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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-WHITES

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 12,944 4,687 29.2 28.2-30.2 8,257 70.8 69.8-71.8
GENDER
Male 4,752 1,491 25.0 23.5-26.5 3,261 75.0 73.5-76.5
Female 8,192 3,196 33.1 31.8-34.3 4,996 66.9 65.7-68.2
AGE
18-24 513 33 6.7 4.3-10.4 480 93.3 89.6-95.7
25-34 1,557 173 11.3 9.4-13.7 1,384 88.7 86.3-90.6
35-44 2,265 403 16.4 14.7-18.2 1,862 83.6 81.8-85.3
45-54 2,493 844 33.6 31.4-35.9 1,649 66.4 64.1-68.6
55-64 2,498 1,182 45.5 43.1-47.9 1,316 54.5 52.1-56.9
65-74 1,956 1,093 55.3 52.6-57.9 863 44.7 42.1-47.4
75+ 1,606 945 58.5 55.6-61.4 661 41.5 38.6-44.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,633 812 39.6 36.2-43.0 821 60.4 57.0-63.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,831 1,562 33.0 31.1-35.0 2,269 67.0 65.0-68.9
Some Post-H.S. 3,257 1,174 28.7 26.8-30.7 2,083 71.3 69.3-73.2
College Graduate 4,200 1,129 22.2 20.8-23.7 3,071 77.8 76.3-79.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,256 695 44.6 40.7-48.5 561 55.4 51.5-59.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,992 846 32.9 30.2-35.7 1,146 67.1 64.3-69.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,542 587 32.9 29.9-36.1 955 67.1 63.9-70.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,894 580 26.1 23.9-28.5 1,314 73.9 71.5-76.1
$50,000-74,999 1,915 570 25.2 23.0-27.6 1,345 74.8 72.4-77.0
$75,000+ 2,460 612 21.3 19.5-23.2 1,848 78.7 76.8-80.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,980 2,449 55.9 53.7-58.1 1,531 44.1 41.9-46.3
No 8,707 2,175 19.6 18.6-20.6 6,532 80.4 79.4-81.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,885 764 37.2 34.4-40.0 1,121 62.8 60.0-65.6
Non-Veteran 11,054 3,923 27.8 26.8-28.9 7,131 72.2 71.1-73.2

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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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