BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	382	161	36.5	31.2-42.1	221	63.5	57.9-68.8
GENDER
Male	155	61	33.0	25.6-41.5	94	67.0	58.5-74.4
Female	227	100	40.3	33.3-47.7	127	59.7	52.3-66.7
RACE
White	321	146	40.3	34.4-46.5	175	59.7	53.5-65.6
Other	59	14	21.2	11.9-34.8	45	78.8	65.2-88.1
AGE
18-44	165	41	24.0	17.5-31.9	124	76.0	68.1-82.5
45+	213	117	51.6	44.0-59.2	96	48.4	40.8-56.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	74	39.0	30.6-48.0	87	61.0	52.0-69.4
Some College +	220	86	34.5	27.8-41.8	134	65.5	58.2-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	78	34.9	27.5-43.2	103	65.1	56.8-72.5
$50,000+	149	61	37.3	29.2-46.1	88	62.7	53.9-70.8

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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
-Union County	382	161	36.5	31.2-42.1	221	63.5	57.9-68.8
GENDER
Male	155	61	33.0	25.6-41.5	94	67.0	58.5-74.4
Female	227	100	40.3	33.3-47.7	127	59.7	52.3-66.7
RACE
White	321	146	40.3	34.4-46.5	175	59.7	53.5-65.6
Other	59	14	21.2	11.9-34.8	45	78.8	65.2-88.1
AGE
18-44	165	41	24.0	17.5-31.9	124	76.0	68.1-82.5
45+	213	117	51.6	44.0-59.2	96	48.4	40.8-56.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	74	39.0	30.6-48.0	87	61.0	52.0-69.4
Some College +	220	86	34.5	27.8-41.8	134	65.5	58.2-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	78	34.9	27.5-43.2	103	65.1	56.8-72.5
$50,000+	149	61	37.3	29.2-46.1	88	62.7	53.9-70.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Arthritis Burden

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