BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	466	155	27.3	22.9-32.1	311	72.7	67.9-77.1
GENDER
Male	168	52	23.9	17.6-31.5	116	76.1	68.5-82.4
Female	298	103	30.6	24.9-36.9	195	69.4	63.1-75.1
RACE
White	336	118	28.4	23.2-34.1	218	71.6	65.9-76.8
Other	130	37	24.9	17.3-34.5	93	75.1	65.5-82.7
AGE
18-44	165	19	10.9	6.5-17.8	146	89.1	82.2-93.5
45+	298	136	43.5	37.2-50.1	162	56.5	49.9-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	76	34.6	26.9-43.3	101	65.4	56.7-73.1
Some College +	287	78	22.6	17.6-28.6	209	77.4	71.4-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	84	25.3	19.7-31.9	160	74.7	68.1-80.3
$50,000+	144	34	21.1	14.7-29.2	110	78.9	70.8-85.3

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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
-Guilford County	466	155	27.3	22.9-32.1	311	72.7	67.9-77.1
GENDER
Male	168	52	23.9	17.6-31.5	116	76.1	68.5-82.4
Female	298	103	30.6	24.9-36.9	195	69.4	63.1-75.1
RACE
White	336	118	28.4	23.2-34.1	218	71.6	65.9-76.8
Other	130	37	24.9	17.3-34.5	93	75.1	65.5-82.7
AGE
18-44	165	19	10.9	6.5-17.8	146	89.1	82.2-93.5
45+	298	136	43.5	37.2-50.1	162	56.5	49.9-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	76	34.6	26.9-43.3	101	65.4	56.7-73.1
Some College +	287	78	22.6	17.6-28.6	209	77.4	71.4-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	84	25.3	19.7-31.9	160	74.7	68.1-80.3
$50,000+	144	34	21.1	14.7-29.2	110	78.9	70.8-85.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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?