BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	469	173	29.7	25.2-34.6	296	70.3	65.4-74.8
GENDER
Male	177	59	25.8	19.5-33.3	118	74.2	66.7-80.5
Female	292	114	33.4	27.5-39.9	178	66.6	60.1-72.5
RACE
White	414	158	31.2	26.3-36.6	256	68.8	63.4-73.7
Other	55	15	19.7	11.0-32.7	40	80.3	67.3-89.0
AGE
18-44	173	30	16.0	10.8-23.0	143	84.0	77.0-89.2
45+	294	141	45.3	39.0-51.8	153	54.7	48.2-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	284	119	34.2	28.0-41.0	165	65.8	59.0-72.0
Some College +	184	54	23.3	17.4-30.6	130	76.7	69.4-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	282	118	32.3	26.4-38.9	164	67.7	61.1-73.6
$50,000+	115	27	21.5	14.6-30.6	88	78.5	69.4-85.4

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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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	469	173	29.7	25.2-34.6	296	70.3	65.4-74.8
GENDER
Male	177	59	25.8	19.5-33.3	118	74.2	66.7-80.5
Female	292	114	33.4	27.5-39.9	178	66.6	60.1-72.5
RACE
White	414	158	31.2	26.3-36.6	256	68.8	63.4-73.7
Other	55	15	19.7	11.0-32.7	40	80.3	67.3-89.0
AGE
18-44	173	30	16.0	10.8-23.0	143	84.0	77.0-89.2
45+	294	141	45.3	39.0-51.8	153	54.7	48.2-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	284	119	34.2	28.0-41.0	165	65.8	59.0-72.0
Some College +	184	54	23.3	17.4-30.6	130	76.7	69.4-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	282	118	32.3	26.4-38.9	164	67.7	61.1-73.6
$50,000+	115	27	21.5	14.6-30.6	88	78.5	69.4-85.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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?