BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	260	102	36.1	29.3-43.4	158	63.9	56.6-70.7
GENDER
Male	70	24	27.4	17.2-40.8	46	72.6	59.2-82.8
Female	190	78	41.7	34.0-49.9	112	58.3	50.1-66.0
RACE
White	185	70	35.3	27.3-44.3	115	64.7	55.7-72.7
Other	75	32	38.0	26.5-51.0	43	62.0	49.0-73.5
AGE
18-44	55	24	35.1	21.1-52.4	31	64.9	47.6-78.9
45+	205	78	36.4	29.2-44.3	127	63.6	55.7-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	144	58	36.8	27.7-46.9	86	63.2	53.1-72.3
Some College +	116	44	35.1	25.4-46.1	72	64.9	53.9-74.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	67	37.3	28.7-46.8	98	62.7	53.2-71.3
$50,000+	54	17	33.3	21.0-48.4	37	66.7	51.6-79.0

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

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	260	102	36.1	29.3-43.4	158	63.9	56.6-70.7
GENDER
Male	70	24	27.4	17.2-40.8	46	72.6	59.2-82.8
Female	190	78	41.7	34.0-49.9	112	58.3	50.1-66.0
RACE
White	185	70	35.3	27.3-44.3	115	64.7	55.7-72.7
Other	75	32	38.0	26.5-51.0	43	62.0	49.0-73.5
AGE
18-44	55	24	35.1	21.1-52.4	31	64.9	47.6-78.9
45+	205	78	36.4	29.2-44.3	127	63.6	55.7-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	144	58	36.8	27.7-46.9	86	63.2	53.1-72.3
Some College +	116	44	35.1	25.4-46.1	72	64.9	53.9-74.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	67	37.3	28.7-46.8	98	62.7	53.2-71.3
$50,000+	54	17	33.3	21.0-48.4	37	66.7	51.6-79.0