BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	209	167	75.4	65.9-82.9	42	24.6	17.1-34.1
GENDER
Male	64	48	66.3	49.3-79.9	16	33.7	20.1-50.7
Female	145	119	83.0	75.4-88.7	26	17.0	11.3-24.6
RACE
White	126	102	78.7	68.5-86.2	24	21.3	13.8-31.5
Other	82	64	71.8	55.8-83.7	18	28.2	16.3-44.2
AGE
18-44	36	24	64.9	45.4-80.4	12	35.1	19.6-54.6
45+	173	143	78.5	67.3-86.7	30	21.5	13.3-32.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	106	72.2	59.2-82.3	25	27.8	17.7-40.8
Some College +	78	61	81.6	70.9-88.9	17	18.4	11.1-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	111	72.9	60.7-82.5	31	27.1	17.5-39.3
$50,000+	33	26	76.5	55.0-89.7	7	23.5	10.3-45.0

*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 II**

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 II	209	167	75.4	65.9-82.9	42	24.6	17.1-34.1
GENDER
Male	64	48	66.3	49.3-79.9	16	33.7	20.1-50.7
Female	145	119	83.0	75.4-88.7	26	17.0	11.3-24.6
RACE
White	126	102	78.7	68.5-86.2	24	21.3	13.8-31.5
Other	82	64	71.8	55.8-83.7	18	28.2	16.3-44.2
AGE
18-44	36	24	64.9	45.4-80.4	12	35.1	19.6-54.6
45+	173	143	78.5	67.3-86.7	30	21.5	13.3-32.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	106	72.2	59.2-82.3	25	27.8	17.7-40.8
Some College +	78	61	81.6	70.9-88.9	17	18.4	11.1-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	111	72.9	60.7-82.5	31	27.1	17.5-39.3
$50,000+	33	26	76.5	55.0-89.7	7	23.5	10.3-45.0