BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	858	316	33.0	29.2-37.0	542	67.0	63.0-70.8
GENDER
Male	330	116	30.5	24.8-36.9	214	69.5	63.1-75.2
Female	528	200	35.6	30.9-40.6	328	64.4	59.4-69.1
RACE
White	638	259	37.8	33.4-42.4	379	62.2	57.6-66.6
Other	211	53	21.6	15.1-29.8	158	78.4	70.2-84.9
AGE
18-44	418	103	24.9	20.0-30.6	315	75.1	69.4-80.0
45+	438	213	46.0	40.8-51.3	225	54.0	48.7-59.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	82	30.8	23.2-39.6	133	69.2	60.4-76.8
Some College +	641	234	33.9	29.6-38.4	407	66.1	61.6-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	345	126	31.8	25.5-38.9	219	68.2	61.1-74.5
$50,000+	398	145	34.2	29.0-39.8	253	65.8	60.2-71.0

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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
-Wake County	858	316	33.0	29.2-37.0	542	67.0	63.0-70.8
GENDER
Male	330	116	30.5	24.8-36.9	214	69.5	63.1-75.2
Female	528	200	35.6	30.9-40.6	328	64.4	59.4-69.1
RACE
White	638	259	37.8	33.4-42.4	379	62.2	57.6-66.6
Other	211	53	21.6	15.1-29.8	158	78.4	70.2-84.9
AGE
18-44	418	103	24.9	20.0-30.6	315	75.1	69.4-80.0
45+	438	213	46.0	40.8-51.3	225	54.0	48.7-59.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	82	30.8	23.2-39.6	133	69.2	60.4-76.8
Some College +	641	234	33.9	29.6-38.4	407	66.1	61.6-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	345	126	31.8	25.5-38.9	219	68.2	61.1-74.5
$50,000+	398	145	34.2	29.0-39.8	253	65.8	60.2-71.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Arthritis Burden

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