BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	210	78	31.2	24.3-39.1	132	68.8	60.9-75.7
GENDER
Male	64	16	21.4	12.1-35.1	48	78.6	64.9-87.9
Female	146	62	40.4	31.5-49.8	84	59.6	50.2-68.5
RACE
White	152	55	30.7	23.3-39.3	97	69.3	60.7-76.7
Other	58	23	32.4	18.6-50.1	35	67.6	49.9-81.4
AGE
18-44	40	4	8.8	2.8-24.3	36	91.2	75.7-97.2
45+	170	74	41.3	32.8-50.3	96	58.7	49.7-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	57	37.0	27.3-47.9	74	63.0	52.1-72.7
Some College +	79	21	21.7	13.8-32.5	58	78.3	67.5-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	47	29.8	20.9-40.5	80	70.2	59.5-79.1
$50,000+	45	11	22.1	12.1-36.9	34	77.9	63.1-87.9

*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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	210	78	31.2	24.3-39.1	132	68.8	60.9-75.7
GENDER
Male	64	16	21.4	12.1-35.1	48	78.6	64.9-87.9
Female	146	62	40.4	31.5-49.8	84	59.6	50.2-68.5
RACE
White	152	55	30.7	23.3-39.3	97	69.3	60.7-76.7
Other	58	23	32.4	18.6-50.1	35	67.6	49.9-81.4
AGE
18-44	40	4	8.8	2.8-24.3	36	91.2	75.7-97.2
45+	170	74	41.3	32.8-50.3	96	58.7	49.7-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	57	37.0	27.3-47.9	74	63.0	52.1-72.7
Some College +	79	21	21.7	13.8-32.5	58	78.3	67.5-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	127	47	29.8	20.9-40.5	80	70.2	59.5-79.1
$50,000+	45	11	22.1	12.1-36.9	34	77.9	63.1-87.9