BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	418	162	33.4	27.8-39.5	256	66.6	60.5-72.2
GENDER
Male	158	57	36.3	27.3-46.4	101	63.7	53.6-72.7
Female	260	105	30.6	24.5-37.4	155	69.4	62.6-75.5
RACE
White	348	139	34.4	28.8-40.5	209	65.6	59.5-71.2
Other	67	21	28.8	15.1-47.9	46	71.2	52.1-84.9
AGE
18-44	165	39	22.2	14.7-32.1	126	77.8	67.9-85.3
45+	250	122	47.2	40.1-54.4	128	52.8	45.6-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	36	29.6	17.7-45.1	54	70.4	54.9-82.3
Some College +	327	126	35.0	29.1-41.4	201	65.0	58.6-70.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	62	28.7	19.8-39.6	103	71.3	60.4-80.2
$50,000+	191	78	40.2	32.7-48.2	113	59.8	51.8-67.3

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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
-Orange County	418	162	33.4	27.8-39.5	256	66.6	60.5-72.2
GENDER
Male	158	57	36.3	27.3-46.4	101	63.7	53.6-72.7
Female	260	105	30.6	24.5-37.4	155	69.4	62.6-75.5
RACE
White	348	139	34.4	28.8-40.5	209	65.6	59.5-71.2
Other	67	21	28.8	15.1-47.9	46	71.2	52.1-84.9
AGE
18-44	165	39	22.2	14.7-32.1	126	77.8	67.9-85.3
45+	250	122	47.2	40.1-54.4	128	52.8	45.6-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	36	29.6	17.7-45.1	54	70.4	54.9-82.3
Some College +	327	126	35.0	29.1-41.4	201	65.0	58.6-70.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	62	28.7	19.8-39.6	103	71.3	60.4-80.2
$50,000+	191	78	40.2	32.7-48.2	113	59.8	51.8-67.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Arthritis Burden

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