BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	872	245	21.9	18.9-25.2	627	78.1	74.8-81.1
GENDER
Male	311	66	16.7	12.4-22.2	245	83.3	77.8-87.6
Female	561	179	26.8	23.1-31.0	382	73.2	69.0-76.9
RACE
White	597	168	22.2	18.8-26.1	429	77.8	73.9-81.2
Other	271	75	20.9	15.7-27.4	196	79.1	72.6-84.3
AGE
18-44	343	38	9.8	6.6-14.4	305	90.2	85.6-93.4
45+	520	207	36.3	31.8-41.1	313	63.7	58.9-68.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	228	79	25.5	19.0-33.4	149	74.5	66.6-81.0
Some College +	642	165	20.4	17.3-23.9	477	79.6	76.1-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	117	25.1	20.0-31.0	240	74.9	69.0-80.0
$50,000+	382	89	19.5	15.5-24.3	293	80.5	75.7-84.5

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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
-Mecklenburg County	872	245	21.9	18.9-25.2	627	78.1	74.8-81.1
GENDER
Male	311	66	16.7	12.4-22.2	245	83.3	77.8-87.6
Female	561	179	26.8	23.1-31.0	382	73.2	69.0-76.9
RACE
White	597	168	22.2	18.8-26.1	429	77.8	73.9-81.2
Other	271	75	20.9	15.7-27.4	196	79.1	72.6-84.3
AGE
18-44	343	38	9.8	6.6-14.4	305	90.2	85.6-93.4
45+	520	207	36.3	31.8-41.1	313	63.7	58.9-68.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	228	79	25.5	19.0-33.4	149	74.5	66.6-81.0
Some College +	642	165	20.4	17.3-23.9	477	79.6	76.1-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	117	25.1	20.0-31.0	240	74.9	69.0-80.0
$50,000+	382	89	19.5	15.5-24.3	293	80.5	75.7-84.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?