BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	182	72	34.6	26.6-43.6	110	65.4	56.4-73.4
GENDER
Male	64	20	29.9	17.9-45.4	44	70.1	54.6-82.1
Female	118	52	38.7	29.0-49.4	66	61.3	50.6-71.0
RACE
White	156	60	33.6	25.0-43.5	96	66.4	56.5-75.0
Other	26	12	40.2	22.0-61.6	14	59.8	38.4-78.0
AGE
18-44	44	12	25.8	13.5-43.7	32	74.2	56.3-86.5
45+	138	60	39.3	29.9-49.6	78	60.7	50.4-70.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	46	31.2	22.4-41.6	63	68.8	58.4-77.6
Some College +	73	26	38.9	25.9-53.7	47	61.1	46.3-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	45	36.5	26.0-48.4	60	63.5	51.6-74.0
$50,000+	47	12	28.3	15.7-45.6	35	71.7	54.4-84.3

*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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	182	72	34.6	26.6-43.6	110	65.4	56.4-73.4
GENDER
Male	64	20	29.9	17.9-45.4	44	70.1	54.6-82.1
Female	118	52	38.7	29.0-49.4	66	61.3	50.6-71.0
RACE
White	156	60	33.6	25.0-43.5	96	66.4	56.5-75.0
Other	26	12	40.2	22.0-61.6	14	59.8	38.4-78.0
AGE
18-44	44	12	25.8	13.5-43.7	32	74.2	56.3-86.5
45+	138	60	39.3	29.9-49.6	78	60.7	50.4-70.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	46	31.2	22.4-41.6	63	68.8	58.4-77.6
Some College +	73	26	38.9	25.9-53.7	47	61.1	46.3-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	105	45	36.5	26.0-48.4	60	63.5	51.6-74.0
$50,000+	47	12	28.3	15.7-45.6	35	71.7	54.4-84.3