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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,941 2,327 34.4 32.6-36.2 3,614 65.6 63.8-67.4
RACE
White 4,336 1,729 36.5 34.4-38.6 2,607 63.5 61.4-65.6
African American 1,254 487 31.1 27.6-34.9 767 68.9 65.1-72.4
Asian 24 5 22.0 6.7-52.6 19 78.0 47.4-93.3
Native American 147 65 30.7 21.4-41.8 82 69.3 58.2-78.6
Other Minorities 161 35 19.6 12.3-29.6 126 80.4 70.4-87.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 32 13.5 7.6-22.7 135 86.5 77.3-92.4
-English Speaking 82 23 18.1 9.6-31.5 59 81.9 68.5-90.4
-Spanish Speaking 85 9 11.4 4.7-25.0 76 88.6 75.0-95.3
Non-Hispanic 5,767 2,293 35.3 33.5-37.2 3,474 64.7 62.8-66.5
AGE
18-24 363 29 9.7 5.9-15.6 334 90.3 84.4-94.1
25-34 881 100 9.5 7.2-12.3 781 90.5 87.7-92.8
35-44 1,092 245 21.6 18.4-25.3 847 78.4 74.7-81.6
45-54 1,152 501 42.7 38.6-47.0 651 57.3 53.0-61.4
55-64 948 509 55.4 50.6-60.0 439 44.6 40.0-49.4
65-74 805 484 60.4 55.4-65.2 321 39.6 34.8-44.6
75+ 652 440 67.3 61.7-72.4 212 32.7 27.6-38.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 987 565 50.0 44.9-55.1 422 50.0 44.9-55.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,792 756 37.1 33.8-40.5 1,036 62.9 59.5-66.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,530 543 30.7 27.4-34.2 987 69.3 65.8-72.6
College Graduate 1,615 457 25.1 22.2-28.1 1,158 74.9 71.9-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 794 441 54.0 48.6-59.4 353 46.0 40.6-51.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,114 456 35.5 31.3-40.0 658 64.5 60.0-68.7
$25,000- 34,999 672 240 30.5 25.3-36.1 432 69.5 63.9-74.7
$35,000- 49,999 715 227 24.4 20.4-28.9 488 75.6 71.1-79.6
$50,000-74,999 574 173 27.6 22.8-32.9 401 72.4 67.1-77.2
$75,000+ 653 160 26.6 22.1-31.6 493 73.4 68.4-77.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 272 110 37.6 31.4-44.3 162 62.4 55.7-68.6
Guilford 280 105 34.1 28.1-40.6 175 65.9 59.4-71.9
Mecklenburg 278 93 30.1 24.6-36.3 185 69.9 63.7-75.4
Orange 281 72 20.1 14.2-27.5 209 79.9 72.5-85.8
Wake 275 79 28.1 22.4-34.7 196 71.9 65.3-77.6
Chatham/Lee 248 103 38.2 31.5-45.5 145 61.8 54.5-68.5
Nash/Wilson 240 104 37.6 31.2-44.4 136 62.4 55.6-68.8
Craven/Pamlico 285 130 38.8 32.7-45.3 155 61.2 54.7-67.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 273 100 35.4 28.9-42.5 173 64.6 57.5-71.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 103 29.4 23.1-36.7 181 70.6 63.3-76.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 111 31.1 25.0-37.8 190 68.9 62.2-75.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 120 40.5 33.9-47.4 144 59.5 52.6-66.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 295 122 36.0 30.3-42.1 173 64.0 57.9-69.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 291 119 35.3 29.6-41.4 172 64.7 58.6-70.4
Northeast NC I 315 130 38.8 32.9-45.1 185 61.2 54.9-67.1
Northeast NC II 325 143 38.8 33.1-44.8 182 61.2 55.2-66.9
Northeastern Partnership 640 273 38.8 34.6-43.2 367 61.2 56.8-65.4
Mountain AHEC 811 361 43.8 39.3-48.5 450 56.2 51.5-60.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,139 886 35.3 32.2-38.6 1,253 64.7 61.4-67.8
Piedmont 2,511 900 32.7 30.3-35.3 1,611 67.3 64.7-69.7
Western NC 1,291 541 38.9 35.1-42.8 750 61.1 57.2-64.9

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^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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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