BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	219	62	26.7	20.2-34.3	157	73.3	65.7-79.8
GENDER
Male	65	14	20.2	11.3-33.5	51	79.8	66.5-88.7
Female	154	48	31.2	22.9-40.8	106	68.8	59.2-77.1
RACE
White	186	53	26.2	19.4-34.2	133	73.8	65.8-80.6
Other	33	9	29.0	13.4-51.9	24	71.0	48.1-86.6
AGE
18-44	46	6	17.9	7.2-38.1	40	82.1	61.9-92.8
45+	172	56	30.5	23.3-38.8	116	69.5	61.2-76.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	32	39.0	26.6-53.1	47	61.0	46.9-73.4
Some College +	140	30	18.9	12.6-27.5	110	81.1	72.5-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	118	36	27.8	19.0-38.7	82	72.2	61.3-81.0
$50,000+	69	13	16.6	9.3-27.8	56	83.4	72.2-90.7

*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: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County	219	62	26.7	20.2-34.3	157	73.3	65.7-79.8
GENDER
Male	65	14	20.2	11.3-33.5	51	79.8	66.5-88.7
Female	154	48	31.2	22.9-40.8	106	68.8	59.2-77.1
RACE
White	186	53	26.2	19.4-34.2	133	73.8	65.8-80.6
Other	33	9	29.0	13.4-51.9	24	71.0	48.1-86.6
AGE
18-44	46	6	17.9	7.2-38.1	40	82.1	61.9-92.8
45+	172	56	30.5	23.3-38.8	116	69.5	61.2-76.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	32	39.0	26.6-53.1	47	61.0	46.9-73.4
Some College +	140	30	18.9	12.6-27.5	110	81.1	72.5-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	118	36	27.8	19.0-38.7	82	72.2	61.3-81.0
$50,000+	69	13	16.6	9.3-27.8	56	83.4	72.2-90.7