BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	458	166	26.6	22.3-31.5	292	73.4	68.5-77.7
GENDER
Male	182	56	21.8	16.0-29.1	126	78.2	70.9-84.0
Female	276	110	31.7	25.8-38.3	166	68.3	61.7-74.2
RACE
White	387	143	29.8	24.8-35.3	244	70.2	64.7-75.2
Other	69	22	14.7	8.3-24.7	47	85.3	75.3-91.7
AGE
18-44	178	31	13.4	8.9-19.8	147	86.6	80.2-91.1
45+	280	135	44.2	37.7-50.8	145	55.8	49.2-62.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	116	28.1	22.4-34.6	171	71.9	65.4-77.6
Some College +	171	50	23.7	17.6-31.2	121	76.3	68.8-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	277	105	27.1	21.4-33.6	172	72.9	66.4-78.6
$50,000+	115	36	25.2	17.8-34.5	79	74.8	65.5-82.2

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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
-Davidson County	458	166	26.6	22.3-31.5	292	73.4	68.5-77.7
GENDER
Male	182	56	21.8	16.0-29.1	126	78.2	70.9-84.0
Female	276	110	31.7	25.8-38.3	166	68.3	61.7-74.2
RACE
White	387	143	29.8	24.8-35.3	244	70.2	64.7-75.2
Other	69	22	14.7	8.3-24.7	47	85.3	75.3-91.7
AGE
18-44	178	31	13.4	8.9-19.8	147	86.6	80.2-91.1
45+	280	135	44.2	37.7-50.8	145	55.8	49.2-62.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	116	28.1	22.4-34.6	171	71.9	65.4-77.6
Some College +	171	50	23.7	17.6-31.2	121	76.3	68.8-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	277	105	27.1	21.4-33.6	172	72.9	66.4-78.6
$50,000+	115	36	25.2	17.8-34.5	79	74.8	65.5-82.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson 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?