BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	150	108	65.5	55.8-74.1	42	34.5	25.9-44.2
GENDER
Male	56	35	55.7	40.8-69.6	21	44.3	30.4-59.2
Female	94	73	74.3	62.0-83.7	21	25.7	16.3-38.0
RACE
White	136	99	67.1	56.9-75.9	37	32.9	24.1-43.1
Other	13	8	51.8	23.5-79.0	5	48.2	21.0-76.5
AGE
18-44	35	18	46.5	29.5-64.3	17	53.5	35.7-70.5
45+	112	89	77.3	67.1-85.1	23	22.7	14.9-32.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	49	58.2	43.7-71.4	20	41.8	28.6-56.3
Some College +	80	58	71.0	57.9-81.3	22	29.0	18.7-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	57	71.1	57.1-82.0	17	28.9	18.0-42.9
$50,000+	55	35	59.1	43.7-73.0	20	40.9	27.0-56.3

*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: Union County

Arthritis Burden

Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?

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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
-Union County	150	108	65.5	55.8-74.1	42	34.5	25.9-44.2
GENDER
Male	56	35	55.7	40.8-69.6	21	44.3	30.4-59.2
Female	94	73	74.3	62.0-83.7	21	25.7	16.3-38.0
RACE
White	136	99	67.1	56.9-75.9	37	32.9	24.1-43.1
Other	13	8	51.8	23.5-79.0	5	48.2	21.0-76.5
AGE
18-44	35	18	46.5	29.5-64.3	17	53.5	35.7-70.5
45+	112	89	77.3	67.1-85.1	23	22.7	14.9-32.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	49	58.2	43.7-71.4	20	41.8	28.6-56.3
Some College +	80	58	71.0	57.9-81.3	22	29.0	18.7-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	57	71.1	57.1-82.0	17	28.9	18.0-42.9
$50,000+	55	35	59.1	43.7-73.0	20	40.9	27.0-56.3