BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	423	199	43.4	37.4-49.6	224	56.6	50.4-62.6
GENDER
Male	155	63	38.4	29.7-47.9	92	61.6	52.1-70.3
Female	268	136	49.2	41.8-56.7	132	50.8	43.3-58.2
RACE
White	290	138	43.7	36.5-51.0	152	56.3	49.0-63.5
Other	132	61	43.2	32.2-54.9	71	56.8	45.1-67.8
AGE
18-44	151	46	34.2	25.1-44.6	105	65.8	55.4-74.9
45+	271	153	52.5	45.1-59.8	118	47.5	40.2-54.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	118	45.4	36.8-54.4	113	54.6	45.6-63.2
Some College +	192	81	40.7	32.8-49.0	111	59.3	51.0-67.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	118	48.0	39.3-56.8	110	52.0	43.2-60.7
$50,000+	126	46	31.2	23.0-40.9	80	68.8	59.1-77.0

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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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	423	199	43.4	37.4-49.6	224	56.6	50.4-62.6
GENDER
Male	155	63	38.4	29.7-47.9	92	61.6	52.1-70.3
Female	268	136	49.2	41.8-56.7	132	50.8	43.3-58.2
RACE
White	290	138	43.7	36.5-51.0	152	56.3	49.0-63.5
Other	132	61	43.2	32.2-54.9	71	56.8	45.1-67.8
AGE
18-44	151	46	34.2	25.1-44.6	105	65.8	55.4-74.9
45+	271	153	52.5	45.1-59.8	118	47.5	40.2-54.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	118	45.4	36.8-54.4	113	54.6	45.6-63.2
Some College +	192	81	40.7	32.8-49.0	111	59.3	51.0-67.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	118	48.0	39.3-56.8	110	52.0	43.2-60.7
$50,000+	126	46	31.2	23.0-40.9	80	68.8	59.1-77.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Arthritis Burden

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