BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	180	51	22.9	16.8-30.5	129	77.1	69.5-83.2
GENDER
Male	64	14	17.6	9.8-29.6	50	82.4	70.4-90.2
Female	116	37	28.6	20.6-38.1	79	71.4	61.9-79.4
RACE
White	156	41	22.6	16.3-30.4	115	77.4	69.6-83.7
Other	22	9	21.3	7.9-46.3	13	78.7	53.7-92.1
AGE
18-44	41	10	15.1	7.2-28.9	31	84.9	71.1-92.8
45+	138	40	26.0	18.7-35.0	98	74.0	65.0-81.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	13	26.5	12.2-48.4	26	73.5	51.6-87.8
Some College +	141	38	21.8	15.5-29.9	103	78.2	70.1-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	24	27.2	16.0-42.3	43	72.8	57.7-84.0
$50,000+	79	17	18.3	11.0-29.0	62	81.7	71.0-89.0

*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: Orange 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
-Orange County	180	51	22.9	16.8-30.5	129	77.1	69.5-83.2
GENDER
Male	64	14	17.6	9.8-29.6	50	82.4	70.4-90.2
Female	116	37	28.6	20.6-38.1	79	71.4	61.9-79.4
RACE
White	156	41	22.6	16.3-30.4	115	77.4	69.6-83.7
Other	22	9	21.3	7.9-46.3	13	78.7	53.7-92.1
AGE
18-44	41	10	15.1	7.2-28.9	31	84.9	71.1-92.8
45+	138	40	26.0	18.7-35.0	98	74.0	65.0-81.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	13	26.5	12.2-48.4	26	73.5	51.6-87.8
Some College +	141	38	21.8	15.5-29.9	103	78.2	70.1-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	24	27.2	16.0-42.3	43	72.8	57.7-84.0
$50,000+	79	17	18.3	11.0-29.0	62	81.7	71.0-89.0