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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-MALES

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 5,268 1,836 24.9 23.4-26.5 3,432 75.1 73.5-76.6
RACE
White 4,212 1,543 27.5 25.8-29.3 2,669 72.5 70.7-74.2
African American 656 218 26.5 22.2-31.2 438 73.5 68.8-77.8
Asian 39 7 16.9 6.3-37.8 32 83.1 62.2-93.7
Native American 90 37 41.0 29.2-53.9 53 59.0 46.1-70.8
Other Minorities 249 25 3.3 2.0- 5.2 224 96.7 94.8-98.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 243 29 5.6 3.4- 9.0 214 94.4 91.0-96.6
-English Speaking 78 26 21.0 12.4-33.5 52 79.0 66.5-87.6
-Spanish Speaking 165 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 162 99.0 96.5-99.7
Non-Hispanic 5,008 1,802 26.9 25.3-28.6 3,206 73.1 71.4-74.7
AGE
18-24 203 7 4.5 1.9-10.0 196 95.5 90.0-98.1
25-34 465 37 7.5 5.1-10.9 428 92.5 89.1-94.9
35-44 853 162 18.0 15.1-21.5 691 82.0 78.5-84.9
45-54 1,111 340 30.9 27.7-34.4 771 69.1 65.6-72.3
55-64 1,162 525 43.3 39.8-47.0 637 56.7 53.0-60.2
65-74 912 464 50.5 46.4-54.5 448 49.5 45.5-53.6
75+ 547 300 56.8 51.6-61.9 247 43.2 38.1-48.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 770 331 28.6 24.3-33.4 439 71.4 66.6-75.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,530 559 24.8 22.1-27.7 971 75.2 72.3-77.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,249 448 26.3 23.2-29.6 801 73.7 70.4-76.8
College Graduate 1,710 495 22.0 19.7-24.4 1,215 78.0 75.6-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 400 199 38.0 31.0-45.5 201 62.0 54.5-69.0
$15,000- 24,999 811 312 25.5 21.5-29.9 499 74.5 70.1-78.5
$25,000- 34,999 594 225 28.2 23.4-33.5 369 71.8 66.5-76.6
$35,000- 49,999 807 277 25.1 21.6-29.0 530 74.9 71.0-78.4
$50,000-74,999 829 271 24.7 21.1-28.7 558 75.3 71.3-78.9
$75,000+ 1,312 366 21.7 19.1-24.5 946 78.3 75.5-80.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,861 1,047 46.7 43.2-50.2 814 53.3 49.8-56.8
No 3,216 751 16.4 14.8-18.1 2,465 83.6 81.9-85.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,933 867 40.0 36.9-43.1 1,066 60.0 56.9-63.1
Non-Veteran 3,333 969 19.8 18.1-21.5 2,364 80.2 78.5-81.9

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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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