BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-New Hanover County	444	203	42.3	36.8-48.0	241	57.7	52.0-63.2
GENDER
Male	159	60	33.6	25.8-42.5	99	66.4	57.5-74.2
Female	285	143	50.5	43.5-57.4	142	49.5	42.6-56.5
RACE
White	376	172	42.5	36.5-48.7	204	57.5	51.3-63.5
Other	68	31	41.4	28.3-55.9	37	58.6	44.1-71.7
AGE
18-44	146	44	28.0	20.0-37.7	102	72.0	62.3-80.0
45+	296	158	54.6	48.1-61.0	138	45.4	39.0-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	76	45.8	35.8-56.1	70	54.2	43.9-64.2
Some College +	298	127	40.2	33.9-46.9	171	59.8	53.1-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	109	44.7	36.6-53.0	110	55.3	47.0-63.4
$50,000+	160	66	41.5	33.0-50.5	94	58.5	49.5-67.0

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^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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-New Hanover County	444	203	42.3	36.8-48.0	241	57.7	52.0-63.2
GENDER
Male	159	60	33.6	25.8-42.5	99	66.4	57.5-74.2
Female	285	143	50.5	43.5-57.4	142	49.5	42.6-56.5
RACE
White	376	172	42.5	36.5-48.7	204	57.5	51.3-63.5
Other	68	31	41.4	28.3-55.9	37	58.6	44.1-71.7
AGE
18-44	146	44	28.0	20.0-37.7	102	72.0	62.3-80.0
45+	296	158	54.6	48.1-61.0	138	45.4	39.0-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	76	45.8	35.8-56.1	70	54.2	43.9-64.2
Some College +	298	127	40.2	33.9-46.9	171	59.8	53.1-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	109	44.7	36.6-53.0	110	55.3	47.0-63.4
$50,000+	160	66	41.5	33.0-50.5	94	58.5	49.5-67.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?