BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	317	91	25.4	20.3-31.4	226	74.6	68.6-79.7
GENDER
Male	107	29	23.4	15.3-33.9	78	76.6	66.1-84.7
Female	210	62	27.0	20.9-34.2	148	73.0	65.8-79.1
RACE
White	256	67	22.8	17.6-29.1	189	77.2	70.9-82.4
Other	58	23	35.2	21.4-52.1	35	64.8	47.9-78.6
AGE
18-44	94	25	20.8	13.1-31.3	69	79.2	68.7-86.9
45+	223	66	29.1	22.9-36.1	157	70.9	63.9-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	84	37	38.8	26.2-53.0	47	61.2	47.0-73.8
Some College +	233	54	20.1	15.1-26.3	179	79.9	73.7-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	49	34.1	24.4-45.4	80	65.9	54.6-75.6
$50,000+	145	31	20.0	13.8-28.1	114	80.0	71.9-86.2

*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: Wake 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
-Wake County	317	91	25.4	20.3-31.4	226	74.6	68.6-79.7
GENDER
Male	107	29	23.4	15.3-33.9	78	76.6	66.1-84.7
Female	210	62	27.0	20.9-34.2	148	73.0	65.8-79.1
RACE
White	256	67	22.8	17.6-29.1	189	77.2	70.9-82.4
Other	58	23	35.2	21.4-52.1	35	64.8	47.9-78.6
AGE
18-44	94	25	20.8	13.1-31.3	69	79.2	68.7-86.9
45+	223	66	29.1	22.9-36.1	157	70.9	63.9-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	84	37	38.8	26.2-53.0	47	61.2	47.0-73.8
Some College +	233	54	20.1	15.1-26.3	179	79.9	73.7-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	49	34.1	24.4-45.4	80	65.9	54.6-75.6
$50,000+	145	31	20.0	13.8-28.1	114	80.0	71.9-86.2