BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	761	313	36.7	32.3-41.4	448	63.3	58.6-67.7
GENDER
Male	266	100	34.5	27.6-42.1	166	65.5	57.9-72.4
Female	495	213	38.5	33.0-44.4	282	61.5	55.6-67.0
RACE
White	677	288	39.1	34.4-44.1	389	60.9	55.9-65.6
Other	84	25	18.8	10.4-31.7	59	81.2	68.3-89.6
AGE
18-44	249	45	18.4	12.4-26.3	204	81.6	73.7-87.6
45+	509	267	53.3	48.0-58.4	242	46.7	41.6-52.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	365	163	38.3	31.8-45.3	202	61.7	54.7-68.2
Some College +	396	150	35.0	29.2-41.3	246	65.0	58.7-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	479	203	38.2	32.7-44.0	276	61.8	56.0-67.3
$50,000+	159	52	26.6	19.1-35.8	107	73.4	64.2-80.9

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	761	313	36.7	32.3-41.4	448	63.3	58.6-67.7
GENDER
Male	266	100	34.5	27.6-42.1	166	65.5	57.9-72.4
Female	495	213	38.5	33.0-44.4	282	61.5	55.6-67.0
RACE
White	677	288	39.1	34.4-44.1	389	60.9	55.9-65.6
Other	84	25	18.8	10.4-31.7	59	81.2	68.3-89.6
AGE
18-44	249	45	18.4	12.4-26.3	204	81.6	73.7-87.6
45+	509	267	53.3	48.0-58.4	242	46.7	41.6-52.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	365	163	38.3	31.8-45.3	202	61.7	54.7-68.2
Some College +	396	150	35.0	29.2-41.3	246	65.0	58.7-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	479	203	38.2	32.7-44.0	276	61.8	56.0-67.3
$50,000+	159	52	26.6	19.1-35.8	107	73.4	64.2-80.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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?