BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	877	352	35.9	32.1-39.9	525	64.1	60.1-67.9
GENDER
Male	313	116	34.4	28.4-40.9	197	65.6	59.1-71.6
Female	564	236	37.3	32.8-42.1	328	62.7	57.9-67.2
RACE
White	602	248	39.0	34.3-43.9	354	61.0	56.1-65.7
Other	271	102	29.8	23.8-36.5	169	70.2	63.5-76.2
AGE
18-44	344	90	25.4	20.2-31.5	254	74.6	68.5-79.8
45+	524	260	48.4	43.5-53.3	264	51.6	46.7-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	229	93	31.3	24.0-39.7	136	68.7	60.3-76.0
Some College +	646	257	37.5	33.2-42.0	389	62.5	58.0-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	359	150	36.1	29.9-42.8	209	63.9	57.2-70.1
$50,000+	383	145	36.4	30.9-42.2	238	63.6	57.8-69.1

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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
-Mecklenburg County	877	352	35.9	32.1-39.9	525	64.1	60.1-67.9
GENDER
Male	313	116	34.4	28.4-40.9	197	65.6	59.1-71.6
Female	564	236	37.3	32.8-42.1	328	62.7	57.9-67.2
RACE
White	602	248	39.0	34.3-43.9	354	61.0	56.1-65.7
Other	271	102	29.8	23.8-36.5	169	70.2	63.5-76.2
AGE
18-44	344	90	25.4	20.2-31.5	254	74.6	68.5-79.8
45+	524	260	48.4	43.5-53.3	264	51.6	46.7-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	229	93	31.3	24.0-39.7	136	68.7	60.3-76.0
Some College +	646	257	37.5	33.2-42.0	389	62.5	58.0-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	359	150	36.1	29.9-42.8	209	63.9	57.2-70.1
$50,000+	383	145	36.4	30.9-42.2	238	63.6	57.8-69.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Arthritis Burden

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