BRFSS 2005 - Robeson County: (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
-Robeson County	176	140	72.2	62.9-79.9	36	27.8	20.1-37.1
GENDER
Male	52	33	55.0	39.8-69.4	19	45.0	30.6-60.2
Female	124	107	87.0	79.1-92.2	17	13.0	7.8-20.9
RACE
White	77	60	71.1	56.6-82.3	17	28.9	17.7-43.4
Other	98	79	72.0	59.3-82.0	19	28.0	18.0-40.7
AGE
18-44	45	33	62.6	44.6-77.7	12	37.4	22.3-55.4
45+	130	106	76.7	66.1-84.8	24	23.3	15.2-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	93	73.0	61.2-82.2	23	27.0	17.8-38.8
Some College +	60	47	70.8	54.4-83.1	13	29.2	16.9-45.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	136	109	71.3	60.5-80.0	27	28.7	20.0-39.5
$50,000+	19	15	78.6	50.7-92.9	4	21.4	7.1-49.3

*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: Robeson County

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
-Robeson County	176	140	72.2	62.9-79.9	36	27.8	20.1-37.1
GENDER
Male	52	33	55.0	39.8-69.4	19	45.0	30.6-60.2
Female	124	107	87.0	79.1-92.2	17	13.0	7.8-20.9
RACE
White	77	60	71.1	56.6-82.3	17	28.9	17.7-43.4
Other	98	79	72.0	59.3-82.0	19	28.0	18.0-40.7
AGE
18-44	45	33	62.6	44.6-77.7	12	37.4	22.3-55.4
45+	130	106	76.7	66.1-84.8	24	23.3	15.2-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	93	73.0	61.2-82.2	23	27.0	17.8-38.8
Some College +	60	47	70.8	54.4-83.1	13	29.2	16.9-45.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	136	109	71.3	60.5-80.0	27	28.7	20.0-39.5
$50,000+	19	15	78.6	50.7-92.9	4	21.4	7.1-49.3