BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	268	104	35.5	29.0-42.6	164	64.5	57.4-71.0
GENDER
Male	82	30	35.2	24.3-48.0	52	64.8	52.0-75.7
Female	186	74	35.8	28.6-43.7	112	64.2	56.3-71.4
RACE
White	162	61	33.0	25.8-41.2	101	67.0	58.8-74.2
Other	105	43	38.6	27.9-50.5	62	61.4	49.5-72.1
AGE
18-44	41	11	26.0	13.4-44.4	30	74.0	55.6-86.6
45+	227	93	38.1	30.8-46.0	134	61.9	54.0-69.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	73	37.8	29.4-46.9	95	62.2	53.1-70.6
Some College +	100	31	31.1	21.5-42.6	69	68.9	57.4-78.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	78	39.7	31.3-48.9	98	60.3	51.1-68.7
$50,000+	46	10	20.1	9.8-37.0	36	79.9	63.0-90.2

*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 II**

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 II	268	104	35.5	29.0-42.6	164	64.5	57.4-71.0
GENDER
Male	82	30	35.2	24.3-48.0	52	64.8	52.0-75.7
Female	186	74	35.8	28.6-43.7	112	64.2	56.3-71.4
RACE
White	162	61	33.0	25.8-41.2	101	67.0	58.8-74.2
Other	105	43	38.6	27.9-50.5	62	61.4	49.5-72.1
AGE
18-44	41	11	26.0	13.4-44.4	30	74.0	55.6-86.6
45+	227	93	38.1	30.8-46.0	134	61.9	54.0-69.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	73	37.8	29.4-46.9	95	62.2	53.1-70.6
Some College +	100	31	31.1	21.5-42.6	69	68.9	57.4-78.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	78	39.7	31.3-48.9	98	60.3	51.1-68.7
$50,000+	46	10	20.1	9.8-37.0	36	79.9	63.0-90.2