BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	461	120	19.2	15.6-23.4	341	80.8	76.6-84.4
GENDER
Male	157	32	14.1	9.4-20.6	125	85.9	79.4-90.6
Female	304	88	24.0	19.0-29.7	216	76.0	70.3-81.0
RACE
White	258	80	24.2	19.2-30.2	178	75.8	69.8-80.8
Other	200	40	14.9	10.2-21.1	160	85.1	78.9-89.8
AGE
18-44	229	16	5.5	3.1- 9.5	213	94.5	90.5-96.9
45+	231	104	41.8	34.2-49.7	127	58.2	50.3-65.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	48	19.3	13.4-26.9	100	80.7	73.1-86.6
Some College +	313	72	19.2	14.9-24.4	241	80.8	75.6-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	63	18.8	13.9-24.9	165	81.2	75.1-86.1
$50,000+	173	43	21.3	15.5-28.5	130	78.7	71.5-84.5

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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
-Durham County	461	120	19.2	15.6-23.4	341	80.8	76.6-84.4
GENDER
Male	157	32	14.1	9.4-20.6	125	85.9	79.4-90.6
Female	304	88	24.0	19.0-29.7	216	76.0	70.3-81.0
RACE
White	258	80	24.2	19.2-30.2	178	75.8	69.8-80.8
Other	200	40	14.9	10.2-21.1	160	85.1	78.9-89.8
AGE
18-44	229	16	5.5	3.1- 9.5	213	94.5	90.5-96.9
45+	231	104	41.8	34.2-49.7	127	58.2	50.3-65.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	48	19.3	13.4-26.9	100	80.7	73.1-86.6
Some College +	313	72	19.2	14.9-24.4	241	80.8	75.6-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	63	18.8	13.9-24.9	165	81.2	75.1-86.1
$50,000+	173	43	21.3	15.5-28.5	130	78.7	71.5-84.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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?