BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	256	185	68.2	59.6-75.7	71	31.8	24.3-40.4
GENDER
Male	89	59	59.0	44.7-71.9	30	41.0	28.1-55.3
Female	167	126	75.6	66.5-82.9	41	24.4	17.1-33.5
RACE
White	212	150	69.5	61.3-76.7	62	30.5	23.3-38.7
Other	41	33	62.9	35.0-84.3	8	37.1	15.7-65.0
AGE
18-44	74	49	60.8	44.8-74.7	25	39.2	25.3-55.2
45+	182	136	73.8	65.6-80.5	46	26.2	19.5-34.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	47	63.4	43.5-79.5	20	36.6	20.5-56.5
Some College +	189	138	70.1	61.1-77.7	51	29.9	22.3-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	102	78	70.3	52.7-83.4	24	29.7	16.6-47.3
$50,000+	117	79	65.2	54.4-74.7	38	34.8	25.3-45.6

*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: Wake County

Arthritis Burden

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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
-Wake County	256	185	68.2	59.6-75.7	71	31.8	24.3-40.4
GENDER
Male	89	59	59.0	44.7-71.9	30	41.0	28.1-55.3
Female	167	126	75.6	66.5-82.9	41	24.4	17.1-33.5
RACE
White	212	150	69.5	61.3-76.7	62	30.5	23.3-38.7
Other	41	33	62.9	35.0-84.3	8	37.1	15.7-65.0
AGE
18-44	74	49	60.8	44.8-74.7	25	39.2	25.3-55.2
45+	182	136	73.8	65.6-80.5	46	26.2	19.5-34.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	47	63.4	43.5-79.5	20	36.6	20.5-56.5
Some College +	189	138	70.1	61.1-77.7	51	29.9	22.3-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	102	78	70.3	52.7-83.4	24	29.7	16.6-47.3
$50,000+	117	79	65.2	54.4-74.7	38	34.8	25.3-45.6