BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,133	5,964	27.3	26.5-28.2	11,169	72.7	71.8-73.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	508	207	32.3	27.8-37.3	301	67.7	62.7-72.2
GENDER
Male	179	58	24.5	18.2-32.3	121	75.5	67.7-81.8
Female	329	149	39.5	33.5-45.8	180	60.5	54.2-66.5
RACE
White	448	182	32.1	27.3-37.3	266	67.9	62.7-72.7
Other	60	25	34.0	20.8-50.2	35	66.0	49.8-79.2
AGE
18-44	178	28	13.9	9.2-20.6	150	86.1	79.4-90.8
45+	329	179	51.3	45.2-57.5	150	48.7	42.5-54.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	127	32.7	26.7-39.4	162	67.3	60.6-73.3
Some College +	217	78	31.2	24.6-38.8	139	68.8	61.2-75.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	317	144	38.4	32.1-45.0	173	61.6	55.0-67.9
$50,000+	120	28	19.0	12.7-27.5	92	81.0	72.5-87.3

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,133	5,964	27.3	26.5-28.2	11,169	72.7	71.8-73.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	508	207	32.3	27.8-37.3	301	67.7	62.7-72.2
GENDER
Male	179	58	24.5	18.2-32.3	121	75.5	67.7-81.8
Female	329	149	39.5	33.5-45.8	180	60.5	54.2-66.5
RACE
White	448	182	32.1	27.3-37.3	266	67.9	62.7-72.7
Other	60	25	34.0	20.8-50.2	35	66.0	49.8-79.2
AGE
18-44	178	28	13.9	9.2-20.6	150	86.1	79.4-90.8
45+	329	179	51.3	45.2-57.5	150	48.7	42.5-54.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	127	32.7	26.7-39.4	162	67.3	60.6-73.3
Some College +	217	78	31.2	24.6-38.8	139	68.8	61.2-75.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	317	144	38.4	32.1-45.0	173	61.6	55.0-67.9
$50,000+	120	28	19.0	12.7-27.5	92	81.0	72.5-87.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Arthritis Burden

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?