BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	450	159	24.6	20.6-29.1	291	75.4	70.9-79.4
GENDER
Male	161	50	20.8	15.1-27.9	111	79.2	72.1-84.9
Female	289	109	28.5	23.4-34.2	180	71.5	65.8-76.6
RACE
White	383	139	26.7	22.2-31.6	244	73.3	68.4-77.8
Other	67	20	16.0	9.1-26.7	47	84.0	73.3-90.9
AGE
18-44	170	16	5.7	3.3- 9.5	154	94.3	90.5-96.7
45+	278	142	49.7	43.2-56.3	136	50.3	43.7-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	71	24.4	18.3-31.8	106	75.6	68.2-81.7
Some College +	270	87	24.9	19.8-30.8	183	75.1	69.2-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	90	23.4	18.4-29.4	171	76.6	70.6-81.6
$50,000+	122	42	27.9	20.6-36.6	80	72.1	63.4-79.4

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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
-Buncombe County	450	159	24.6	20.6-29.1	291	75.4	70.9-79.4
GENDER
Male	161	50	20.8	15.1-27.9	111	79.2	72.1-84.9
Female	289	109	28.5	23.4-34.2	180	71.5	65.8-76.6
RACE
White	383	139	26.7	22.2-31.6	244	73.3	68.4-77.8
Other	67	20	16.0	9.1-26.7	47	84.0	73.3-90.9
AGE
18-44	170	16	5.7	3.3- 9.5	154	94.3	90.5-96.7
45+	278	142	49.7	43.2-56.3	136	50.3	43.7-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	71	24.4	18.3-31.8	106	75.6	68.2-81.7
Some College +	270	87	24.9	19.8-30.8	183	75.1	69.2-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	90	23.4	18.4-29.4	171	76.6	70.6-81.6
$50,000+	122	42	27.9	20.6-36.6	80	72.1	63.4-79.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?