BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	177	55	27.1	20.6-34.9	122	72.9	65.1-79.4
GENDER
Male	71	22	24.8	15.8-36.6	49	75.2	63.4-84.2
Female	106	33	29.6	20.8-40.2	73	70.4	59.8-79.2
RACE
White	158	49	28.3	21.1-36.7	109	71.7	63.3-78.9
Other	18	5	17.5	6.4-39.7	13	82.5	60.3-93.6
AGE
18-44	39	9	18.7	9.2-34.4	30	81.3	65.6-90.8
45+	135	45	31.4	23.4-40.8	90	68.6	59.2-76.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	26	25.8	17.1-36.8	54	74.2	63.2-82.9
Some College +	96	29	28.6	19.5-39.7	67	71.4	60.3-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	29	29.3	19.8-40.9	63	70.7	59.1-80.2
$50,000+	60	15	21.9	12.7-35.0	45	78.1	65.0-87.3

*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: Union 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
-Union County	177	55	27.1	20.6-34.9	122	72.9	65.1-79.4
GENDER
Male	71	22	24.8	15.8-36.6	49	75.2	63.4-84.2
Female	106	33	29.6	20.8-40.2	73	70.4	59.8-79.2
RACE
White	158	49	28.3	21.1-36.7	109	71.7	63.3-78.9
Other	18	5	17.5	6.4-39.7	13	82.5	60.3-93.6
AGE
18-44	39	9	18.7	9.2-34.4	30	81.3	65.6-90.8
45+	135	45	31.4	23.4-40.8	90	68.6	59.2-76.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	26	25.8	17.1-36.8	54	74.2	63.2-82.9
Some College +	96	29	28.6	19.5-39.7	67	71.4	60.3-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	29	29.3	19.8-40.9	63	70.7	59.1-80.2
$50,000+	60	15	21.9	12.7-35.0	45	78.1	65.0-87.3