BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	448	182	35.5	29.7-41.7	266	64.5	58.3-70.3
GENDER
Male	150	60	35.6	25.4-47.4	90	64.4	52.6-74.6
Female	298	122	35.4	29.6-41.7	176	64.6	58.3-70.4
RACE
White	390	166	37.4	31.1-44.3	224	62.6	55.7-68.9
Other	58	16	23.8	13.2-39.1	42	76.2	60.9-86.8
AGE
18-44	145	25	19.2	10.4-32.7	120	80.8	67.3-89.6
45+	300	155	49.3	42.9-55.7	145	50.7	44.3-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	113	44.3	35.6-53.4	118	55.7	46.6-64.4
Some College +	216	68	25.5	19.6-32.4	148	74.5	67.6-80.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	111	40.2	31.7-49.3	142	59.8	50.7-68.3
$50,000+	122	42	30.6	22.6-40.0	80	69.4	60.0-77.4

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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
-Gaston County	448	182	35.5	29.7-41.7	266	64.5	58.3-70.3
GENDER
Male	150	60	35.6	25.4-47.4	90	64.4	52.6-74.6
Female	298	122	35.4	29.6-41.7	176	64.6	58.3-70.4
RACE
White	390	166	37.4	31.1-44.3	224	62.6	55.7-68.9
Other	58	16	23.8	13.2-39.1	42	76.2	60.9-86.8
AGE
18-44	145	25	19.2	10.4-32.7	120	80.8	67.3-89.6
45+	300	155	49.3	42.9-55.7	145	50.7	44.3-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	113	44.3	35.6-53.4	118	55.7	46.6-64.4
Some College +	216	68	25.5	19.6-32.4	148	74.5	67.6-80.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	111	40.2	31.7-49.3	142	59.8	50.7-68.3
$50,000+	122	42	30.6	22.6-40.0	80	69.4	60.0-77.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?