-91.2	9	17.1	8.8-30.6