BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	274	238	84.6	78.1-89.4	36	15.4	10.6-21.9
GENDER
Male	92	79	82.5	70.4-90.4	13	17.5	9.6-29.6
Female	182	159	86.6	80.0-91.2	23	13.4	8.8-20.0
RACE
White	125	109	85.9	75.2-92.4	16	14.1	7.6-24.8
Other	147	127	83.3	74.4-89.6	20	16.7	10.4-25.6
AGE
18-44	57	46	81.4	64.4-91.3	11	18.6	8.7-35.6
45+	215	190	85.9	79.1-90.7	25	14.1	9.3-20.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	184	164	87.8	80.0-92.8	20	12.2	7.2-20.0
Some College +	89	73	77.8	65.1-86.9	16	22.2	13.1-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	164	85.5	77.1-91.1	23	14.5	8.9-22.9
$50,000+	36	28	79.2	61.1-90.3	8	20.8	9.7-38.9

*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: 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	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Northeast Partnership I	274	238	84.6	78.1-89.4	36	15.4	10.6-21.9
GENDER
Male	92	79	82.5	70.4-90.4	13	17.5	9.6-29.6
Female	182	159	86.6	80.0-91.2	23	13.4	8.8-20.0
RACE
White	125	109	85.9	75.2-92.4	16	14.1	7.6-24.8
Other	147	127	83.3	74.4-89.6	20	16.7	10.4-25.6
AGE
18-44	57	46	81.4	64.4-91.3	11	18.6	8.7-35.6
45+	215	190	85.9	79.1-90.7	25	14.1	9.3-20.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	184	164	87.8	80.0-92.8	20	12.2	7.2-20.0
Some College +	89	73	77.8	65.1-86.9	16	22.2	13.1-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	164	85.5	77.1-91.1	23	14.5	8.9-22.9
$50,000+	36	28	79.2	61.1-90.3	8	20.8	9.7-38.9