BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	524	197	32.2	27.4-37.4	327	67.8	62.6-72.6
GENDER
Male	163	55	28.5	20.6-38.0	108	71.5	62.0-79.4
Female	361	142	35.1	29.7-40.9	219	64.9	59.1-70.3
RACE
White	343	139	36.2	30.1-42.7	204	63.8	57.3-69.9
Other	180	58	25.2	18.3-33.6	122	74.8	66.4-81.7
AGE
18-44	183	29	14.8	9.1-23.1	154	85.2	76.9-90.9
45+	337	168	48.1	41.8-54.4	169	51.9	45.6-58.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	113	34.4	27.4-42.0	167	65.6	58.0-72.6
Some College +	243	84	29.2	23.3-36.0	159	70.8	64.0-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	330	123	32.1	25.9-39.1	207	67.9	60.9-74.1
$50,000+	118	39	31.3	22.8-41.1	79	68.7	58.9-77.2

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	524	197	32.2	27.4-37.4	327	67.8	62.6-72.6
GENDER
Male	163	55	28.5	20.6-38.0	108	71.5	62.0-79.4
Female	361	142	35.1	29.7-40.9	219	64.9	59.1-70.3
RACE
White	343	139	36.2	30.1-42.7	204	63.8	57.3-69.9
Other	180	58	25.2	18.3-33.6	122	74.8	66.4-81.7
AGE
18-44	183	29	14.8	9.1-23.1	154	85.2	76.9-90.9
45+	337	168	48.1	41.8-54.4	169	51.9	45.6-58.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	113	34.4	27.4-42.0	167	65.6	58.0-72.6
Some College +	243	84	29.2	23.3-36.0	159	70.8	64.0-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	330	123	32.1	25.9-39.1	207	67.9	60.9-74.1
$50,000+	118	39	31.3	22.8-41.1	79	68.7	58.9-77.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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?