BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	444	153	28.5	24.0-33.5	291	71.5	66.5-76.0
GENDER
Male	159	44	24.1	17.6-32.1	115	75.9	67.9-82.4
Female	285	109	32.6	26.8-39.1	176	67.4	60.9-73.2
RACE
White	376	130	28.1	23.3-33.5	246	71.9	66.5-76.7
Other	68	23	30.2	19.0-44.4	45	69.8	55.6-81.0
AGE
18-44	146	20	11.3	6.6-18.6	126	88.7	81.4-93.4
45+	296	132	43.2	37.0-49.7	164	56.8	50.3-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	63	32.8	24.6-42.1	83	67.2	57.9-75.4
Some College +	298	90	25.9	20.8-31.9	208	74.1	68.1-79.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	85	29.6	23.3-36.9	134	70.4	63.1-76.7
$50,000+	160	42	25.2	18.6-33.3	118	74.8	66.7-81.4

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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
-New Hanover County	444	153	28.5	24.0-33.5	291	71.5	66.5-76.0
GENDER
Male	159	44	24.1	17.6-32.1	115	75.9	67.9-82.4
Female	285	109	32.6	26.8-39.1	176	67.4	60.9-73.2
RACE
White	376	130	28.1	23.3-33.5	246	71.9	66.5-76.7
Other	68	23	30.2	19.0-44.4	45	69.8	55.6-81.0
AGE
18-44	146	20	11.3	6.6-18.6	126	88.7	81.4-93.4
45+	296	132	43.2	37.0-49.7	164	56.8	50.3-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	146	63	32.8	24.6-42.1	83	67.2	57.9-75.4
Some College +	298	90	25.9	20.8-31.9	208	74.1	68.1-79.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	85	29.6	23.3-36.9	134	70.4	63.1-76.7
$50,000+	160	42	25.2	18.6-33.3	118	74.8	66.7-81.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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?