BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	522	198	30.6	26.2-35.3	324	69.4	64.7-73.8
GENDER
Male	187	61	25.7	19.5-33.2	126	74.3	66.8-80.5
Female	335	137	35.0	29.3-41.1	198	65.0	58.9-70.7
RACE
White	434	181	36.7	31.6-42.0	253	63.3	58.0-68.4
Other	85	15	11.4	6.1-20.5	70	88.6	79.5-93.9
AGE
18-44	154	21	12.6	7.6-20.3	133	87.4	79.7-92.4
45+	365	174	44.4	38.8-50.2	191	55.6	49.8-61.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	84	27.8	21.6-34.9	140	72.2	65.1-78.4
Some College +	297	113	33.1	27.3-39.5	184	66.9	60.5-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	113	31.2	25.2-37.9	173	68.8	62.1-74.8
$50,000+	156	49	26.2	19.7-33.9	107	73.8	66.1-80.3

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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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	522	198	30.6	26.2-35.3	324	69.4	64.7-73.8
GENDER
Male	187	61	25.7	19.5-33.2	126	74.3	66.8-80.5
Female	335	137	35.0	29.3-41.1	198	65.0	58.9-70.7
RACE
White	434	181	36.7	31.6-42.0	253	63.3	58.0-68.4
Other	85	15	11.4	6.1-20.5	70	88.6	79.5-93.9
AGE
18-44	154	21	12.6	7.6-20.3	133	87.4	79.7-92.4
45+	365	174	44.4	38.8-50.2	191	55.6	49.8-61.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	84	27.8	21.6-34.9	140	72.2	65.1-78.4
Some College +	297	113	33.1	27.3-39.5	184	66.9	60.5-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	113	31.2	25.2-37.9	173	68.8	62.1-74.8
$50,000+	156	49	26.2	19.7-33.9	107	73.8	66.1-80.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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?