BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	470	191	36.3	31.2-41.8	279	63.7	58.2-68.8
GENDER
Male	170	64	33.9	26.0-42.9	106	66.1	57.1-74.0
Female	300	127	38.7	32.6-45.2	173	61.3	54.8-67.4
RACE
White	337	142	38.9	32.7-45.5	195	61.1	54.5-67.3
Other	132	49	31.1	22.7-41.0	83	68.9	59.0-77.3
AGE
18-44	167	46	25.9	18.6-34.9	121	74.1	65.1-81.4
45+	300	143	46.2	39.8-52.7	157	53.8	47.3-60.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	81	40.8	32.0-50.2	99	59.2	49.8-68.0
Some College +	288	108	33.2	27.1-39.8	180	66.8	60.2-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	97	31.3	24.9-38.6	149	68.7	61.4-75.1
$50,000+	144	50	33.2	25.3-42.3	94	66.8	57.7-74.7

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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
-Guilford County	470	191	36.3	31.2-41.8	279	63.7	58.2-68.8
GENDER
Male	170	64	33.9	26.0-42.9	106	66.1	57.1-74.0
Female	300	127	38.7	32.6-45.2	173	61.3	54.8-67.4
RACE
White	337	142	38.9	32.7-45.5	195	61.1	54.5-67.3
Other	132	49	31.1	22.7-41.0	83	68.9	59.0-77.3
AGE
18-44	167	46	25.9	18.6-34.9	121	74.1	65.1-81.4
45+	300	143	46.2	39.8-52.7	157	53.8	47.3-60.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	81	40.8	32.0-50.2	99	59.2	49.8-68.0
Some College +	288	108	33.2	27.1-39.8	180	66.8	60.2-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	97	31.3	24.9-38.6	149	68.7	61.4-75.1
$50,000+	144	50	33.2	25.3-42.3	94	66.8	57.7-74.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Arthritis Burden

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