BRFSS 2005 - Davidson County: (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
-Davidson County	212	72	33.7	26.5-41.6	140	66.3	58.4-73.5
GENDER
Male	80	28	32.5	21.6-45.8	52	67.5	54.2-78.4
Female	132	44	34.7	26.0-44.5	88	65.3	55.5-74.0
RACE
White	185	66	34.6	27.0-43.1	119	65.4	56.9-73.0
Other	26	6	29.7	12.4-55.7	20	70.3	44.3-87.6
AGE
18-44	45	13	33.3	19.0-51.4	32	66.7	48.6-81.0
45+	167	59	33.8	26.4-42.2	108	66.2	57.8-73.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	51	35.4	26.5-45.4	95	64.6	54.6-73.5
Some College +	66	21	30.0	19.3-43.4	45	70.0	56.6-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	132	50	40.1	30.2-50.9	82	59.9	49.1-69.8
$50,000+	49	8	15.4	7.6-28.9	41	84.6	71.1-92.4

*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: Davidson County

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
-Davidson County	212	72	33.7	26.5-41.6	140	66.3	58.4-73.5
GENDER
Male	80	28	32.5	21.6-45.8	52	67.5	54.2-78.4
Female	132	44	34.7	26.0-44.5	88	65.3	55.5-74.0
RACE
White	185	66	34.6	27.0-43.1	119	65.4	56.9-73.0
Other	26	6	29.7	12.4-55.7	20	70.3	44.3-87.6
AGE
18-44	45	13	33.3	19.0-51.4	32	66.7	48.6-81.0
45+	167	59	33.8	26.4-42.2	108	66.2	57.8-73.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	51	35.4	26.5-45.4	95	64.6	54.6-73.5
Some College +	66	21	30.0	19.3-43.4	45	70.0	56.6-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	132	50	40.1	30.2-50.9	82	59.9	49.1-69.8
$50,000+	49	8	15.4	7.6-28.9	41	84.6	71.1-92.4