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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Arthritis Burden

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,958 4,646 73.0 71.0-75.0 1,312 27.0 25.0-29.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 133 114 86.6 77.5-92.4 19 13.4 7.6-22.5
Buncombe 151 114 63.5 51.2-74.2 37 36.5 25.8-48.8
Cabarrus 140 111 75.5 62.3-85.2 29 24.5 14.8-37.7
Catawba 154 113 60.4 47.0-72.4 41 39.6 27.6-53.0
Cumberland 159 136 81.8 70.1-89.6 23 18.2 10.4-29.9
Davidson 172 138 75.3 64.6-83.6 34 24.7 16.4-35.4
Durham 114 87 73.5 61.4-82.8 27 26.5 17.2-38.6
Forsyth 124 95 65.6 50.1-78.4 29 34.4 21.6-49.9
Gaston 169 142 83.1 75.2-88.8 27 16.9 11.2-24.8
Guilford 154 119 77.9 69.2-84.7 35 22.1 15.3-30.8
Iredell 157 115 70.2 60.5-78.3 42 29.8 21.7-39.5
Johnston 184 150 81.0 69.0-89.1 34 19.0 10.9-31.0
Mecklenburg 225 174 72.7 64.1-79.9 51 27.3 20.1-35.9
New Hanover 147 107 68.8 58.5-77.5 40 31.2 22.5-41.5
Onslow 158 122 73.6 62.7-82.3 36 26.4 17.7-37.3
Orange 129 99 79.2 70.8-85.7 30 20.8 14.3-29.2
Pitt 162 128 72.9 62.8-81.1 34 27.1 18.9-37.2
Randolph 143 110 73.6 64.1-81.3 33 26.4 18.7-35.9
Robeson 192 148 67.3 57.1-76.1 44 32.7 23.9-42.9
Rowan 184 145 74.0 64.0-82.0 39 26.0 18.0-36.0
Union 122 93 71.2 57.7-81.8 29 28.8 18.2-42.3
Wake 209 165 72.4 61.1-81.4 44 27.6 18.6-38.9
Wayne 148 121 81.9 73.6-88.0 27 18.1 12.0-26.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,987 1,565 73.9 70.6-77.0 422 26.1 23.0-29.4
Piedmont 2,674 2,090 73.2 70.0-76.1 584 26.8 23.9-30.0
Western NC 1,297 991 70.9 66.9-74.6 306 29.1 25.4-33.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 850 651 69.4 64.2-74.1 199 30.6 25.9-35.8
Northwest 1,295 989 70.5 65.7-74.9 306 29.5 25.1-34.3
Charlotte 742 589 75.0 69.5-79.8 153 25.0 20.2-30.5
Greensboro 635 500 77.2 72.3-81.5 135 22.8 18.5-27.7
Southern Regional 582 457 74.6 68.9-79.6 125 25.4 20.4-31.1
Coastal 318 247 69.0 58.1-78.2 71 31.0 21.8-41.9
Wake 582 459 72.0 64.5-78.6 123 28.0 21.4-35.5
Area L 156 118 74.2 65.5-81.4 38 25.8 18.6-34.5
Eastern 798 636 75.7 71.1-79.7 162 24.3 20.3-28.9

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*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.

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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