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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-FEMALES

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 9,318 3,963 33.1 31.8-34.4 5,355 66.9 65.6-68.2
RACE
White 7,244 3,188 35.3 33.8-36.8 4,056 64.7 63.2-66.2
African American 1,469 606 32.6 29.6-35.8 863 67.4 64.2-70.4
Asian 60 7 9.2 4.1-19.3 53 90.8 80.7-95.9
Native American 183 96 42.5 32.0-53.7 87 57.5 46.3-68.0
Other Minorities 333 53 9.2 6.2-13.4 280 90.8 86.6-93.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 343 69 11.7 8.3-16.2 274 88.3 83.8-91.7
-English Speaking 156 55 26.4 18.2-36.6 101 73.6 63.4-81.8
-Spanish Speaking 187 14 5.1 2.7- 9.4 173 94.9 90.6-97.3
Non-Hispanic 8,957 3,889 34.5 33.2-35.9 5,068 65.5 64.1-66.8
AGE
18-24 282 25 8.5 5.1-13.8 257 91.5 86.2-94.9
25-34 1,015 119 10.8 8.7-13.4 896 89.2 86.6-91.3
35-44 1,463 299 20.0 17.5-22.8 1,164 80.0 77.2-82.5
45-54 1,779 682 36.9 34.1-39.8 1,097 63.1 60.2-65.9
55-64 1,880 1,033 54.5 51.7-57.2 847 45.5 42.8-48.3
65-74 1,530 941 60.5 57.4-63.6 589 39.5 36.4-42.6
75+ 1,302 848 66.3 63.0-69.4 454 33.7 30.6-37.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,324 765 45.0 41.0-49.2 559 55.0 50.8-59.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,837 1,296 36.7 34.3-39.1 1,541 63.3 60.9-65.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,517 1,024 31.3 28.8-33.9 1,493 68.7 66.1-71.2
College Graduate 2,630 875 25.7 23.7-27.7 1,755 74.3 72.3-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,114 696 54.9 50.7-59.1 418 45.1 40.9-49.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,568 784 37.7 34.3-41.2 784 62.3 58.8-65.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,008 401 30.1 26.6-33.9 607 69.9 66.1-73.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,266 497 32.2 29.0-35.7 769 67.8 64.3-71.0
$50,000-74,999 1,242 399 25.2 22.4-28.4 843 74.8 71.6-77.6
$75,000+ 1,593 466 24.4 21.9-27.1 1,127 75.6 72.9-78.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,391 2,326 60.8 58.3-63.3 1,065 39.2 36.7-41.7
No 5,612 1,550 21.0 19.7-22.4 4,062 79.0 77.6-80.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 219 86 32.9 25.8-40.8 133 67.1 59.2-74.2
Non-Veteran 9,098 3,877 33.1 31.8-34.4 5,221 66.9 65.6-68.2

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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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