BRFSS 2005 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	469	168	26.1	22.0-30.7	301	73.9	69.3-78.0
GENDER
Male	182	54	20.2	14.9-26.8	128	79.8	73.2-85.1
Female	287	114	32.5	26.7-38.8	173	67.5	61.2-73.3
RACE
White	385	140	27.2	22.6-32.3	245	72.8	67.7-77.4
Other	81	26	21.2	13.1-32.6	55	78.8	67.4-86.9
AGE
18-44	153	16	6.4	3.6-11.1	137	93.6	88.9-96.4
45+	315	152	46.5	40.4-52.7	163	53.5	47.3-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	83	30.2	23.2-38.2	107	69.8	61.8-76.8
Some College +	279	85	22.9	18.1-28.5	194	77.1	71.5-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	247	95	27.6	21.8-34.4	152	72.4	65.6-78.2
$50,000+	148	46	25.5	18.7-33.7	102	74.5	66.3-81.3

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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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	469	168	26.1	22.0-30.7	301	73.9	69.3-78.0
GENDER
Male	182	54	20.2	14.9-26.8	128	79.8	73.2-85.1
Female	287	114	32.5	26.7-38.8	173	67.5	61.2-73.3
RACE
White	385	140	27.2	22.6-32.3	245	72.8	67.7-77.4
Other	81	26	21.2	13.1-32.6	55	78.8	67.4-86.9
AGE
18-44	153	16	6.4	3.6-11.1	137	93.6	88.9-96.4
45+	315	152	46.5	40.4-52.7	163	53.5	47.3-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	83	30.2	23.2-38.2	107	69.8	61.8-76.8
Some College +	279	85	22.9	18.1-28.5	194	77.1	71.5-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	247	95	27.6	21.8-34.4	152	72.4	65.6-78.2
$50,000+	148	46	25.5	18.7-33.7	102	74.5	66.3-81.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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?