BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	407	145	33.5	28.0-39.5	262	66.5	60.5-72.0
GENDER
Male	143	46	31.6	23.1-41.5	97	68.4	58.5-76.9
Female	264	99	35.0	28.1-42.6	165	65.0	57.4-71.9
RACE
White	373	134	33.3	27.6-39.5	239	66.7	60.5-72.4
Other	34	11	36.4	16.9-61.8	23	63.6	38.2-83.1
AGE
18-44	79	19	21.1	12.4-33.4	60	78.9	66.6-87.6
45+	327	126	38.8	32.6-45.5	201	61.2	54.5-67.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	78	36.1	28.3-44.7	132	63.9	55.3-71.7
Some College +	197	67	30.5	23.1-39.0	130	69.5	61.0-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	97	33.7	26.9-41.2	167	66.3	58.8-73.1
$50,000+	70	19	24.2	15.0-36.6	51	75.8	63.4-85.0

*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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	407	145	33.5	28.0-39.5	262	66.5	60.5-72.0
GENDER
Male	143	46	31.6	23.1-41.5	97	68.4	58.5-76.9
Female	264	99	35.0	28.1-42.6	165	65.0	57.4-71.9
RACE
White	373	134	33.3	27.6-39.5	239	66.7	60.5-72.4
Other	34	11	36.4	16.9-61.8	23	63.6	38.2-83.1
AGE
18-44	79	19	21.1	12.4-33.4	60	78.9	66.6-87.6
45+	327	126	38.8	32.6-45.5	201	61.2	54.5-67.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	78	36.1	28.3-44.7	132	63.9	55.3-71.7
Some College +	197	67	30.5	23.1-39.0	130	69.5	61.0-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	97	33.7	26.9-41.2	167	66.3	58.8-73.1
$50,000+	70	19	24.2	15.0-36.6	51	75.8	63.4-85.0