BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (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
-Forsyth County	147	120	79.2	69.2-86.6	27	20.8	13.4-30.8
GENDER
Male	42	35	76.8	54.8-90.0	7	23.2	10.0-45.2
Female	105	85	80.8	71.2-87.7	20	19.2	12.3-28.8
RACE
White	113	96	81.6	69.2-89.8	17	18.4	10.2-30.8
Other	34	24	71.7	52.4-85.3	10	28.3	14.7-47.6
AGE
18-44	31	22	66.9	43.0-84.4	9	33.1	15.6-57.0
45+	115	97	84.2	75.2-90.3	18	15.8	9.7-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	49	75.6	56.2-88.2	11	24.4	11.8-43.8
Some College +	87	71	82.0	71.8-89.0	16	18.0	11.0-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	83	67	75.8	60.3-86.5	16	24.2	13.5-39.7
$50,000+	42	35	87.2	74.3-94.1	7	12.8	5.9-25.7

*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: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County	147	120	79.2	69.2-86.6	27	20.8	13.4-30.8
GENDER
Male	42	35	76.8	54.8-90.0	7	23.2	10.0-45.2
Female	105	85	80.8	71.2-87.7	20	19.2	12.3-28.8
RACE
White	113	96	81.6	69.2-89.8	17	18.4	10.2-30.8
Other	34	24	71.7	52.4-85.3	10	28.3	14.7-47.6
AGE
18-44	31	22	66.9	43.0-84.4	9	33.1	15.6-57.0
45+	115	97	84.2	75.2-90.3	18	15.8	9.7-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	49	75.6	56.2-88.2	11	24.4	11.8-43.8
Some College +	87	71	82.0	71.8-89.0	16	18.0	11.0-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	83	67	75.8	60.3-86.5	16	24.2	13.5-39.7
$50,000+	42	35	87.2	74.3-94.1	7	12.8	5.9-25.7