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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 14,586 5,799 29.1 28.1-30.1 8,787 70.9 69.9-71.9
GENDER
Male 5,268 1,836 24.9 23.4-26.5 3,432 75.1 73.5-76.6
Female 9,318 3,963 33.1 31.8-34.4 5,355 66.9 65.6-68.2
RACE
White 11,456 4,731 31.6 30.4-32.8 6,725 68.4 67.2-69.6
African American 2,125 824 29.7 27.1-32.5 1,301 70.3 67.5-72.9
Asian 99 14 13.6 6.6-26.0 85 86.4 74.0-93.4
Native American 273 133 41.8 33.8-50.3 140 58.2 49.7-66.2
Other Minorities 582 78 5.7 4.1- 7.7 504 94.3 92.3-95.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 586 98 8.1 6.0-10.7 488 91.9 89.3-94.0
-English Speaking 234 81 23.7 17.3-31.4 153 76.3 68.6-82.7
-Spanish Speaking 352 17 2.6 1.4- 4.5 335 97.4 95.5-98.6
Non-Hispanic 13,965 5,691 30.9 29.9-32.0 8,274 69.1 68.0-70.1
AGE
18-24 485 32 6.4 4.1- 9.8 453 93.6 90.2-95.9
25-34 1,480 156 9.1 7.4-11.2 1,324 90.9 88.8-92.6
35-44 2,316 461 19.0 17.0-21.2 1,855 81.0 78.8-83.0
45-54 2,890 1,022 34.0 31.8-36.2 1,868 66.0 63.8-68.2
55-64 3,042 1,558 49.1 46.8-51.4 1,484 50.9 48.6-53.2
65-74 2,442 1,405 56.0 53.5-58.5 1,037 44.0 41.5-46.5
75+ 1,849 1,148 62.8 59.9-65.5 701 37.2 34.5-40.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,094 1,096 36.3 33.1-39.5 998 63.7 60.5-66.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,367 1,855 30.9 29.1-32.8 2,512 69.1 67.2-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 3,766 1,472 29.0 27.0-31.1 2,294 71.0 68.9-73.0
College Graduate 4,340 1,370 23.8 22.3-25.4 2,970 76.2 74.6-77.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,514 895 48.1 44.1-52.1 619 51.9 47.9-55.9
$15,000- 24,999 2,379 1,096 31.8 29.1-34.6 1,283 68.2 65.4-70.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,602 626 29.2 26.2-32.3 976 70.8 67.7-73.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,073 774 28.7 26.3-31.2 1,299 71.3 68.8-73.7
$50,000-74,999 2,071 670 25.0 22.6-27.5 1,401 75.0 72.5-77.4
$75,000+ 2,905 832 22.9 21.1-24.9 2,073 77.1 75.1-78.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,252 3,373 54.1 51.9-56.3 1,879 45.9 43.7-48.1
No 8,828 2,301 18.8 17.7-19.8 6,527 81.2 80.2-82.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,152 953 39.4 36.5-42.3 1,199 60.6 57.7-63.5
Non-Veteran 12,431 4,846 27.5 26.5-28.6 7,585 72.5 71.4-73.5

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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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