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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,187 7,544 38.4 37.5-39.4 9,643 61.6 60.6-62.5
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 470 210 40.6 35.3-46.1 260 59.4 53.9-64.7
GENDER
Male 178 83 43.8 35.4-52.6 95 56.2 47.4-64.6
Female 292 127 37.4 31.1-44.2 165 62.6 55.8-68.9
RACE
White 415 194 43.5 37.7-49.4 221 56.5 50.6-62.3
Other 55 16 22.0 12.7-35.3 39 78.0 64.7-87.3
AGE
18-44 173 47 30.0 22.5-38.8 126 70.0 61.2-77.5
45+ 295 161 52.5 46.0-59.0 134 47.5 41.0-54.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 284 134 44.4 37.3-51.8 150 55.6 48.2-62.7
Some College + 185 76 35.3 27.7-43.6 109 64.7 56.4-72.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 126 38.2 31.5-45.3 157 61.8 54.7-68.5
$50,000+ 115 51 41.8 32.2-52.1 64 58.2 47.9-67.8

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^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.

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