BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	859	204	17.9	15.3-20.9	655	82.1	79.1-84.7
GENDER
Male	331	59	12.6	9.3-16.8	272	87.4	83.2-90.7
Female	528	145	23.6	19.9-27.7	383	76.4	72.3-80.1
RACE
White	638	163	20.1	16.9-23.6	475	79.9	76.4-83.1
Other	212	39	13.1	9.0-18.6	173	86.9	81.4-91.0
AGE
18-44	417	41	8.1	5.7-11.5	376	91.9	88.5-94.3
45+	440	163	33.7	29.0-38.7	277	66.3	61.3-71.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	56	17.3	12.5-23.4	160	82.7	76.6-87.5
Some College +	641	148	18.2	15.2-21.6	493	81.8	78.4-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	346	88	18.0	14.0-22.9	258	82.0	77.1-86.0
$50,000+	398	83	16.6	13.1-20.7	315	83.4	79.3-86.9

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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
-Wake County	859	204	17.9	15.3-20.9	655	82.1	79.1-84.7
GENDER
Male	331	59	12.6	9.3-16.8	272	87.4	83.2-90.7
Female	528	145	23.6	19.9-27.7	383	76.4	72.3-80.1
RACE
White	638	163	20.1	16.9-23.6	475	79.9	76.4-83.1
Other	212	39	13.1	9.0-18.6	173	86.9	81.4-91.0
AGE
18-44	417	41	8.1	5.7-11.5	376	91.9	88.5-94.3
45+	440	163	33.7	29.0-38.7	277	66.3	61.3-71.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	56	17.3	12.5-23.4	160	82.7	76.6-87.5
Some College +	641	148	18.2	15.2-21.6	493	81.8	78.4-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	346	88	18.0	14.0-22.9	258	82.0	77.1-86.0
$50,000+	398	83	16.6	13.1-20.7	315	83.4	79.3-86.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?