BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	175	134	72.0	62.5-79.8	41	28.0	20.2-37.5
GENDER
Male	53	35	64.8	48.8-78.1	18	35.2	21.9-51.2
Female	122	99	78.5	68.0-86.3	23	21.5	13.7-32.0
RACE
White	123	94	70.7	59.7-79.7	29	29.3	20.3-40.3
Other	52	40	74.6	55.2-87.5	12	25.4	12.5-44.8
AGE
18-44	34	21	59.4	39.1-76.9	13	40.6	23.1-60.9
45+	141	113	78.5	69.7-85.3	28	21.5	14.7-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	85	78.4	66.3-87.0	20	21.6	13.0-33.7
Some College +	70	49	62.3	47.3-75.2	21	37.7	24.8-52.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	80	67.1	54.1-77.8	27	32.9	22.2-45.9
$50,000+	36	27	74.7	55.4-87.5	9	25.3	12.5-44.6

*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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	175	134	72.0	62.5-79.8	41	28.0	20.2-37.5
GENDER
Male	53	35	64.8	48.8-78.1	18	35.2	21.9-51.2
Female	122	99	78.5	68.0-86.3	23	21.5	13.7-32.0
RACE
White	123	94	70.7	59.7-79.7	29	29.3	20.3-40.3
Other	52	40	74.6	55.2-87.5	12	25.4	12.5-44.8
AGE
18-44	34	21	59.4	39.1-76.9	13	40.6	23.1-60.9
45+	141	113	78.5	69.7-85.3	28	21.5	14.7-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	85	78.4	66.3-87.0	20	21.6	13.0-33.7
Some College +	70	49	62.3	47.3-75.2	21	37.7	24.8-52.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	80	67.1	54.1-77.8	27	32.9	22.2-45.9
$50,000+	36	27	74.7	55.4-87.5	9	25.3	12.5-44.6