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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 7,011 2,640 27.1 25.7-28.5 4,371 72.9 71.5-74.3
GENDER
Male 2,588 866 23.2 21.2-25.3 1,722 76.8 74.7-78.8
Female 4,423 1,774 30.7 28.9-32.5 2,649 69.3 67.5-71.1
RACE
White 5,620 2,203 29.9 28.3-31.6 3,417 70.1 68.4-71.7
African American 967 372 27.4 24.0-31.1 595 72.6 68.9-76.0
Other Minorities 402 57 8.2 5.8-11.5 345 91.8 88.5-94.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 304 45 7.2 4.7-11.1 259 92.8 88.9-95.3
Non-Hispanic 6,694 2,592 28.9 27.5-30.4 4,102 71.1 69.6-72.5
AGE
18-24 232 11 4.0 1.9- 8.4 221 96.0 91.6-98.1
25-34 699 70 8.5 6.3-11.3 629 91.5 88.7-93.7
35-44 1,197 209 17.3 14.7-20.3 988 82.7 79.7-85.3
45-54 1,451 497 33.3 30.3-36.5 954 66.7 63.5-69.7
55-64 1,418 679 45.9 42.6-49.2 739 54.1 50.8-57.4
65-74 1,103 628 54.3 50.5-58.1 475 45.7 41.9-49.5
75+ 868 535 62.0 57.8-66.0 333 38.0 34.0-42.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 925 456 33.0 28.7-37.5 469 67.0 62.5-71.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,952 824 29.6 27.0-32.4 1,128 70.4 67.6-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,767 666 28.1 25.3-31.2 1,101 71.9 68.8-74.7
College Graduate 2,361 694 21.8 19.8-23.9 1,667 78.2 76.1-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 371 45.7 39.8-51.8 268 54.3 48.2-60.2
$15,000- 24,999 993 419 27.7 23.9-31.9 574 72.3 68.1-76.1
$25,000- 34,999 707 280 27.9 23.7-32.4 427 72.1 67.6-76.3
$35,000- 49,999 970 354 27.0 23.6-30.6 616 73.0 69.4-76.4
$50,000-74,999 1,032 324 23.8 20.6-27.4 708 76.2 72.6-79.4
$75,000+ 1,684 459 21.9 19.6-24.4 1,225 78.1 75.6-80.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,356 1,481 51.9 48.7-55.1 875 48.1 44.9-51.3
No 4,413 1,103 17.6 16.2-19.1 3,310 82.4 80.9-83.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 937 415 38.6 34.3-43.1 522 61.4 56.9-65.7
Non-Veteran 6,072 2,225 25.6 24.1-27.0 3,847 74.4 73.0-75.9

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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.

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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