BRFSS 2005 - Johnston County: (Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Johnston County	151	125	82.3	73.8-88.4	26	17.7	11.6-26.2
GENDER
Male	52	45	84.7	68.5-93.3	7	15.3	6.7-31.5
Female	99	80	80.3	70.0-87.7	19	19.7	12.3-30.0
RACE
White	132	110	83.9	75.3-89.9	22	16.1	10.1-24.7
Other	19	15	71.7	40.9-90.3	4	28.3	9.7-59.1
AGE
18-44	36	27	74.4	55.1-87.3	9	25.6	12.7-44.9
45+	115	98	86.7	78.8-92.0	17	13.3	8.0-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	76	84.2	73.7-91.1	15	15.8	8.9-26.3
Some College +	60	49	80.0	65.0-89.5	11	20.0	10.5-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	88	71	82.5	71.7-89.8	17	17.5	10.2-28.3
$50,000+	36	32	87.8	71.3-95.4	4	12.2	4.6-28.7

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons 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: Johnston County

Arthritis Burden

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Johnston County	151	125	82.3	73.8-88.4	26	17.7	11.6-26.2
GENDER
Male	52	45	84.7	68.5-93.3	7	15.3	6.7-31.5
Female	99	80	80.3	70.0-87.7	19	19.7	12.3-30.0
RACE
White	132	110	83.9	75.3-89.9	22	16.1	10.1-24.7
Other	19	15	71.7	40.9-90.3	4	28.3	9.7-59.1
AGE
18-44	36	27	74.4	55.1-87.3	9	25.6	12.7-44.9
45+	115	98	86.7	78.8-92.0	17	13.3	8.0-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	91	76	84.2	73.7-91.1	15	15.8	8.9-26.3
Some College +	60	49	80.0	65.0-89.5	11	20.0	10.5-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	88	71	82.5	71.7-89.8	17	17.5	10.2-28.3
$50,000+	36	32	87.8	71.3-95.4	4	12.2	4.6-28.7