BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	458	141	23.1	19.1-27.8	317	76.9	72.2-80.9
GENDER
Male	146	36	15.5	10.4-22.6	110	84.5	77.4-89.6
Female	312	105	28.9	23.5-35.0	207	71.1	65.0-76.5
RACE
White	345	114	26.7	21.7-32.5	231	73.3	67.5-78.3
Other	111	27	15.3	9.6-23.4	84	84.7	76.6-90.4
AGE
18-44	176	19	6.5	3.9-10.8	157	93.5	89.2-96.1
45+	281	122	43.4	36.8-50.4	159	56.6	49.6-63.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	71	23.6	17.6-30.7	148	76.4	69.3-82.4
Some College +	236	70	23.1	17.7-29.5	166	76.9	70.5-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	88	24.7	19.3-31.0	176	75.3	69.0-80.7
$50,000+	116	25	18.9	12.0-28.5	91	81.1	71.5-88.0

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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
-Alamance County	458	141	23.1	19.1-27.8	317	76.9	72.2-80.9
GENDER
Male	146	36	15.5	10.4-22.6	110	84.5	77.4-89.6
Female	312	105	28.9	23.5-35.0	207	71.1	65.0-76.5
RACE
White	345	114	26.7	21.7-32.5	231	73.3	67.5-78.3
Other	111	27	15.3	9.6-23.4	84	84.7	76.6-90.4
AGE
18-44	176	19	6.5	3.9-10.8	157	93.5	89.2-96.1
45+	281	122	43.4	36.8-50.4	159	56.6	49.6-63.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	71	23.6	17.6-30.7	148	76.4	69.3-82.4
Some College +	236	70	23.1	17.7-29.5	166	76.9	70.5-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	88	24.7	19.3-31.0	176	75.3	69.0-80.7
$50,000+	116	25	18.9	12.0-28.5	91	81.1	71.5-88.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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?