BRFSS 2005 - Durham County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Durham County	168	135	73.0	63.2-80.9	33	27.0	19.1-36.8
GENDER
Male	51	39	67.3	49.8-81.0	12	32.7	19.0-50.2
Female	117	96	76.9	65.6-85.4	21	23.1	14.6-34.4
RACE
White	101	86	83.6	73.4-90.4	15	16.4	9.6-26.6
Other	67	49	60.5	44.7-74.4	18	39.5	25.6-55.3
AGE
18-44	52	34	56.9	40.6-71.9	18	43.1	28.1-59.4
45+	116	101	83.5	72.5-90.6	15	16.5	9.4-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	42	63.6	45.5-78.5	13	36.4	21.5-54.5
Some College +	113	93	78.1	67.0-86.2	20	21.9	13.8-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	94	75	69.3	55.3-80.5	19	30.7	19.5-44.7
$50,000+	57	46	77.6	62.3-87.9	11	22.4	12.1-37.7

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Durham County	168	135	73.0	63.2-80.9	33	27.0	19.1-36.8
GENDER
Male	51	39	67.3	49.8-81.0	12	32.7	19.0-50.2
Female	117	96	76.9	65.6-85.4	21	23.1	14.6-34.4
RACE
White	101	86	83.6	73.4-90.4	15	16.4	9.6-26.6
Other	67	49	60.5	44.7-74.4	18	39.5	25.6-55.3
AGE
18-44	52	34	56.9	40.6-71.9	18	43.1	28.1-59.4
45+	116	101	83.5	72.5-90.6	15	16.5	9.4-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	42	63.6	45.5-78.5	13	36.4	21.5-54.5
Some College +	113	93	78.1	67.0-86.2	20	21.9	13.8-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	94	75	69.3	55.3-80.5	19	30.7	19.5-44.7
$50,000+	57	46	77.6	62.3-87.9	11	22.4	12.1-37.7