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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Arthritis Management

Have you EVER taken an educational course or class to teach you how to manage
problems related to your arthritis or joint symptoms?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,766 340 8.7 7.5-10.0 3,426 91.3 90.0-92.5
-Piedmont NC 1,682 172 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,510 90.7 88.6-92.4
GENDER
Male 572 44 7.6 5.1-11.3 528 92.4 88.7-94.9
Female 1,110 128 10.7 8.6-13.4 982 89.3 86.6-91.4
RACE
White 1,378 131 8.5 6.7-10.7 1,247 91.5 89.3-93.3
African American 251 36 12.6 8.3-18.8 215 87.4 81.2-91.7
Other Minorities 49 5 10.7 3.5-28.5 44 89.3 71.5-96.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 5 11.8 3.3-34.6 37 88.2 65.4-96.7
Non-Hispanic 1,636 167 9.2 7.5-11.3 1,469 90.8 88.7-92.5
AGE
18-24 24 1 1.1 0.2- 8.1 23 98.9 91.9-99.8
25-34 90 4 5.7 2.0-15.2 86 94.3 84.8-98.0
35-44 196 19 8.7 5.0-14.7 177 91.3 85.3-95.0
45-54 345 32 11.1 7.1-16.9 313 88.9 83.1-92.9
55-64 393 49 13.2 9.2-18.6 344 86.8 81.4-90.8
65-74 354 36 8.0 5.5-11.6 318 92.0 88.4-94.5
75+ 274 29 9.1 5.9-13.9 245 90.9 86.1-94.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 269 17 5.4 2.9- 9.9 252 94.6 90.1-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 506 44 9.1 6.0-13.6 462 90.9 86.4-94.0
Some Post-H.S. 451 55 10.2 7.0-14.7 396 89.8 85.3-93.0
College Graduate 455 56 11.1 7.9-15.3 399 88.9 84.7-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 191 24 11.3 6.2-19.8 167 88.7 80.2-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 285 26 6.7 4.0-11.1 259 93.3 88.9-96.0
$25,000- 34,999 185 15 5.9 3.0-11.3 170 94.1 88.7-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 216 24 13.4 7.8-21.9 192 86.6 78.1-92.2
$50,000-74,999 233 26 9.5 5.7-15.4 207 90.5 84.6-94.3
$75,000+ 327 37 11.8 7.8-17.5 290 88.2 82.5-92.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 881 118 12.6 9.9-15.9 763 87.4 84.1-90.1
No 795 52 5.6 3.9- 8.0 743 94.4 92.0-96.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 238 24 9.6 5.1-17.5 214 90.4 82.5-94.9
Non-Veteran 1,444 148 9.3 7.5-11.5 1,296 90.7 88.5-92.5

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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.

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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