BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	286	207	68.6	61.3-75.1	79	31.4	24.9-38.7
GENDER
Male	88	56	61.1	48.1-72.6	32	38.9	27.4-51.9
Female	198	151	74.8	67.3-81.0	47	25.2	19.0-32.7
RACE
White	205	143	64.6	55.8-72.6	62	35.4	27.4-44.2
Other	79	63	80.5	68.0-88.9	16	19.5	11.1-32.0
AGE
18-44	61	40	56.9	41.2-71.3	21	43.1	28.7-58.8
45+	223	166	74.3	67.4-80.2	57	25.7	19.8-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	63	72.0	54.0-85.0	17	28.0	15.0-46.0
Some College +	204	142	66.9	58.9-74.0	62	33.1	26.0-41.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	93	73.8	63.4-82.1	29	26.2	17.9-36.6
$50,000+	115	74	61.7	50.0-72.3	41	38.3	27.7-50.0

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	286	207	68.6	61.3-75.1	79	31.4	24.9-38.7
GENDER
Male	88	56	61.1	48.1-72.6	32	38.9	27.4-51.9
Female	198	151	74.8	67.3-81.0	47	25.2	19.0-32.7
RACE
White	205	143	64.6	55.8-72.6	62	35.4	27.4-44.2
Other	79	63	80.5	68.0-88.9	16	19.5	11.1-32.0
AGE
18-44	61	40	56.9	41.2-71.3	21	43.1	28.7-58.8
45+	223	166	74.3	67.4-80.2	57	25.7	19.8-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	63	72.0	54.0-85.0	17	28.0	15.0-46.0
Some College +	204	142	66.9	58.9-74.0	62	33.1	26.0-41.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	122	93	73.8	63.4-82.1	29	26.2	17.9-36.6
$50,000+	115	74	61.7	50.0-72.3	41	38.3	27.7-50.0