BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	208	161	75.3	66.1-82.6	47	24.7	17.4-33.9
GENDER
Male	54	40	69.5	49.5-84.1	14	30.5	15.9-50.5
Female	154	121	78.7	70.6-85.0	33	21.3	15.0-29.4
RACE
White	147	115	75.5	63.8-84.3	32	24.5	15.7-36.2
Other	61	46	74.7	60.3-85.2	15	25.3	14.8-39.7
AGE
18-44	47	31	57.9	37.0-76.3	16	42.1	23.7-63.0
45+	161	130	81.8	74.3-87.5	31	18.2	12.5-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	93	78.8	69.0-86.1	25	21.2	13.9-31.0
Some College +	90	68	71.0	54.7-83.3	22	29.0	16.7-45.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	97	72.2	62.7-80.0	36	27.8	20.0-37.3
$50,000+	42	35	82.8	66.0-92.3	7	17.2	7.7-34.0

*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: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	208	161	75.3	66.1-82.6	47	24.7	17.4-33.9
GENDER
Male	54	40	69.5	49.5-84.1	14	30.5	15.9-50.5
Female	154	121	78.7	70.6-85.0	33	21.3	15.0-29.4
RACE
White	147	115	75.5	63.8-84.3	32	24.5	15.7-36.2
Other	61	46	74.7	60.3-85.2	15	25.3	14.8-39.7
AGE
18-44	47	31	57.9	37.0-76.3	16	42.1	23.7-63.0
45+	161	130	81.8	74.3-87.5	31	18.2	12.5-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	93	78.8	69.0-86.1	25	21.2	13.9-31.0
Some College +	90	68	71.0	54.7-83.3	22	29.0	16.7-45.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	97	72.2	62.7-80.0	36	27.8	20.0-37.3
$50,000+	42	35	82.8	66.0-92.3	7	17.2	7.7-34.0