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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis (Asked in December Only)-WHITES

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,043 385 28.8 25.3-32.5 658 71.2 67.5-74.7
GENDER
Male 401 126 25.2 20.0-31.2 275 74.8 68.8-80.0
Female 642 259 32.1 27.7-36.8 383 67.9 63.2-72.3
AGE
18-24 39 5 11.1 3.6-29.4 34 88.9 70.6-96.4
25-34 78 6 6.2 2.3-15.7 72 93.8 84.3-97.7
35-44 165 29 17.0 11.0-25.3 136 83.0 74.7-89.0
45-54 203 62 29.1 22.2-37.2 141 70.9 62.8-77.8
55-64 226 105 47.0 39.2-54.9 121 53.0 45.1-60.8
65-74 194 91 47.8 39.7-56.1 103 52.2 43.9-60.3
75+ 133 84 62.5 52.3-71.7 49 37.5 28.3-47.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 124 59 35.3 25.3-46.7 65 64.7 53.3-74.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 318 137 33.3 26.5-40.8 181 66.7 59.2-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 238 84 25.9 19.6-33.3 154 74.1 66.7-80.4
College Graduate 361 104 25.3 19.7-31.8 257 74.7 68.2-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 45 46.3 34.5-58.5 44 53.7 41.5-65.5
$15,000- 24,999 138 72 45.2 33.1-58.0 66 54.8 42.0-66.9
$25,000- 34,999 120 48 28.4 17.8-42.1 72 71.6 57.9-82.2
$35,000- 49,999 149 48 29.6 20.8-40.3 101 70.4 59.7-79.2
$50,000-74,999 150 51 27.7 20.1-37.0 99 72.3 63.0-79.9
$75,000+ 248 64 22.3 16.8-29.0 184 77.7 71.0-83.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 357 214 50.2 42.5-58.0 143 49.8 42.0-57.5
No 679 169 20.1 16.6-24.0 510 79.9 76.0-83.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 170 66 33.7 25.7-42.7 104 66.3 57.3-74.3
Non-Veteran 873 319 27.9 24.1-32.0 554 72.1 68.0-75.9

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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.

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