BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	314	116	35.8	29.3-42.7	198	64.2	57.3-70.7
GENDER
Male	107	37	37.5	26.8-49.5	70	62.5	50.5-73.2
Female	207	79	34.2	27.2-41.9	128	65.8	58.1-72.8
RACE
White	200	67	34.2	26.1-43.2	133	65.8	56.8-73.9
Other	114	49	38.9	28.9-49.8	65	61.1	50.2-71.1
AGE
18-44	70	29	40.5	26.3-56.3	41	59.5	43.7-73.7
45+	243	87	33.8	27.3-41.1	156	66.2	58.9-72.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	78	39.7	31.2-48.9	120	60.3	51.1-68.8
Some College +	116	38	28.1	19.8-38.3	78	71.9	61.7-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	95	41.3	33.1-49.9	122	58.7	50.1-66.9
$50,000+	50	5	18.2	7.1-39.4	45	81.8	60.6-92.9

*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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	314	116	35.8	29.3-42.7	198	64.2	57.3-70.7
GENDER
Male	107	37	37.5	26.8-49.5	70	62.5	50.5-73.2
Female	207	79	34.2	27.2-41.9	128	65.8	58.1-72.8
RACE
White	200	67	34.2	26.1-43.2	133	65.8	56.8-73.9
Other	114	49	38.9	28.9-49.8	65	61.1	50.2-71.1
AGE
18-44	70	29	40.5	26.3-56.3	41	59.5	43.7-73.7
45+	243	87	33.8	27.3-41.1	156	66.2	58.9-72.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	78	39.7	31.2-48.9	120	60.3	51.1-68.8
Some College +	116	38	28.1	19.8-38.3	78	71.9	61.7-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	95	41.3	33.1-49.9	122	58.7	50.1-66.9
$50,000+	50	5	18.2	7.1-39.4	45	81.8	60.6-92.9