BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	455	153	25.7	21.6-30.4	302	74.3	69.6-78.4
GENDER
Male	149	42	20.9	14.8-28.6	107	79.1	71.4-85.2
Female	306	111	29.7	24.4-35.6	195	70.3	64.4-75.6
RACE
White	339	118	26.4	21.6-31.8	221	73.6	68.2-78.4
Other	114	34	22.9	15.5-32.5	80	77.1	67.5-84.5
AGE
18-44	152	22	9.9	5.9-16.1	130	90.1	83.9-94.1
45+	301	131	40.1	34.1-46.3	170	59.9	53.7-65.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	63	27.9	20.8-36.4	96	72.1	63.6-79.2
Some College +	296	90	24.4	19.4-30.2	206	75.6	69.8-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	86	27.9	21.9-34.8	139	72.1	65.2-78.1
$50,000+	164	38	20.3	14.3-28.1	126	79.7	71.9-85.7

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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
-Forsyth County	455	153	25.7	21.6-30.4	302	74.3	69.6-78.4
GENDER
Male	149	42	20.9	14.8-28.6	107	79.1	71.4-85.2
Female	306	111	29.7	24.4-35.6	195	70.3	64.4-75.6
RACE
White	339	118	26.4	21.6-31.8	221	73.6	68.2-78.4
Other	114	34	22.9	15.5-32.5	80	77.1	67.5-84.5
AGE
18-44	152	22	9.9	5.9-16.1	130	90.1	83.9-94.1
45+	301	131	40.1	34.1-46.3	170	59.9	53.7-65.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	63	27.9	20.8-36.4	96	72.1	63.6-79.2
Some College +	296	90	24.4	19.4-30.2	206	75.6	69.8-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	86	27.9	21.9-34.8	139	72.1	65.2-78.1
$50,000+	164	38	20.3	14.3-28.1	126	79.7	71.9-85.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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?