BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Wake County	313	257	80.4	74.2-85.3	56	19.6	14.7-25.8
GENDER
Male	114	89	75.8	64.8-84.2	25	24.2	15.8-35.2
Female	199	168	84.4	77.9-89.3	31	15.6	10.7-22.1
RACE
White	256	213	82.3	75.7-87.5	43	17.7	12.5-24.3
Other	53	41	72.9	55.4-85.4	12	27.1	14.6-44.6
AGE
18-44	103	74	73.4	62.0-82.3	29	26.6	17.7-38.0
45+	210	183	86.6	80.5-90.9	27	13.4	9.1-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	67	85.0	74.1-91.8	14	15.0	8.2-25.9
Some College +	232	190	78.6	71.1-84.6	42	21.4	15.4-28.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	102	82.0	72.2-88.9	23	18.0	11.1-27.8
$50,000+	145	118	77.9	68.2-85.2	27	22.1	14.8-31.8

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Wake County	313	257	80.4	74.2-85.3	56	19.6	14.7-25.8
GENDER
Male	114	89	75.8	64.8-84.2	25	24.2	15.8-35.2
Female	199	168	84.4	77.9-89.3	31	15.6	10.7-22.1
RACE
White	256	213	82.3	75.7-87.5	43	17.7	12.5-24.3
Other	53	41	72.9	55.4-85.4	12	27.1	14.6-44.6
AGE
18-44	103	74	73.4	62.0-82.3	29	26.6	17.7-38.0
45+	210	183	86.6	80.5-90.9	27	13.4	9.1-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	67	85.0	74.1-91.8	14	15.0	8.2-25.9
Some College +	232	190	78.6	71.1-84.6	42	21.4	15.4-28.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	102	82.0	72.2-88.9	23	18.0	11.1-27.8
$50,000+	145	118	77.9	68.2-85.2	27	22.1	14.8-31.8