BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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
-Northeast Partnership II	511	196	31.9	27.3-36.9	315	68.1	63.1-72.7
GENDER
Male	171	54	27.9	20.6-36.5	117	72.1	63.5-79.4
Female	340	142	35.4	30.0-41.3	198	64.6	58.7-70.0
RACE
White	322	116	28.2	23.3-33.7	206	71.8	66.3-76.7
Other	187	79	36.0	27.9-44.9	108	64.0	55.1-72.1
AGE
18-44	151	16	8.5	4.9-14.3	135	91.5	85.7-95.1
45+	356	180	48.6	42.3-54.8	176	51.4	45.2-57.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	127	37.1	30.6-44.2	162	62.9	55.8-69.4
Some College +	222	69	24.4	18.8-31.1	153	75.6	68.9-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	131	35.8	29.5-42.7	177	64.2	57.3-70.5
$50,000+	118	29	23.0	15.6-32.5	89	77.0	67.5-84.4

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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
-Northeast Partnership II	511	196	31.9	27.3-36.9	315	68.1	63.1-72.7
GENDER
Male	171	54	27.9	20.6-36.5	117	72.1	63.5-79.4
Female	340	142	35.4	30.0-41.3	198	64.6	58.7-70.0
RACE
White	322	116	28.2	23.3-33.7	206	71.8	66.3-76.7
Other	187	79	36.0	27.9-44.9	108	64.0	55.1-72.1
AGE
18-44	151	16	8.5	4.9-14.3	135	91.5	85.7-95.1
45+	356	180	48.6	42.3-54.8	176	51.4	45.2-57.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	127	37.1	30.6-44.2	162	62.9	55.8-69.4
Some College +	222	69	24.4	18.8-31.1	153	75.6	68.9-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	131	35.8	29.5-42.7	177	64.2	57.3-70.5
$50,000+	118	29	23.0	15.6-32.5	89	77.0	67.5-84.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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?