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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,586 5,799 29.1 28.1-30.1 8,787 70.9 69.9-71.9
-Eastern NC 4,712 1,913 31.3 29.5-33.1 2,799 68.7 66.9-70.5
GENDER
Male 1,616 580 26.9 24.1-29.9 1,036 73.1 70.1-75.9
Female 3,096 1,333 35.4 33.3-37.6 1,763 64.6 62.4-66.7
RACE
White 3,187 1,342 32.8 30.6-35.1 1,845 67.2 64.9-69.4
African American 1,068 420 33.6 29.7-37.8 648 66.4 62.2-70.3
Other Minorities 437 145 18.2 14.5-22.4 292 81.8 77.6-85.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 213 41 9.8 6.5-14.3 172 90.2 85.7-93.5
Non-Hispanic 4,483 1,869 33.2 31.3-35.2 2,614 66.8 64.8-68.7
AGE
18-24 176 12 8.9 4.5-16.9 164 91.1 83.1-95.5
25-34 544 62 11.6 8.3-16.1 482 88.4 83.9-91.7
35-44 746 157 20.2 16.9-24.0 589 79.8 76.0-83.1
45-54 921 331 35.2 31.6-39.0 590 64.8 61.0-68.4
55-64 985 544 55.0 51.3-58.7 441 45.0 41.3-48.7
65-74 768 454 58.0 53.8-62.1 314 42.0 37.9-46.2
75+ 545 350 64.8 59.9-69.5 195 35.2 30.5-40.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 716 393 38.4 32.9-44.3 323 61.6 55.7-67.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,520 628 31.6 28.5-34.9 892 68.4 65.1-71.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,254 501 30.1 26.8-33.7 753 69.9 66.3-73.2
College Graduate 1,215 387 27.1 24.2-30.1 828 72.9 69.9-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 530 306 47.5 41.1-53.9 224 52.5 46.1-58.9
$15,000- 24,999 833 389 33.8 29.4-38.6 444 66.2 61.4-70.6
$25,000- 34,999 583 226 32.2 26.9-38.0 357 67.8 62.0-73.1
$35,000- 49,999 655 255 31.3 27.0-35.9 400 68.7 64.1-73.0
$50,000-74,999 647 205 25.6 21.6-29.9 442 74.4 70.1-78.4
$75,000+ 790 236 25.1 21.6-29.0 554 74.9 71.0-78.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,777 1,126 54.5 50.8-58.3 651 45.5 41.7-49.2
No 2,775 744 20.4 18.5-22.5 2,031 79.6 77.5-81.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 777 343 39.1 34.6-43.8 434 60.9 56.2-65.4
Non-Veteran 3,934 1,570 29.6 27.7-31.6 2,364 70.4 68.4-72.3

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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.

** 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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