BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	190	154	80.4	72.4-86.5	36	19.6	13.5-27.6
GENDER
Male	78	61	77.5	64.6-86.6	17	22.5	13.4-35.4
Female	112	93	83.8	74.4-90.2	19	16.2	9.8-25.6
RACE
White	174	139	79.1	70.5-85.6	35	20.9	14.4-29.5
Other	16	15	95.5	73.6-99.4	1	4.5	0.6-26.4
AGE
18-44	42	35	84.3	68.8-92.9	7	15.7	7.1-31.2
45+	146	117	77.8	68.0-85.2	29	22.2	14.8-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	97	79.1	68.3-86.9	24	20.9	13.1-31.7
Some College +	69	57	82.6	70.0-90.7	12	17.4	9.3-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	92	81.0	70.8-88.1	23	19.0	11.9-29.2
$50,000+	47	38	78.4	60.2-89.7	9	21.6	10.3-39.8

*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: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	190	154	80.4	72.4-86.5	36	19.6	13.5-27.6
GENDER
Male	78	61	77.5	64.6-86.6	17	22.5	13.4-35.4
Female	112	93	83.8	74.4-90.2	19	16.2	9.8-25.6
RACE
White	174	139	79.1	70.5-85.6	35	20.9	14.4-29.5
Other	16	15	95.5	73.6-99.4	1	4.5	0.6-26.4
AGE
18-44	42	35	84.3	68.8-92.9	7	15.7	7.1-31.2
45+	146	117	77.8	68.0-85.2	29	22.2	14.8-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	97	79.1	68.3-86.9	24	20.9	13.1-31.7
Some College +	69	57	82.6	70.0-90.7	12	17.4	9.3-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	92	81.0	70.8-88.1	23	19.0	11.9-29.2
$50,000+	47	38	78.4	60.2-89.7	9	21.6	10.3-39.8