BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Mecklenburg County	351	286	78.2	71.7-83.5	65	21.8	16.5-28.3
GENDER
Male	116	88	74.7	64.3-82.9	28	25.3	17.1-35.7
Female	235	198	81.2	72.5-87.7	37	18.8	12.3-27.5
RACE
White	247	205	80.7	73.0-86.6	42	19.3	13.4-27.0
Other	102	79	71.4	58.5-81.6	23	28.6	18.4-41.5
AGE
18-44	90	61	66.2	52.8-77.4	29	33.8	22.6-47.2
45+	259	223	85.3	79.5-89.7	36	14.7	10.3-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	80	83.6	68.6-92.2	13	16.4	7.8-31.4
Some College +	256	204	76.0	68.5-82.3	52	24.0	17.7-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	122	73.2	60.7-82.8	28	26.8	17.2-39.3
$50,000+	144	115	79.6	71.0-86.1	29	20.4	13.9-29.0

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Mecklenburg County	351	286	78.2	71.7-83.5	65	21.8	16.5-28.3
GENDER
Male	116	88	74.7	64.3-82.9	28	25.3	17.1-35.7
Female	235	198	81.2	72.5-87.7	37	18.8	12.3-27.5
RACE
White	247	205	80.7	73.0-86.6	42	19.3	13.4-27.0
Other	102	79	71.4	58.5-81.6	23	28.6	18.4-41.5
AGE
18-44	90	61	66.2	52.8-77.4	29	33.8	22.6-47.2
45+	259	223	85.3	79.5-89.7	36	14.7	10.3-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	80	83.6	68.6-92.2	13	16.4	7.8-31.4
Some College +	256	204	76.0	68.5-82.3	52	24.0	17.7-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	122	73.2	60.7-82.8	28	26.8	17.2-39.3
$50,000+	144	115	79.6	71.0-86.1	29	20.4	13.9-29.0