BRFSS 2005 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	403	134	26.9	22.3-32.1	269	73.1	67.9-77.7
GENDER
Male	160	52	26.2	19.3-34.5	108	73.8	65.5-80.7
Female	243	82	27.7	22.0-34.3	161	72.3	65.7-78.0
RACE
White	345	114	25.1	20.5-30.4	231	74.9	69.6-79.5
Other	57	20	36.9	22.9-53.4	37	63.1	46.6-77.1
AGE
18-44	171	24	13.4	8.4-20.5	147	86.6	79.5-91.6
45+	232	110	43.5	36.2-51.0	122	56.5	49.0-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	80	33.3	26.1-41.5	117	66.7	58.5-73.9
Some College +	206	54	20.5	15.1-27.2	152	79.5	72.8-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	84	31.0	24.2-38.7	135	69.0	61.3-75.8
$50,000+	125	27	19.3	12.7-28.1	98	80.7	71.9-87.3

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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
-Iredell County	403	134	26.9	22.3-32.1	269	73.1	67.9-77.7
GENDER
Male	160	52	26.2	19.3-34.5	108	73.8	65.5-80.7
Female	243	82	27.7	22.0-34.3	161	72.3	65.7-78.0
RACE
White	345	114	25.1	20.5-30.4	231	74.9	69.6-79.5
Other	57	20	36.9	22.9-53.4	37	63.1	46.6-77.1
AGE
18-44	171	24	13.4	8.4-20.5	147	86.6	79.5-91.6
45+	232	110	43.5	36.2-51.0	122	56.5	49.0-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	80	33.3	26.1-41.5	117	66.7	58.5-73.9
Some College +	206	54	20.5	15.1-27.2	152	79.5	72.8-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	84	31.0	24.2-38.7	135	69.0	61.3-75.8
$50,000+	125	27	19.3	12.7-28.1	98	80.7	71.9-87.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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?