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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Arthritis Management

Thinking about your arthritis or joint symptoms, which of the following best describes you today?*

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  Total
Respond.^
I can do everything I can do most things I can do some things I can hardly do anything
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,757 960 31.9 29.5-34.3 1,593 40.1 37.8-42.4 864 20.1 18.4-21.9 340 7.9 6.9- 9.1
-Buncombe County 103 28 39.2 25.7-54.5 43 38.1 25.9-52.1 21 15.8 9.5-25.0 11 6.9 3.5-13.1
GENDER
Male 41 15 51.0 30.2-71.4 19 37.8 20.1-59.6 5 9.0 3.4-21.6 2 2.2 0.5- 9.9
Female 62 13 22.9 12.7-37.7 24 38.6 26.1-52.7 16 25.1 15.0-38.9 9 13.4 6.7-25.2
RACE
White 95 26 35.5 22.7-50.8 39 40.1 27.3-54.3 20 17.1 10.3-27.0 10 7.3 3.6-14.1
Other 7 2 75.2 30.3-95.5 4 21.1 3.7-64.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.7 0.4-29.4
AGE
18-44 15 8 61.3 30.4-85.1 3 26.8 7.5-62.3 4 11.9 3.6-32.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 88 20 25.8 16.6-37.7 40 45.0 34.0-56.5 17 18.1 11.1-28.2 11 11.1 5.9-20.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 9 34.6 14.1-63.1 17 40.2 19.9-64.5 9 17.7 8.0-34.6 6 7.5 2.9-18.2
Some College + 61 19 43.6 29.1-59.2 25 35.8 23.7-50.0 12 14.2 7.4-25.5 5 6.4 2.4-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 13 38.7 20.5-60.8 25 33.6 20.2-50.3 15 20.1 10.8-34.4 7 7.5 3.1-17.0
$50,000+ 28 13 56.5 36.2-74.8 10 28.5 14.6-48.1 3 9.3 2.9-26.0 2 5.6 1.4-20.4

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*Asked only of respondents with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis

^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.

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