BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Northeast Partnership I	295	117	34.5	28.3-41.4	178	65.5	58.6-71.7
GENDER
Male	99	34	29.0	19.7-40.5	65	71.0	59.5-80.3
Female	196	83	39.3	31.9-47.2	113	60.7	52.8-68.1
RACE
White	133	44	28.4	20.0-38.7	89	71.6	61.3-80.0
Other	159	72	40.0	31.6-48.9	87	60.0	51.1-68.4
AGE
18-44	57	16	20.9	11.4-35.3	41	79.1	64.7-88.6
45+	236	100	39.7	32.8-47.1	136	60.3	52.9-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	91	40.2	31.6-49.3	107	59.8	50.7-68.4
Some College +	96	25	22.4	15.0-32.3	71	77.6	67.7-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	196	83	38.1	29.8-47.2	113	61.9	52.8-70.2
$50,000+	42	7	12.7	5.8-25.7	35	87.3	74.3-94.2

*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms 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

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Northeast Partnership I	295	117	34.5	28.3-41.4	178	65.5	58.6-71.7
GENDER
Male	99	34	29.0	19.7-40.5	65	71.0	59.5-80.3
Female	196	83	39.3	31.9-47.2	113	60.7	52.8-68.1
RACE
White	133	44	28.4	20.0-38.7	89	71.6	61.3-80.0
Other	159	72	40.0	31.6-48.9	87	60.0	51.1-68.4
AGE
18-44	57	16	20.9	11.4-35.3	41	79.1	64.7-88.6
45+	236	100	39.7	32.8-47.1	136	60.3	52.9-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	91	40.2	31.6-49.3	107	59.8	50.7-68.4
Some College +	96	25	22.4	15.0-32.3	71	77.6	67.7-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	196	83	38.1	29.8-47.2	113	61.9	52.8-70.2
$50,000+	42	7	12.7	5.8-25.7	35	87.3	74.3-94.2