BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Rowan County	475	232	41.3	36.0-46.9	243	58.7	53.1-64.0
GENDER
Male	167	76	38.3	29.8-47.5	91	61.7	52.5-70.2
Female	308	156	44.1	38.0-50.5	152	55.9	49.5-62.0
RACE
White	393	197	44.1	38.2-50.1	196	55.9	49.9-61.8
Other	79	33	30.2	19.3-43.7	46	69.8	56.3-80.7
AGE
18-44	155	48	24.9	18.3-33.0	107	75.1	67.0-81.7
45+	320	184	56.6	50.3-62.7	136	43.4	37.3-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	263	133	42.5	35.2-50.2	130	57.5	49.8-64.8
Some College +	212	99	39.9	32.3-48.0	113	60.1	52.0-67.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	154	44.0	37.2-51.0	154	56.0	49.0-62.8
$50,000+	99	41	35.5	26.3-45.9	58	64.5	54.1-73.7

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^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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Rowan County	475	232	41.3	36.0-46.9	243	58.7	53.1-64.0
GENDER
Male	167	76	38.3	29.8-47.5	91	61.7	52.5-70.2
Female	308	156	44.1	38.0-50.5	152	55.9	49.5-62.0
RACE
White	393	197	44.1	38.2-50.1	196	55.9	49.9-61.8
Other	79	33	30.2	19.3-43.7	46	69.8	56.3-80.7
AGE
18-44	155	48	24.9	18.3-33.0	107	75.1	67.0-81.7
45+	320	184	56.6	50.3-62.7	136	43.4	37.3-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	263	133	42.5	35.2-50.2	130	57.5	49.8-64.8
Some College +	212	99	39.9	32.3-48.0	113	60.1	52.0-67.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	154	44.0	37.2-51.0	154	56.0	49.0-62.8
$50,000+	99	41	35.5	26.3-45.9	58	64.5	54.1-73.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?