BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	387	132	25.6	20.8-31.0	255	74.4	69.0-79.2
GENDER
Male	137	41	20.1	13.9-28.2	96	79.9	71.8-86.1
Female	250	91	31.0	24.7-38.1	159	69.0	61.9-75.3
RACE
White	323	117	27.5	22.0-33.7	206	72.5	66.3-78.0
Other	64	15	17.3	9.7-29.0	49	82.7	71.0-90.3
AGE
18-44	158	24	11.4	7.1-17.8	134	88.6	82.2-92.9
45+	227	108	45.7	38.1-53.4	119	54.3	46.6-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	89	32.9	25.4-41.5	108	67.1	58.5-74.6
Some College +	188	43	18.5	12.9-25.9	145	81.5	74.1-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	80	27.1	20.6-34.8	124	72.9	65.2-79.4
$50,000+	126	33	21.2	14.4-30.2	93	78.8	69.8-85.6

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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
-Johnston County	387	132	25.6	20.8-31.0	255	74.4	69.0-79.2
GENDER
Male	137	41	20.1	13.9-28.2	96	79.9	71.8-86.1
Female	250	91	31.0	24.7-38.1	159	69.0	61.9-75.3
RACE
White	323	117	27.5	22.0-33.7	206	72.5	66.3-78.0
Other	64	15	17.3	9.7-29.0	49	82.7	71.0-90.3
AGE
18-44	158	24	11.4	7.1-17.8	134	88.6	82.2-92.9
45+	227	108	45.7	38.1-53.4	119	54.3	46.6-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	89	32.9	25.4-41.5	108	67.1	58.5-74.6
Some College +	188	43	18.5	12.9-25.9	145	81.5	74.1-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	80	27.1	20.6-34.8	124	72.9	65.2-79.4
$50,000+	126	33	21.2	14.4-30.2	93	78.8	69.8-85.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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?