BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Rowan County	230	201	88.6	83.4-92.4	29	11.4	7.6-16.6
GENDER
Male	75	69	92.5	83.3-96.9	6	7.5	3.1-16.7
Female	155	132	85.5	78.4-90.6	23	14.5	9.4-21.6
RACE
White	195	172	89.6	84.1-93.3	23	10.4	6.7-15.9
Other	33	27	82.6	63.1-93.0	6	17.4	7.0-36.9
AGE
18-44	48	43	90.9	78.8-96.4	5	9.1	3.6-21.2
45+	182	158	87.7	81.4-92.0	24	12.3	8.0-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	113	88.3	81.4-92.9	18	11.7	7.1-18.6
Some College +	99	88	89.0	79.8-94.3	11	11.0	5.7-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	134	89.8	83.6-93.9	19	10.2	6.1-16.4
$50,000+	41	36	88.3	74.3-95.2	5	11.7	4.8-25.7

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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: Rowan County

Arthritis Burden

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Rowan County	230	201	88.6	83.4-92.4	29	11.4	7.6-16.6
GENDER
Male	75	69	92.5	83.3-96.9	6	7.5	3.1-16.7
Female	155	132	85.5	78.4-90.6	23	14.5	9.4-21.6
RACE
White	195	172	89.6	84.1-93.3	23	10.4	6.7-15.9
Other	33	27	82.6	63.1-93.0	6	17.4	7.0-36.9
AGE
18-44	48	43	90.9	78.8-96.4	5	9.1	3.6-21.2
45+	182	158	87.7	81.4-92.0	24	12.3	8.0-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	113	88.3	81.4-92.9	18	11.7	7.1-18.6
Some College +	99	88	89.0	79.8-94.3	11	11.0	5.7-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	134	89.8	83.6-93.9	19	10.2	6.1-16.4
$50,000+	41	36	88.3	74.3-95.2	5	11.7	4.8-25.7