BRFSS 2005 - Durham County: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Durham County	465	169	27.8	23.4-32.7	296	72.2	67.3-76.6
GENDER
Male	157	51	23.8	17.4-31.7	106	76.2	68.3-82.6
Female	308	118	31.4	25.8-37.6	190	68.6	62.4-74.2
RACE
White	260	102	31.9	26.1-38.4	158	68.1	61.6-73.9
Other	202	67	24.2	18.1-31.7	135	75.8	68.3-81.9
AGE
18-44	229	52	17.8	13.0-23.9	177	82.2	76.1-87.0
45+	235	117	43.9	36.3-51.7	118	56.1	48.3-63.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	55	24.7	17.6-33.5	93	75.3	66.5-82.4
Some College +	317	114	29.8	24.6-35.6	203	70.2	64.4-75.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	95	31.0	24.3-38.5	136	69.0	61.5-75.7
$50,000+	173	57	27.4	20.9-34.9	116	72.6	65.1-79.1

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Durham County	465	169	27.8	23.4-32.7	296	72.2	67.3-76.6
GENDER
Male	157	51	23.8	17.4-31.7	106	76.2	68.3-82.6
Female	308	118	31.4	25.8-37.6	190	68.6	62.4-74.2
RACE
White	260	102	31.9	26.1-38.4	158	68.1	61.6-73.9
Other	202	67	24.2	18.1-31.7	135	75.8	68.3-81.9
AGE
18-44	229	52	17.8	13.0-23.9	177	82.2	76.1-87.0
45+	235	117	43.9	36.3-51.7	118	56.1	48.3-63.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	55	24.7	17.6-33.5	93	75.3	66.5-82.4
Some College +	317	114	29.8	24.6-35.6	203	70.2	64.4-75.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	95	31.0	24.3-38.5	136	69.0	61.5-75.7
$50,000+	173	57	27.4	20.9-34.9	116	72.6	65.1-79.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Arthritis Burden

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