BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	424	163	34.2	29.1-39.6	261	65.8	60.4-70.9
GENDER
Male	137	46	30.6	22.6-40.0	91	69.4	60.0-77.4
Female	287	117	36.6	30.5-43.3	170	63.4	56.7-69.5
RACE
White	343	137	35.6	30.0-41.7	206	64.4	58.3-70.0
Other	79	26	29.3	19.3-41.8	53	70.7	58.2-80.7
AGE
18-44	121	24	18.9	12.1-28.2	97	81.1	71.8-87.9
45+	302	138	43.8	37.5-50.2	164	56.2	49.8-62.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	214	87	39.0	31.5-47.1	127	61.0	52.9-68.5
Some College +	210	76	29.5	23.2-36.5	134	70.5	63.5-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	263	111	40.2	33.5-47.3	152	59.8	52.7-66.5
$50,000+	104	30	24.7	16.8-34.8	74	75.3	65.2-83.2

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	424	163	34.2	29.1-39.6	261	65.8	60.4-70.9
GENDER
Male	137	46	30.6	22.6-40.0	91	69.4	60.0-77.4
Female	287	117	36.6	30.5-43.3	170	63.4	56.7-69.5
RACE
White	343	137	35.6	30.0-41.7	206	64.4	58.3-70.0
Other	79	26	29.3	19.3-41.8	53	70.7	58.2-80.7
AGE
18-44	121	24	18.9	12.1-28.2	97	81.1	71.8-87.9
45+	302	138	43.8	37.5-50.2	164	56.2	49.8-62.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	214	87	39.0	31.5-47.1	127	61.0	52.9-68.5
Some College +	210	76	29.5	23.2-36.5	134	70.5	63.5-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	263	111	40.2	33.5-47.3	152	59.8	52.7-66.5
$50,000+	104	30	24.7	16.8-34.8	74	75.3	65.2-83.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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?