BRFSS 2005 - Randolph 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
-Randolph County	456	160	28.5	24.2-33.4	296	71.5	66.6-75.8
GENDER
Male	175	54	24.0	17.9-31.3	121	76.0	68.7-82.1
Female	281	106	33.1	27.3-39.5	175	66.9	60.5-72.7
RACE
White	396	146	30.6	25.8-35.8	250	69.4	64.2-74.2
Other	59	14	19.1	10.3-32.8	45	80.9	67.2-89.7
AGE
18-44	158	20	10.2	6.4-15.8	138	89.8	84.2-93.6
45+	296	140	45.6	39.2-52.2	156	54.4	47.8-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	268	106	31.3	25.5-37.7	162	68.7	62.3-74.5
Some College +	187	54	24.6	18.4-32.2	133	75.4	67.8-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	97	31.2	25.3-37.8	159	68.8	62.2-74.7
$50,000+	123	31	23.9	16.6-33.1	92	76.1	66.9-83.4

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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
-Randolph County	456	160	28.5	24.2-33.4	296	71.5	66.6-75.8
GENDER
Male	175	54	24.0	17.9-31.3	121	76.0	68.7-82.1
Female	281	106	33.1	27.3-39.5	175	66.9	60.5-72.7
RACE
White	396	146	30.6	25.8-35.8	250	69.4	64.2-74.2
Other	59	14	19.1	10.3-32.8	45	80.9	67.2-89.7
AGE
18-44	158	20	10.2	6.4-15.8	138	89.8	84.2-93.6
45+	296	140	45.6	39.2-52.2	156	54.4	47.8-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	268	106	31.3	25.5-37.7	162	68.7	62.3-74.5
Some College +	187	54	24.6	18.4-32.2	133	75.4	67.8-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	97	31.2	25.3-37.8	159	68.8	62.2-74.7
$50,000+	123	31	23.9	16.6-33.1	92	76.1	66.9-83.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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?