BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	418	117	20.0	16.2-24.4	301	80.0	75.6-83.8
GENDER
Male	158	35	16.5	11.4-23.3	123	83.5	76.7-88.6
Female	260	82	23.4	18.2-29.5	178	76.6	70.5-81.8
RACE
White	348	101	21.7	17.4-26.6	247	78.3	73.4-82.6
Other	67	14	12.9	6.7-23.6	53	87.1	76.4-93.3
AGE
18-44	165	15	5.6	3.2- 9.6	150	94.4	90.4-96.8
45+	250	101	37.3	30.8-44.4	149	62.7	55.6-69.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	25	12.2	7.5-19.3	65	87.8	80.7-92.5
Some College +	327	92	23.0	18.4-28.4	235	77.0	71.6-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	40	14.0	9.5-20.1	125	86.0	79.9-90.5
$50,000+	192	50	23.7	17.8-30.7	142	76.3	69.3-82.2

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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.

** 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
-Orange County	418	117	20.0	16.2-24.4	301	80.0	75.6-83.8
GENDER
Male	158	35	16.5	11.4-23.3	123	83.5	76.7-88.6
Female	260	82	23.4	18.2-29.5	178	76.6	70.5-81.8
RACE
White	348	101	21.7	17.4-26.6	247	78.3	73.4-82.6
Other	67	14	12.9	6.7-23.6	53	87.1	76.4-93.3
AGE
18-44	165	15	5.6	3.2- 9.6	150	94.4	90.4-96.8
45+	250	101	37.3	30.8-44.4	149	62.7	55.6-69.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	25	12.2	7.5-19.3	65	87.8	80.7-92.5
Some College +	327	92	23.0	18.4-28.4	235	77.0	71.6-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	165	40	14.0	9.5-20.1	125	86.0	79.9-90.5
$50,000+	192	50	23.7	17.8-30.7	142	76.3	69.3-82.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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?