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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,863 1,246 33.6 31.5-35.9 1,617 66.4 64.1-68.5
GENDER
Male 1,064 390 28.3 25.1-31.7 674 71.7 68.3-74.9
Female 1,799 856 38.7 35.9-41.5 943 61.3 58.5-64.1
RACE
White 2,649 1,186 35.5 33.2-37.8 1,463 64.5 62.2-66.8
African American 90 32 27.2 17.3-40.1 58 72.8 59.9-82.7
Other Minorities 115 23 8.0 4.7-13.2 92 92.0 86.8-95.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 12 8.4 4.2-16.1 57 91.6 83.9-95.8
Non-Hispanic 2,788 1,230 34.7 32.5-37.0 1,558 65.3 63.0-67.5
AGE
18-24 77 9 12.4 5.4-26.1 68 87.6 73.9-94.6
25-34 237 24 7.0 4.4-11.1 213 93.0 88.9-95.6
35-44 373 95 25.6 20.6-31.3 278 74.4 68.7-79.4
45-54 518 194 34.3 29.6-39.2 324 65.7 60.8-70.4
55-64 639 335 50.3 45.8-54.7 304 49.7 45.3-54.2
65-74 571 323 57.7 53.1-62.3 248 42.3 37.7-46.9
75+ 436 263 61.7 56.4-66.8 173 38.3 33.2-43.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 453 247 45.1 38.7-51.6 206 54.9 48.4-61.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 895 403 34.3 30.4-38.5 492 65.7 61.5-69.6
Some Post-H.S. 745 305 30.5 26.7-34.6 440 69.5 65.4-73.3
College Graduate 764 289 29.3 25.7-33.3 475 70.7 66.7-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 345 218 58.5 51.0-65.6 127 41.5 34.4-49.0
$15,000- 24,999 553 288 40.8 35.3-46.5 265 59.2 53.5-64.7
$25,000- 34,999 312 120 26.5 21.1-32.7 192 73.5 67.3-78.9
$35,000- 49,999 448 165 29.8 24.8-35.3 283 70.2 64.7-75.2
$50,000-74,999 392 141 29.1 24.1-34.8 251 70.9 65.2-75.9
$75,000+ 431 137 25.3 21.0-30.2 294 74.7 69.8-79.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,119 766 61.7 57.4-65.8 353 38.3 34.2-42.6
No 1,640 454 20.6 18.4-23.0 1,186 79.4 77.0-81.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 438 195 43.0 37.2-48.9 243 57.0 51.1-62.8
Non-Veteran 2,425 1,051 32.1 29.8-34.5 1,374 67.9 65.5-70.2

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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.

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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