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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

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 12,940 4,882 27.6 26.4-28.8 8,058 72.4 71.2-73.6
-Orange County 360 105 22.0 17.8-26.8 255 78.0 73.2-82.2
GENDER
Male 136 29 17.7 12.1-25.0 107 82.3 75.0-87.9
Female 224 76 25.2 19.5-32.0 148 74.8 68.0-80.5
RACE
White 288 86 23.9 19.1-29.4 202 76.1 70.6-80.9
Other 66 17 16.4 9.5-26.7 49 83.6 73.3-90.5
AGE
18-44 93 11 8.8 4.7-16.0 82 91.2 84.0-95.3
45+ 261 94 32.6 26.8-39.1 167 67.4 60.9-73.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 32 31.5 20.8-44.5 51 68.5 55.5-79.2
Some College + 275 73 19.2 14.9-24.3 202 80.8 75.7-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 32 23.7 16.1-33.5 71 76.3 66.5-83.9
$50,000+ 202 58 21.9 16.7-28.2 144 78.1 71.8-83.3

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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