BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	396	161	34.5	28.8-40.6	235	65.5	59.4-71.2
GENDER
Male	135	52	32.3	23.3-42.9	83	67.7	57.1-76.7
Female	261	109	36.4	30.0-43.3	152	63.6	56.7-70.0
RACE
White	307	128	36.1	29.6-43.3	179	63.9	56.7-70.4
Other	87	31	27.5	18.4-39.0	56	72.5	61.0-81.6
AGE
18-44	198	59	27.9	20.9-36.1	139	72.1	63.9-79.1
45+	196	100	47.9	40.1-55.8	96	52.1	44.2-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	77	34.6	26.2-44.1	98	65.4	55.9-73.8
Some College +	221	84	34.4	27.1-42.5	137	65.6	57.5-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	100	35.8	28.6-43.8	141	64.2	56.2-71.4
$50,000+	109	39	30.7	22.3-40.5	70	69.3	59.5-77.7

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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
-Onslow County	396	161	34.5	28.8-40.6	235	65.5	59.4-71.2
GENDER
Male	135	52	32.3	23.3-42.9	83	67.7	57.1-76.7
Female	261	109	36.4	30.0-43.3	152	63.6	56.7-70.0
RACE
White	307	128	36.1	29.6-43.3	179	63.9	56.7-70.4
Other	87	31	27.5	18.4-39.0	56	72.5	61.0-81.6
AGE
18-44	198	59	27.9	20.9-36.1	139	72.1	63.9-79.1
45+	196	100	47.9	40.1-55.8	96	52.1	44.2-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	77	34.6	26.2-44.1	98	65.4	55.9-73.8
Some College +	221	84	34.4	27.1-42.5	137	65.6	57.5-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	100	35.8	28.6-43.8	141	64.2	56.2-71.4
$50,000+	109	39	30.7	22.3-40.5	70	69.3	59.5-77.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Arthritis Burden

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