BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (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?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	2,098	788	32.8	30.4-35.2	1,310	67.2	64.8-69.6
GENDER
Female	2,098	788	32.8	30.4-35.2	1,310	67.2	64.8-69.6
RACE
African American	2,098	788	32.8	30.4-35.2	1,310	67.2	64.8-69.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	41	3	5.0	1.3-17.1	38	95.0	82.9-98.7
-English Speaking	11	3	28.7	8.2-64.6	8	71.3	35.4-91.8
-Spanish Speaking	30	0	0.0	. - .	30	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	2,057	785	33.8	31.4-36.3	1,272	66.2	63.7-68.6
AGE
18-24	126	6	4.3	1.9- 9.5	120	95.7	90.5-98.1
25-34	340	31	8.2	5.4-12.1	309	91.8	87.9-94.6
35-44	440	97	22.4	17.8-27.8	343	77.6	72.2-82.2
45-54	428	174	39.5	34.1-45.2	254	60.5	54.8-65.9
55-64	354	213	59.0	52.6-65.2	141	41.0	34.8-47.4
65-74	235	154	65.7	57.8-72.8	81	34.3	27.2-42.2
75+	160	111	67.7	58.6-75.6	49	32.3	24.4-41.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	409	259	58.4	51.9-64.6	150	41.6	35.4-48.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	722	247	26.5	22.8-30.5	475	73.5	69.5-77.2
Some Post-H.S.	523	176	31.3	26.8-36.2	347	68.7	63.8-73.2
College Graduate	441	106	21.7	17.6-26.4	335	78.3	73.6-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	461	239	43.7	38.2-49.2	222	56.3	50.8-61.8
$15,000- 24,999	505	191	36.6	31.5-42.0	314	63.4	58.0-68.5
$25,000- 34,999	316	86	25.2	20.0-31.3	230	74.8	68.7-80.0
$35,000- 49,999	215	62	26.7	20.4-34.1	153	73.3	65.9-79.6
$50,000-74,999	159	33	16.2	11.1-23.0	126	83.8	77.0-88.9
$75,000+	132	30	21.6	14.6-30.7	102	78.4	69.3-85.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	751	472	59.0	54.5-63.4	279	41.0	36.6-45.5
No	1,267	302	20.2	17.8-22.9	965	79.8	77.1-82.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	71	16	17.2	10.0-27.9	55	82.8	72.1-90.0
Non-Veteran	2,025	772	33.3	30.9-35.8	1,253	66.7	64.2-69.1

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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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