BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	454	156	24.2	20.2-28.8	298	75.8	71.2-79.8
GENDER
Male	160	46	20.6	14.8-28.0	114	79.4	72.0-85.2
Female	294	110	27.8	22.7-33.5	184	72.2	66.5-77.3
RACE
White	282	100	26.2	20.8-32.4	182	73.8	67.6-79.2
Other	169	55	21.3	15.7-28.2	114	78.7	71.8-84.3
AGE
18-44	207	27	8.5	5.5-12.8	180	91.5	87.2-94.5
45+	244	128	46.3	39.2-53.5	116	53.7	46.5-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	166	60	23.2	17.1-30.6	106	76.8	69.4-82.9
Some College +	287	96	25.0	19.9-30.9	191	75.0	69.1-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	258	95	23.8	18.6-30.0	163	76.2	70.0-81.4
$50,000+	153	44	23.9	17.6-31.6	109	76.1	68.4-82.4

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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
-Cumberland County	454	156	24.2	20.2-28.8	298	75.8	71.2-79.8
GENDER
Male	160	46	20.6	14.8-28.0	114	79.4	72.0-85.2
Female	294	110	27.8	22.7-33.5	184	72.2	66.5-77.3
RACE
White	282	100	26.2	20.8-32.4	182	73.8	67.6-79.2
Other	169	55	21.3	15.7-28.2	114	78.7	71.8-84.3
AGE
18-44	207	27	8.5	5.5-12.8	180	91.5	87.2-94.5
45+	244	128	46.3	39.2-53.5	116	53.7	46.5-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	166	60	23.2	17.1-30.6	106	76.8	69.4-82.9
Some College +	287	96	25.0	19.9-30.9	191	75.0	69.1-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	258	95	23.8	18.6-30.0	163	76.2	70.0-81.4
$50,000+	153	44	23.9	17.6-31.6	109	76.1	68.4-82.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cumberland 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?