BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	423	153	27.4	22.7-32.7	270	72.6	67.3-77.3
GENDER
Male	154	43	23.8	17.0-32.3	111	76.2	67.7-83.0
Female	269	110	31.5	25.7-38.0	159	68.5	62.0-74.3
RACE
White	289	111	28.7	23.2-35.0	178	71.3	65.0-76.8
Other	133	42	24.8	16.6-35.3	91	75.2	64.7-83.4
AGE
18-44	151	16	8.2	4.4-14.8	135	91.8	85.2-95.6
45+	271	137	46.1	39.0-53.5	134	53.9	46.5-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	108	33.5	26.4-41.4	124	66.5	58.6-73.6
Some College +	191	45	19.2	13.6-26.2	146	80.8	73.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	96	32.0	24.9-40.0	131	68.0	60.0-75.1
$50,000+	126	24	16.3	10.4-24.7	102	83.7	75.3-89.6

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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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	423	153	27.4	22.7-32.7	270	72.6	67.3-77.3
GENDER
Male	154	43	23.8	17.0-32.3	111	76.2	67.7-83.0
Female	269	110	31.5	25.7-38.0	159	68.5	62.0-74.3
RACE
White	289	111	28.7	23.2-35.0	178	71.3	65.0-76.8
Other	133	42	24.8	16.6-35.3	91	75.2	64.7-83.4
AGE
18-44	151	16	8.2	4.4-14.8	135	91.8	85.2-95.6
45+	271	137	46.1	39.0-53.5	134	53.9	46.5-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	108	33.5	26.4-41.4	124	66.5	58.6-73.6
Some College +	191	45	19.2	13.6-26.2	146	80.8	73.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	96	32.0	24.9-40.0	131	68.0	60.0-75.1
$50,000+	126	24	16.3	10.4-24.7	102	83.7	75.3-89.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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?