BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (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
-Rowan County	258	84	31.6	25.5-38.5	174	68.4	61.5-74.5
GENDER
Male	83	27	33.6	23.3-45.8	56	66.4	54.2-76.7
Female	175	57	30.0	23.2-37.9	118	70.0	62.1-76.8
RACE
White	226	74	31.9	25.3-39.2	152	68.1	60.8-74.7
Other	30	9	27.4	13.0-48.7	21	72.6	51.3-87.0
AGE
18-44	51	13	30.4	18.1-46.3	38	69.6	53.7-81.9
45+	207	71	32.1	25.4-39.6	136	67.9	60.4-74.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	149	55	37.1	28.6-46.5	94	62.9	53.5-71.4
Some College +	109	29	24.1	16.4-34.0	80	75.9	66.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	170	59	34.1	26.2-43.0	111	65.9	57.0-73.8
$50,000+	49	9	17.8	9.2-31.6	40	82.2	68.4-90.8

*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: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County	258	84	31.6	25.5-38.5	174	68.4	61.5-74.5
GENDER
Male	83	27	33.6	23.3-45.8	56	66.4	54.2-76.7
Female	175	57	30.0	23.2-37.9	118	70.0	62.1-76.8
RACE
White	226	74	31.9	25.3-39.2	152	68.1	60.8-74.7
Other	30	9	27.4	13.0-48.7	21	72.6	51.3-87.0
AGE
18-44	51	13	30.4	18.1-46.3	38	69.6	53.7-81.9
45+	207	71	32.1	25.4-39.6	136	67.9	60.4-74.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	149	55	37.1	28.6-46.5	94	62.9	53.5-71.4
Some College +	109	29	24.1	16.4-34.0	80	75.9	66.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	170	59	34.1	26.2-43.0	111	65.9	57.0-73.8
$50,000+	49	9	17.8	9.2-31.6	40	82.2	68.4-90.8