BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (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
-Gaston County	449	227	46.1	40.0-52.3	222	53.9	47.7-60.0
GENDER
Male	151	85	50.9	39.6-62.0	66	49.1	38.0-60.4
Female	298	142	42.1	36.0-48.4	156	57.9	51.6-64.0
RACE
White	391	204	48.2	41.5-55.0	187	51.8	45.0-58.5
Other	58	23	33.0	20.8-48.1	35	67.0	51.9-79.2
AGE
18-44	145	47	32.3	22.3-44.1	98	67.7	55.9-77.7
45+	301	178	57.7	51.2-64.0	123	42.3	36.0-48.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	124	45.1	36.8-53.7	107	54.9	46.3-63.2
Some College +	217	102	47.1	38.3-56.0	115	52.9	44.0-61.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	133	44.2	36.3-52.5	120	55.8	47.5-63.7
$50,000+	123	56	44.6	35.0-54.6	67	55.4	45.4-65.0

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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
-Gaston County	449	227	46.1	40.0-52.3	222	53.9	47.7-60.0
GENDER
Male	151	85	50.9	39.6-62.0	66	49.1	38.0-60.4
Female	298	142	42.1	36.0-48.4	156	57.9	51.6-64.0
RACE
White	391	204	48.2	41.5-55.0	187	51.8	45.0-58.5
Other	58	23	33.0	20.8-48.1	35	67.0	51.9-79.2
AGE
18-44	145	47	32.3	22.3-44.1	98	67.7	55.9-77.7
45+	301	178	57.7	51.2-64.0	123	42.3	36.0-48.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	124	45.1	36.8-53.7	107	54.9	46.3-63.2
Some College +	217	102	47.1	38.3-56.0	115	52.9	44.0-61.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	133	44.2	36.3-52.5	120	55.8	47.5-63.7
$50,000+	123	56	44.6	35.0-54.6	67	55.4	45.4-65.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Arthritis Burden

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