BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	763	352	42.0	37.5-46.7	411	58.0	53.3-62.5
GENDER
Male	267	119	40.4	33.2-48.1	148	59.6	51.9-66.8
Female	496	233	43.3	37.7-49.1	263	56.7	50.9-62.3
RACE
White	678	318	44.4	39.6-49.3	360	55.6	50.7-60.4
Other	85	34	24.9	14.9-38.5	51	75.1	61.5-85.1
AGE
18-44	250	80	29.4	22.7-37.2	170	70.6	62.8-77.3
45+	510	272	53.6	48.4-58.8	238	46.4	41.2-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	179	41.7	35.1-48.6	188	58.3	51.4-64.9
Some College +	396	173	42.4	36.3-48.7	223	57.6	51.3-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	480	242	45.3	39.6-51.2	238	54.7	48.8-60.4
$50,000+	160	53	31.9	23.6-41.5	107	68.1	58.5-76.4

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	763	352	42.0	37.5-46.7	411	58.0	53.3-62.5
GENDER
Male	267	119	40.4	33.2-48.1	148	59.6	51.9-66.8
Female	496	233	43.3	37.7-49.1	263	56.7	50.9-62.3
RACE
White	678	318	44.4	39.6-49.3	360	55.6	50.7-60.4
Other	85	34	24.9	14.9-38.5	51	75.1	61.5-85.1
AGE
18-44	250	80	29.4	22.7-37.2	170	70.6	62.8-77.3
45+	510	272	53.6	48.4-58.8	238	46.4	41.2-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	179	41.7	35.1-48.6	188	58.3	51.4-64.9
Some College +	396	173	42.4	36.3-48.7	223	57.6	51.3-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	480	242	45.3	39.6-51.2	238	54.7	48.8-60.4
$50,000+	160	53	31.9	23.6-41.5	107	68.1	58.5-76.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Arthritis Burden

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