BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	524	241	37.8	32.7-43.2	283	62.2	56.8-67.3
GENDER
Male	163	64	31.9	23.7-41.4	99	68.1	58.6-76.3
Female	361	177	42.5	36.8-48.5	184	57.5	51.5-63.2
RACE
White	343	167	41.9	35.6-48.4	176	58.1	51.6-64.4
Other	180	74	30.7	23.0-39.6	106	69.3	60.4-77.0
AGE
18-44	182	54	22.0	15.5-30.3	128	78.0	69.7-84.5
45+	338	187	52.1	45.7-58.4	151	47.9	41.6-54.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	137	36.1	29.4-43.4	143	63.9	56.6-70.6
Some College +	243	104	40.2	33.0-48.0	139	59.8	52.0-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	329	152	34.7	28.7-41.3	177	65.3	58.7-71.3
$50,000+	118	52	41.1	31.7-51.3	66	58.9	48.7-68.3

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	524	241	37.8	32.7-43.2	283	62.2	56.8-67.3
GENDER
Male	163	64	31.9	23.7-41.4	99	68.1	58.6-76.3
Female	361	177	42.5	36.8-48.5	184	57.5	51.5-63.2
RACE
White	343	167	41.9	35.6-48.4	176	58.1	51.6-64.4
Other	180	74	30.7	23.0-39.6	106	69.3	60.4-77.0
AGE
18-44	182	54	22.0	15.5-30.3	128	78.0	69.7-84.5
45+	338	187	52.1	45.7-58.4	151	47.9	41.6-54.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	137	36.1	29.4-43.4	143	63.9	56.6-70.6
Some College +	243	104	40.2	33.0-48.0	139	59.8	52.0-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	329	152	34.7	28.7-41.3	177	65.3	58.7-71.3
$50,000+	118	52	41.1	31.7-51.3	66	58.9	48.7-68.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

Arthritis Burden

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