BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	135	111	79.8	70.6-86.7	24	20.2	13.3-29.4
GENDER
Male	39	29	69.4	51.1-83.2	10	30.6	16.8-48.9
Female	96	82	86.2	77.2-92.0	14	13.8	8.0-22.8
RACE
White	86	72	79.8	67.9-88.0	14	20.2	12.0-32.1
Other	49	39	79.9	63.5-90.1	10	20.1	9.9-36.5
AGE
18-44	34	30	85.4	65.2-94.8	4	14.6	5.2-34.8
45+	101	81	77.3	66.2-85.6	20	22.7	14.4-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	36	81.2	61.7-92.1	6	18.8	7.9-38.3
Some College +	93	75	79.2	68.2-87.1	18	20.8	12.9-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	75	64	82.9	69.9-91.0	11	17.1	9.0-30.1
$50,000+	46	37	78.7	62.6-89.1	9	21.3	10.9-37.4

*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: Durham 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
-Durham County	135	111	79.8	70.6-86.7	24	20.2	13.3-29.4
GENDER
Male	39	29	69.4	51.1-83.2	10	30.6	16.8-48.9
Female	96	82	86.2	77.2-92.0	14	13.8	8.0-22.8
RACE
White	86	72	79.8	67.9-88.0	14	20.2	12.0-32.1
Other	49	39	79.9	63.5-90.1	10	20.1	9.9-36.5
AGE
18-44	34	30	85.4	65.2-94.8	4	14.6	5.2-34.8
45+	101	81	77.3	66.2-85.6	20	22.7	14.4-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	36	81.2	61.7-92.1	6	18.8	7.9-38.3
Some College +	93	75	79.2	68.2-87.1	18	20.8	12.9-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	75	64	82.9	69.9-91.0	11	17.1	9.0-30.1
$50,000+	46	37	78.7	62.6-89.1	9	21.3	10.9-37.4