BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	244	94	33.2	26.3-40.8	150	66.8	59.2-73.7
GENDER
Male	91	30	25.5	16.7-36.9	61	74.5	63.1-83.3
Female	153	64	40.6	32.0-49.8	89	59.4	50.2-68.0
RACE
White	219	85	32.9	25.7-41.0	134	67.1	59.0-74.3
Other	25	9	35.1	16.8-59.1	16	64.9	40.9-83.2
AGE
18-44	42	13	24.5	11.8-44.2	29	75.5	55.8-88.2
45+	200	79	35.9	29.0-43.6	121	64.1	56.4-71.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	60	36.2	26.2-47.5	78	63.8	52.5-73.8
Some College +	105	33	28.6	20.3-38.6	72	71.4	61.4-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	61	34.6	25.2-45.4	87	65.4	54.6-74.8
$50,000+	57	17	25.8	15.8-39.3	40	74.2	60.7-84.2

*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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	244	94	33.2	26.3-40.8	150	66.8	59.2-73.7
GENDER
Male	91	30	25.5	16.7-36.9	61	74.5	63.1-83.3
Female	153	64	40.6	32.0-49.8	89	59.4	50.2-68.0
RACE
White	219	85	32.9	25.7-41.0	134	67.1	59.0-74.3
Other	25	9	35.1	16.8-59.1	16	64.9	40.9-83.2
AGE
18-44	42	13	24.5	11.8-44.2	29	75.5	55.8-88.2
45+	200	79	35.9	29.0-43.6	121	64.1	56.4-71.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	60	36.2	26.2-47.5	78	63.8	52.5-73.8
Some College +	105	33	28.6	20.3-38.6	72	71.4	61.4-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	61	34.6	25.2-45.4	87	65.4	54.6-74.8
$50,000+	57	17	25.8	15.8-39.3	40	74.2	60.7-84.2