BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	179	68	34.7	27.1-43.2	111	65.3	56.8-72.9
GENDER
Male	55	17	32.3	19.6-48.3	38	67.7	51.7-80.4
Female	124	51	36.4	27.6-46.2	73	63.6	53.8-72.4
RACE
White	115	48	36.2	27.3-46.1	67	63.8	53.9-72.7
Other	64	20	32.6	20.0-48.4	44	67.4	51.6-80.0
AGE
18-44	42	12	32.4	18.4-50.4	30	67.6	49.6-81.6
45+	137	56	35.7	27.1-45.4	81	64.3	54.6-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	59	24	36.5	23.4-52.1	35	63.5	47.9-76.6
Some College +	120	44	33.9	24.9-44.1	76	66.1	55.9-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	95	43	42.6	31.4-54.7	52	57.4	45.3-68.6
$50,000+	64	18	25.5	15.5-39.1	46	74.5	60.9-84.5

*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: Durham 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
-Durham County	179	68	34.7	27.1-43.2	111	65.3	56.8-72.9
GENDER
Male	55	17	32.3	19.6-48.3	38	67.7	51.7-80.4
Female	124	51	36.4	27.6-46.2	73	63.6	53.8-72.4
RACE
White	115	48	36.2	27.3-46.1	67	63.8	53.9-72.7
Other	64	20	32.6	20.0-48.4	44	67.4	51.6-80.0
AGE
18-44	42	12	32.4	18.4-50.4	30	67.6	49.6-81.6
45+	137	56	35.7	27.1-45.4	81	64.3	54.6-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	59	24	36.5	23.4-52.1	35	63.5	47.9-76.6
Some College +	120	44	33.9	24.9-44.1	76	66.1	55.9-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	95	43	42.6	31.4-54.7	52	57.4	45.3-68.6
$50,000+	64	18	25.5	15.5-39.1	46	74.5	60.9-84.5