BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	238	179	73.5	66.0-79.8	59	26.5	20.2-34.0
GENDER
Male	79	55	69.8	56.2-80.6	24	30.2	19.4-43.8
Female	159	124	76.8	68.7-83.4	35	23.2	16.6-31.3
RACE
White	109	76	69.1	56.8-79.2	33	30.9	20.8-43.2
Other	127	101	77.3	67.6-84.8	26	22.7	15.2-32.4
AGE
18-44	46	28	68.3	49.9-82.4	18	31.7	17.6-50.1
45+	190	149	75.3	67.1-81.9	41	24.7	18.1-32.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	123	73.3	63.8-81.0	41	26.7	19.0-36.2
Some College +	73	55	73.7	61.1-83.3	18	26.3	16.7-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	122	72.2	62.6-80.1	42	27.8	19.9-37.4
$50,000+	28	19	69.7	49.1-84.6	9	30.3	15.4-50.9

*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: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I	238	179	73.5	66.0-79.8	59	26.5	20.2-34.0
GENDER
Male	79	55	69.8	56.2-80.6	24	30.2	19.4-43.8
Female	159	124	76.8	68.7-83.4	35	23.2	16.6-31.3
RACE
White	109	76	69.1	56.8-79.2	33	30.9	20.8-43.2
Other	127	101	77.3	67.6-84.8	26	22.7	15.2-32.4
AGE
18-44	46	28	68.3	49.9-82.4	18	31.7	17.6-50.1
45+	190	149	75.3	67.1-81.9	41	24.7	18.1-32.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	123	73.3	63.8-81.0	41	26.7	19.0-36.2
Some College +	73	55	73.7	61.1-83.3	18	26.3	16.7-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	122	72.2	62.6-80.1	42	27.8	19.9-37.4
$50,000+	28	19	69.7	49.1-84.6	9	30.3	15.4-50.9