BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Gaston County	227	192	77.9	66.3-86.4	35	22.1	13.6-33.7
GENDER
Male	85	70	70.6	50.6-84.9	15	29.4	15.1-49.4
Female	142	122	85.3	77.7-90.7	20	14.7	9.3-22.3
RACE
White	204	171	76.1	63.6-85.3	33	23.9	14.7-36.4
Other	23	21	94.2	78.4-98.6	2	5.8	1.4-21.6
AGE
18-44	47	33	57.2	34.3-77.4	14	42.8	22.6-65.7
45+	178	157	87.6	80.8-92.2	21	12.4	7.8-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	124	107	81.9	70.2-89.7	17	18.1	10.3-29.8
Some College +	102	84	73.6	53.2-87.2	18	26.4	12.8-46.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	120	90.6	83.9-94.7	13	9.4	5.3-16.1
$50,000+	56	41	66.6	49.7-80.1	15	33.4	19.9-50.3

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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: Gaston County

Arthritis Burden

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Gaston County	227	192	77.9	66.3-86.4	35	22.1	13.6-33.7
GENDER
Male	85	70	70.6	50.6-84.9	15	29.4	15.1-49.4
Female	142	122	85.3	77.7-90.7	20	14.7	9.3-22.3
RACE
White	204	171	76.1	63.6-85.3	33	23.9	14.7-36.4
Other	23	21	94.2	78.4-98.6	2	5.8	1.4-21.6
AGE
18-44	47	33	57.2	34.3-77.4	14	42.8	22.6-65.7
45+	178	157	87.6	80.8-92.2	21	12.4	7.8-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	124	107	81.9	70.2-89.7	17	18.1	10.3-29.8
Some College +	102	84	73.6	53.2-87.2	18	26.4	12.8-46.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	133	120	90.6	83.9-94.7	13	9.4	5.3-16.1
$50,000+	56	41	66.6	49.7-80.1	15	33.4	19.9-50.3