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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Arthritis Burden

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,999 5,963 82.7 81.2-84.1 1,036 17.3 15.9-18.8
-Piedmont NC 3,169 2,675 82.0 79.8-83.9 494 18.0 16.1-20.2
GENDER
Male 1,108 935 82.5 78.9-85.6 173 17.5 14.4-21.1
Female 2,061 1,740 81.5 78.8-83.9 321 18.5 16.1-21.2
RACE
White 2,628 2,245 83.8 81.5-85.8 383 16.2 14.2-18.5
African American 424 338 76.4 70.1-81.7 86 23.6 18.3-29.9
Other Minorities 108 84 76.8 65.2-85.5 24 23.2 14.5-34.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 76 62 80.4 65.6-89.8 14 19.6 10.2-34.4
Non-Hispanic 3,088 2,608 82.0 79.8-84.0 480 18.0 16.0-20.2
AGE
18-24 57 38 72.1 57.3-83.3 19 27.9 16.7-42.7
25-34 182 137 75.0 66.1-82.2 45 25.0 17.8-33.9
35-44 408 332 80.4 74.9-85.0 76 19.6 15.0-25.1
45-54 700 581 83.2 79.5-86.3 119 16.8 13.7-20.5
55-64 770 657 86.2 83.1-88.9 113 13.8 11.1-16.9
65-74 580 517 88.6 84.6-91.7 63 11.4 8.3-15.4
75+ 461 405 84.5 78.2-89.3 56 15.5 10.7-21.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 474 426 87.2 81.7-91.2 48 12.8 8.8-18.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 913 767 79.6 75.0-83.6 146 20.4 16.4-25.0
Some Post-H.S. 854 714 82.8 78.5-86.3 140 17.2 13.7-21.5
College Graduate 925 765 80.6 76.7-84.0 160 19.4 16.0-23.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 390 359 88.5 81.1-93.2 31 11.5 6.8-18.9
$15,000- 24,999 476 412 83.7 77.5-88.5 64 16.3 11.5-22.5
$25,000- 34,999 321 259 79.3 72.7-84.6 62 20.7 15.4-27.3
$35,000- 49,999 440 361 79.3 72.0-85.1 79 20.7 14.9-28.0
$50,000-74,999 438 356 83.3 78.7-87.1 82 16.7 12.9-21.3
$75,000+ 653 533 78.2 73.4-82.3 120 21.8 17.7-26.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,613 1,450 88.7 86.1-90.8 163 11.3 9.2-13.9
No 1,482 1,165 76.1 72.6-79.2 317 23.9 20.8-27.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 450 380 84.9 79.5-89.1 70 15.1 10.9-20.5
Non-Veteran 2,719 2,295 81.5 79.1-83.7 424 18.5 16.3-20.9

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*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.

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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