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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,002 1,024 27.5 25.6-29.6 1,978 72.5 70.4-74.4
GENDER
Male 904 236 21.6 18.6-25.0 668 78.4 75.0-81.4
Female 2,098 788 32.8 30.4-35.2 1,310 67.2 64.8-69.6
AGE
18-24 182 9 4.8 2.0-11.1 173 95.2 88.9-98.0
25-34 472 39 7.0 4.7-10.3 433 93.0 89.7-95.3
35-44 613 125 20.0 16.3-24.2 488 80.0 75.8-83.7
45-54 641 223 31.9 27.4-36.7 418 68.1 63.3-72.6
55-64 522 281 51.5 46.1-56.9 241 48.5 43.1-53.9
65-74 343 200 56.9 50.5-63.2 143 43.1 36.8-49.5
75+ 213 144 63.5 55.2-71.0 69 36.5 29.0-44.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 610 336 43.4 37.7-49.3 274 56.6 50.7-62.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,062 331 24.9 21.8-28.4 731 75.1 71.6-78.2
Some Post-H.S. 718 220 24.1 20.5-28.0 498 75.9 72.0-79.5
College Graduate 607 137 19.9 16.4-23.9 470 80.1 76.1-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 608 295 39.2 34.4-44.1 313 60.8 55.9-65.6
$15,000- 24,999 708 242 30.9 26.6-35.6 466 69.1 64.4-73.4
$25,000- 34,999 446 117 23.2 18.6-28.4 329 76.8 71.6-81.4
$35,000- 49,999 336 91 22.8 17.9-28.7 245 77.2 71.3-82.1
$50,000-74,999 243 50 14.8 10.6-20.2 193 85.2 79.8-89.4
$75,000+ 219 46 19.8 14.1-27.0 173 80.2 73.0-85.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,077 616 50.3 46.4-54.3 461 49.7 45.7-53.6
No 1,802 388 17.2 15.1-19.5 1,414 82.8 80.5-84.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 318 102 31.1 25.3-37.5 216 68.9 62.5-74.7
Non-Veteran 2,681 922 27.1 25.0-29.3 1,759 72.9 70.7-75.0

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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.

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