BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (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
-Forsyth County	199	77	37.3	29.8-45.5	122	62.7	54.5-70.2
GENDER
Male	57	20	35.3	22.2-51.1	37	64.7	48.9-77.8
Female	142	57	38.5	30.2-47.7	85	61.5	52.3-69.8
RACE
White	147	63	43.7	34.4-53.5	84	56.3	46.5-65.6
Other	51	14	22.4	12.5-36.7	37	77.6	63.3-87.5
AGE
18-44	39	13	33.5	18.5-52.7	26	66.5	47.3-81.5
45+	159	64	39.0	30.7-47.8	95	61.0	52.2-69.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	33	40.4	28.3-53.8	48	59.6	46.2-71.7
Some College +	118	44	35.0	25.9-45.4	74	65.0	54.6-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	45	38.5	28.3-49.8	65	61.5	50.2-71.7
$50,000+	55	16	32.1	19.4-48.2	39	67.9	51.8-80.6

*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: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County	199	77	37.3	29.8-45.5	122	62.7	54.5-70.2
GENDER
Male	57	20	35.3	22.2-51.1	37	64.7	48.9-77.8
Female	142	57	38.5	30.2-47.7	85	61.5	52.3-69.8
RACE
White	147	63	43.7	34.4-53.5	84	56.3	46.5-65.6
Other	51	14	22.4	12.5-36.7	37	77.6	63.3-87.5
AGE
18-44	39	13	33.5	18.5-52.7	26	66.5	47.3-81.5
45+	159	64	39.0	30.7-47.8	95	61.0	52.2-69.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	33	40.4	28.3-53.8	48	59.6	46.2-71.7
Some College +	118	44	35.0	25.9-45.4	74	65.0	54.6-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	45	38.5	28.3-49.8	65	61.5	50.2-71.7
$50,000+	55	16	32.1	19.4-48.2	39	67.9	51.8-80.6