BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	239	209	86.8	80.6-91.2	30	13.2	8.8-19.4
GENDER
Male	63	54	85.6	71.7-93.3	9	14.4	6.7-28.3
Female	176	155	87.5	80.9-92.1	21	12.5	7.9-19.1
RACE
White	165	148	90.6	84.6-94.4	17	9.4	5.6-15.4
Other	74	61	77.7	62.6-87.9	13	22.3	12.1-37.4
AGE
18-44	54	47	86.7	72.5-94.2	7	13.3	5.8-27.5
45+	185	162	86.8	79.5-91.8	23	13.2	8.2-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	136	119	85.3	75.8-91.5	17	14.7	8.5-24.2
Some College +	103	90	88.7	80.3-93.8	13	11.3	6.2-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	151	133	86.5	77.7-92.2	18	13.5	7.8-22.3
$50,000+	52	42	81.5	67.7-90.2	10	18.5	9.8-32.3

*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: 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	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	239	209	86.8	80.6-91.2	30	13.2	8.8-19.4
GENDER
Male	63	54	85.6	71.7-93.3	9	14.4	6.7-28.3
Female	176	155	87.5	80.9-92.1	21	12.5	7.9-19.1
RACE
White	165	148	90.6	84.6-94.4	17	9.4	5.6-15.4
Other	74	61	77.7	62.6-87.9	13	22.3	12.1-37.4
AGE
18-44	54	47	86.7	72.5-94.2	7	13.3	5.8-27.5
45+	185	162	86.8	79.5-91.8	23	13.2	8.2-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	136	119	85.3	75.8-91.5	17	14.7	8.5-24.2
Some College +	103	90	88.7	80.3-93.8	13	11.3	6.2-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	151	133	86.5	77.7-92.2	18	13.5	7.8-22.3
$50,000+	52	42	81.5	67.7-90.2	10	18.5	9.8-32.3