BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	443	156	27.6	23.1-32.6	287	72.4	67.4-76.9
GENDER
Male	171	56	25.2	18.8-32.9	115	74.8	67.1-81.2
Female	272	100	29.7	23.7-36.4	172	70.3	63.6-76.3
RACE
White	394	147	30.4	25.4-35.9	247	69.6	64.1-74.6
Other	48	9	10.2	4.7-20.8	39	89.8	79.2-95.3
AGE
18-44	159	21	11.7	7.2-18.5	138	88.3	81.5-92.8
45+	281	134	46.3	39.8-53.0	147	53.7	47.0-60.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	95	31.2	24.7-38.6	135	68.8	61.4-75.3
Some College +	212	61	23.7	17.9-30.6	151	76.3	69.4-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	270	99	28.8	23.0-35.3	171	71.2	64.7-77.0
$50,000+	103	28	25.5	17.1-36.2	75	74.5	63.8-82.9

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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
-Catawba County	443	156	27.6	23.1-32.6	287	72.4	67.4-76.9
GENDER
Male	171	56	25.2	18.8-32.9	115	74.8	67.1-81.2
Female	272	100	29.7	23.7-36.4	172	70.3	63.6-76.3
RACE
White	394	147	30.4	25.4-35.9	247	69.6	64.1-74.6
Other	48	9	10.2	4.7-20.8	39	89.8	79.2-95.3
AGE
18-44	159	21	11.7	7.2-18.5	138	88.3	81.5-92.8
45+	281	134	46.3	39.8-53.0	147	53.7	47.0-60.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	95	31.2	24.7-38.6	135	68.8	61.4-75.3
Some College +	212	61	23.7	17.9-30.6	151	76.3	69.4-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	270	99	28.8	23.0-35.3	171	71.2	64.7-77.0
$50,000+	103	28	25.5	17.1-36.2	75	74.5	63.8-82.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba 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?