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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia (See Questionnaire for Complete List)?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,024 316 28.8 25.0-33.0 708 71.2 67.0-75.0
GENDER
Male 363 89 25.5 19.5-32.5 274 74.5 67.5-80.5
Female 661 227 31.3 26.5-36.6 434 68.7 63.4-73.5
AGE
18-24 89 10 5.1 2.2-11.5 79 94.9 88.5-97.8
25-34 190 28 19.4 11.6-30.6 162 80.6 69.4-88.4
35-44 229 46 19.0 13.1-26.8 183 81.0 73.2-86.9
45-54 217 66 33.6 25.2-43.2 151 66.4 56.8-74.8
55-64 122 61 54.5 42.1-66.3 61 45.5 33.7-57.9
65-74 94 56 56.1 42.0-69.3 38 43.9 30.7-58.0
75+ 67 42 67.3 51.7-79.9 25 32.7 20.1-48.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 197 88 39.0 29.4-49.6 109 61.0 50.4-70.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 341 92 25.5 19.5-32.7 249 74.5 67.3-80.5
Some Post-H.S. 276 86 31.2 23.8-39.8 190 68.8 60.2-76.2
College Graduate 203 48 20.2 13.5-29.0 155 79.8 71.0-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 146 64 47.9 35.5-60.5 82 52.1 39.5-64.5
$15,000- 24,999 234 71 25.2 17.9-34.3 163 74.8 65.7-82.1
$25,000- 34,999 159 41 25.7 16.7-37.3 118 74.3 62.7-83.3
$35,000- 49,999 122 29 21.8 13.0-34.3 93 78.2 65.7-87.0
$50,000-74,999 61 15 23.5 12.1-40.6 46 76.5 59.4-87.9
$75,000+ 58 9 9.7 3.9-22.0 49 90.3 78.0-96.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 13 40.9 22.6-62.1 13 59.1 37.9-77.4
Forsyth 94 28 24.3 16.2-34.8 66 75.7 65.2-83.8
Guilford 113 34 22.1 15.0-31.4 79 77.9 68.6-85.0
Henderson/Transylvania 13 4 22.5 5.1-61.2 9 77.5 38.8-94.9
Mecklenburg 131 42 28.0 20.3-37.2 89 72.0 62.8-79.7
Orange 40 9 26.8 12.7-48.1 31 73.2 51.9-87.3
Pitt 107 25 19.1 12.5-28.2 82 80.9 71.8-87.5
Randolph 16 4 15.7 5.2-38.8 12 84.3 61.2-94.8
Robeson 90 26 24.5 15.6-36.4 64 75.5 63.6-84.4
Wake 72 21 34.9 21.7-50.8 51 65.1 49.2-78.3
Western NC 23 9 35.2 17.9-57.6 14 64.8 42.4-82.1
Piedmont NC 112 34 28.9 20.0-39.9 78 71.1 60.1-80.0
Eastern NC 187 67 30.1 23.0-38.3 120 69.9 61.7-77.0

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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