BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	643	238	28.9	24.8-33.3	405	71.1	66.7-75.2
GENDER
Male	233	74	25.6	19.6-32.6	159	74.4	67.4-80.4
Female	410	164	32.3	27.4-37.6	246	67.7	62.4-72.6
RACE
White	401	157	29.1	24.1-34.8	244	70.9	65.2-75.9
Other	239	81	28.7	22.3-36.1	158	71.3	63.9-77.7
AGE
18-44	240	38	12.0	8.1-17.4	202	88.0	82.6-91.9
45+	399	199	47.6	41.9-53.4	200	52.4	46.6-58.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	370	155	30.5	25.2-36.3	215	69.5	63.7-74.8
Some College +	273	83	26.3	20.4-33.3	190	73.7	66.7-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	418	171	32.4	27.4-37.9	247	67.6	62.1-72.6
$50,000+	134	32	23.0	15.5-32.7	102	77.0	67.3-84.5

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	643	238	28.9	24.8-33.3	405	71.1	66.7-75.2
GENDER
Male	233	74	25.6	19.6-32.6	159	74.4	67.4-80.4
Female	410	164	32.3	27.4-37.6	246	67.7	62.4-72.6
RACE
White	401	157	29.1	24.1-34.8	244	70.9	65.2-75.9
Other	239	81	28.7	22.3-36.1	158	71.3	63.9-77.7
AGE
18-44	240	38	12.0	8.1-17.4	202	88.0	82.6-91.9
45+	399	199	47.6	41.9-53.4	200	52.4	46.6-58.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	370	155	30.5	25.2-36.3	215	69.5	63.7-74.8
Some College +	273	83	26.3	20.4-33.3	190	73.7	66.7-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	418	171	32.4	27.4-37.9	247	67.6	62.1-72.6
$50,000+	134	32	23.0	15.5-32.7	102	77.0	67.3-84.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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?