BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	236	177	70.7	62.5-77.8	59	29.3	22.2-37.5
GENDER
Male	79	58	71.6	57.3-82.5	21	28.4	17.5-42.7
Female	157	119	70.0	60.2-78.2	38	30.0	21.8-39.8
RACE
White	144	111	72.5	61.4-81.3	33	27.5	18.7-38.6
Other	92	66	67.5	54.9-77.9	26	32.5	22.1-45.1
AGE
18-44	54	36	66.0	47.7-80.6	18	34.0	19.4-52.3
45+	182	141	72.9	64.0-80.2	41	27.1	19.8-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	152	111	69.3	58.7-78.2	41	30.7	21.8-41.3
Some College +	84	66	73.7	60.0-83.9	18	26.3	16.1-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	169	129	73.5	63.4-81.6	40	26.5	18.4-36.6
$50,000+	33	22	61.3	41.0-78.2	11	38.7	21.8-59.0

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons 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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Arthritis Burden

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	236	177	70.7	62.5-77.8	59	29.3	22.2-37.5
GENDER
Male	79	58	71.6	57.3-82.5	21	28.4	17.5-42.7
Female	157	119	70.0	60.2-78.2	38	30.0	21.8-39.8
RACE
White	144	111	72.5	61.4-81.3	33	27.5	18.7-38.6
Other	92	66	67.5	54.9-77.9	26	32.5	22.1-45.1
AGE
18-44	54	36	66.0	47.7-80.6	18	34.0	19.4-52.3
45+	182	141	72.9	64.0-80.2	41	27.1	19.8-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	152	111	69.3	58.7-78.2	41	30.7	21.8-41.3
Some College +	84	66	73.7	60.0-83.9	18	26.3	16.1-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	169	129	73.5	63.4-81.6	40	26.5	18.4-36.6
$50,000+	33	22	61.3	41.0-78.2	11	38.7	21.8-59.0