BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	475	144	23.7	19.7-28.2	331	76.3	71.8-80.3
GENDER
Male	154	43	22.7	16.4-30.5	111	77.3	69.5-83.6
Female	321	101	24.4	19.7-29.9	220	75.6	70.1-80.3
RACE
White	297	100	26.9	21.8-32.7	197	73.1	67.3-78.2
Other	174	42	19.8	14.0-27.1	132	80.2	72.9-86.0
AGE
18-44	173	15	8.1	4.7-13.6	158	91.9	86.4-95.3
45+	298	129	40.1	34.0-46.4	169	59.9	53.6-66.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	271	85	23.2	18.2-29.2	186	76.8	70.8-81.8
Some College +	202	59	24.5	18.5-31.7	143	75.5	68.3-81.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	90	26.2	20.7-32.5	183	73.8	67.5-79.3
$50,000+	123	35	23.4	16.4-32.1	88	76.6	67.9-83.6

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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	475	144	23.7	19.7-28.2	331	76.3	71.8-80.3
GENDER
Male	154	43	22.7	16.4-30.5	111	77.3	69.5-83.6
Female	321	101	24.4	19.7-29.9	220	75.6	70.1-80.3
RACE
White	297	100	26.9	21.8-32.7	197	73.1	67.3-78.2
Other	174	42	19.8	14.0-27.1	132	80.2	72.9-86.0
AGE
18-44	173	15	8.1	4.7-13.6	158	91.9	86.4-95.3
45+	298	129	40.1	34.0-46.4	169	59.9	53.6-66.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	271	85	23.2	18.2-29.2	186	76.8	70.8-81.8
Some College +	202	59	24.5	18.5-31.7	143	75.5	68.3-81.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	90	26.2	20.7-32.5	183	73.8	67.5-79.3
$50,000+	123	35	23.4	16.4-32.1	88	76.6	67.9-83.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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?