BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	244	209	85.6	80.0-89.9	35	14.4	10.1-20.0
GENDER
Male	79	64	84.6	74.6-91.2	15	15.4	8.8-25.4
Female	165	145	86.5	79.6-91.3	20	13.5	8.7-20.4
RACE
White	150	126	79.8	71.1-86.3	24	20.2	13.7-28.9
Other	93	82	91.8	84.5-95.9	11	8.2	4.1-15.5
AGE
18-44	48	36	78.3	63.8-88.0	12	21.7	12.0-36.2
45+	196	173	88.1	82.0-92.3	23	11.9	7.7-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	151	131	87.2	80.3-91.9	20	12.8	8.1-19.7
Some College +	93	78	82.8	71.9-90.0	15	17.2	10.0-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	142	86.3	79.4-91.2	23	13.7	8.8-20.6
$50,000+	40	33	81.8	64.9-91.6	7	18.2	8.4-35.1

*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 II**

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 II	244	209	85.6	80.0-89.9	35	14.4	10.1-20.0
GENDER
Male	79	64	84.6	74.6-91.2	15	15.4	8.8-25.4
Female	165	145	86.5	79.6-91.3	20	13.5	8.7-20.4
RACE
White	150	126	79.8	71.1-86.3	24	20.2	13.7-28.9
Other	93	82	91.8	84.5-95.9	11	8.2	4.1-15.5
AGE
18-44	48	36	78.3	63.8-88.0	12	21.7	12.0-36.2
45+	196	173	88.1	82.0-92.3	23	11.9	7.7-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	151	131	87.2	80.3-91.9	20	12.8	8.1-19.7
Some College +	93	78	82.8	71.9-90.0	15	17.2	10.0-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	142	86.3	79.4-91.2	23	13.7	8.8-20.6
$50,000+	40	33	81.8	64.9-91.6	7	18.2	8.4-35.1