BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	422	142	27.5	22.7-32.9	280	72.5	67.1-77.3
GENDER
Male	162	50	24.7	17.7-33.4	112	75.3	66.6-82.3
Female	260	92	30.4	24.4-37.2	168	69.6	62.8-75.6
RACE
White	356	129	30.5	25.0-36.6	227	69.5	63.4-75.0
Other	63	13	16.2	8.5-28.6	50	83.8	71.4-91.5
AGE
18-44	165	20	11.9	6.8-19.9	145	88.1	80.1-93.2
45+	255	122	46.3	39.4-53.3	133	53.7	46.7-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	79	34.1	26.1-43.0	112	65.9	57.0-73.9
Some College +	231	63	21.8	16.4-28.4	168	78.2	71.6-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	205	82	30.3	23.8-37.7	123	69.7	62.3-76.2
$50,000+	145	33	21.6	15.1-30.0	112	78.4	70.0-84.9

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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
-Cabarrus County	422	142	27.5	22.7-32.9	280	72.5	67.1-77.3
GENDER
Male	162	50	24.7	17.7-33.4	112	75.3	66.6-82.3
Female	260	92	30.4	24.4-37.2	168	69.6	62.8-75.6
RACE
White	356	129	30.5	25.0-36.6	227	69.5	63.4-75.0
Other	63	13	16.2	8.5-28.6	50	83.8	71.4-91.5
AGE
18-44	165	20	11.9	6.8-19.9	145	88.1	80.1-93.2
45+	255	122	46.3	39.4-53.3	133	53.7	46.7-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	79	34.1	26.1-43.0	112	65.9	57.0-73.9
Some College +	231	63	21.8	16.4-28.4	168	78.2	71.6-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	205	82	30.3	23.8-37.7	123	69.7	62.3-76.2
$50,000+	145	33	21.6	15.1-30.0	112	78.4	70.0-84.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus 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?