BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	303	235	74.8	67.8-80.6	68	25.2	19.4-32.2
GENDER
Male	105	71	63.4	51.4-73.9	34	36.6	26.1-48.6
Female	198	164	83.7	76.6-88.9	34	16.3	11.1-23.4
RACE
White	274	213	74.2	67.0-80.4	61	25.8	19.6-33.0
Other	29	22	81.0	53.8-94.0	7	19.0	6.0-46.2
AGE
18-44	60	35	58.9	42.8-73.3	25	41.1	26.7-57.2
45+	243	200	81.4	74.7-86.6	43	18.6	13.4-25.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	154	114	69.8	59.5-78.4	40	30.2	21.6-40.5
Some College +	149	121	80.0	70.6-87.0	28	20.0	13.0-29.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	153	69.3	60.3-77.0	51	30.7	23.0-39.7
$50,000+	48	41	81.8	65.8-91.3	7	18.2	8.7-34.2

*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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	303	235	74.8	67.8-80.6	68	25.2	19.4-32.2
GENDER
Male	105	71	63.4	51.4-73.9	34	36.6	26.1-48.6
Female	198	164	83.7	76.6-88.9	34	16.3	11.1-23.4
RACE
White	274	213	74.2	67.0-80.4	61	25.8	19.6-33.0
Other	29	22	81.0	53.8-94.0	7	19.0	6.0-46.2
AGE
18-44	60	35	58.9	42.8-73.3	25	41.1	26.7-57.2
45+	243	200	81.4	74.7-86.6	43	18.6	13.4-25.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	154	114	69.8	59.5-78.4	40	30.2	21.6-40.5
Some College +	149	121	80.0	70.6-87.0	28	20.0	13.0-29.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	153	69.3	60.3-77.0	51	30.7	23.0-39.7
$50,000+	48	41	81.8	65.8-91.3	7	18.2	8.7-34.2