BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	443	165	28.3	23.8-33.4	278	71.7	66.6-76.2
GENDER
Male	152	43	20.6	14.6-28.2	109	79.4	71.8-85.4
Female	291	122	36.4	30.4-43.0	169	63.6	57.0-69.6
RACE
White	179	64	26.8	20.3-34.5	115	73.2	65.5-79.7
Other	263	100	28.4	22.6-35.0	163	71.6	65.0-77.4
AGE
18-44	186	35	13.1	8.9-18.9	151	86.9	81.1-91.1
45+	254	129	46.9	39.6-54.4	125	53.1	45.6-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	261	111	31.5	25.5-38.2	150	68.5	61.8-74.5
Some College +	181	54	23.8	17.3-31.7	127	76.2	68.3-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	327	132	30.9	25.5-37.0	195	69.1	63.0-74.5
$50,000+	59	13	15.1	8.3-25.9	46	84.9	74.1-91.7

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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
-Robeson County	443	165	28.3	23.8-33.4	278	71.7	66.6-76.2
GENDER
Male	152	43	20.6	14.6-28.2	109	79.4	71.8-85.4
Female	291	122	36.4	30.4-43.0	169	63.6	57.0-69.6
RACE
White	179	64	26.8	20.3-34.5	115	73.2	65.5-79.7
Other	263	100	28.4	22.6-35.0	163	71.6	65.0-77.4
AGE
18-44	186	35	13.1	8.9-18.9	151	86.9	81.1-91.1
45+	254	129	46.9	39.6-54.4	125	53.1	45.6-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	261	111	31.5	25.5-38.2	150	68.5	61.8-74.5
Some College +	181	54	23.8	17.3-31.7	127	76.2	68.3-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	327	132	30.9	25.5-37.0	195	69.1	63.0-74.5
$50,000+	59	13	15.1	8.3-25.9	46	84.9	74.1-91.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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?