BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	180	62	28.9	22.3-36.6	118	71.1	63.4-77.7
GENDER
Male	57	13	16.9	9.3-28.8	44	83.1	71.2-90.7
Female	123	49	37.4	28.4-47.3	74	62.6	52.7-71.6
RACE
White	145	45	24.7	18.0-32.8	100	75.3	67.2-82.0
Other	34	16	45.9	28.2-64.8	18	54.1	35.2-71.8
AGE
18-44	55	16	21.5	12.8-34.0	39	78.5	66.0-87.2
45+	124	46	35.2	26.6-44.8	78	64.8	55.2-73.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	87	32	30.3	21.0-41.7	55	69.7	58.3-79.0
Some College +	93	30	27.6	18.8-38.4	63	72.4	61.6-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	113	35	25.2	17.5-34.9	78	74.8	65.1-82.5
$50,000+	40	15	32.7	19.6-49.1	25	67.3	50.9-80.4

*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: Onslow 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
-Onslow County	180	62	28.9	22.3-36.6	118	71.1	63.4-77.7
GENDER
Male	57	13	16.9	9.3-28.8	44	83.1	71.2-90.7
Female	123	49	37.4	28.4-47.3	74	62.6	52.7-71.6
RACE
White	145	45	24.7	18.0-32.8	100	75.3	67.2-82.0
Other	34	16	45.9	28.2-64.8	18	54.1	35.2-71.8
AGE
18-44	55	16	21.5	12.8-34.0	39	78.5	66.0-87.2
45+	124	46	35.2	26.6-44.8	78	64.8	55.2-73.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	87	32	30.3	21.0-41.7	55	69.7	58.3-79.0
Some College +	93	30	27.6	18.8-38.4	63	72.4	61.6-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	113	35	25.2	17.5-34.9	78	74.8	65.1-82.5
$50,000+	40	15	32.7	19.6-49.1	25	67.3	50.9-80.4