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2009 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 12,940 4,882 27.6 26.4-28.8 8,058 72.4 71.2-73.6
-Piedmont NC 6,604 2,334 24.9 23.4-26.5 4,270 75.1 73.5-76.6
GENDER
Male 2,494 726 19.7 17.6-22.0 1,768 80.3 78.0-82.4
Female 4,110 1,608 29.9 27.8-32.0 2,502 70.1 68.0-72.2
RACE
White 5,327 1,965 27.9 26.2-29.7 3,362 72.1 70.3-73.8
African American 901 303 23.5 19.8-27.7 598 76.5 72.3-80.2
Other Minorities 324 54 8.3 5.6-12.1 270 91.7 87.9-94.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 228 28 6.0 3.7- 9.5 200 94.0 90.5-96.3
Non-Hispanic 6,354 2,298 26.6 25.1-28.3 4,056 73.4 71.7-74.9
AGE
18-24 177 8 3.1 1.4- 6.5 169 96.9 93.5-98.6
25-34 619 58 10.8 7.4-15.6 561 89.2 84.4-92.6
35-44 1,059 132 10.6 8.4-13.4 927 89.4 86.6-91.6
45-54 1,322 399 28.6 25.2-32.2 923 71.4 67.8-74.8
55-64 1,348 627 43.5 39.9-47.2 721 56.5 52.8-60.1
65+ 2,014 1,091 54.3 51.0-57.5 923 45.7 42.5-49.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 797 392 29.4 24.1-35.3 405 70.6 64.7-75.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,800 743 29.4 26.1-32.9 1,057 70.6 67.1-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,604 564 26.4 23.4-29.6 1,040 73.6 70.4-76.6
College Graduate 2,393 630 19.0 17.1-20.9 1,763 81.0 79.1-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 592 289 30.0 24.2-36.5 303 70.0 63.5-75.8
$15,000- 24,999 919 378 28.3 23.8-33.2 541 71.7 66.8-76.2
$25,000- 34,999 628 264 33.2 27.6-39.2 364 66.8 60.8-72.4
$35,000- 49,999 824 308 30.1 25.3-35.3 516 69.9 64.7-74.7
$50,000-74,999 947 294 23.7 20.0-27.9 653 76.3 72.1-80.0
$75,000+ 1,673 389 17.3 15.2-19.6 1,284 82.7 80.4-84.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,130 1,265 49.2 45.4-52.9 865 50.8 47.1-54.6
No 4,189 984 16.1 14.7-17.6 3,205 83.9 82.4-85.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 773 304 33.0 28.3-38.0 469 67.0 62.0-71.7
Non-Veteran 5,277 1,834 24.1 22.4-25.8 3,443 75.9 74.2-77.6

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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.

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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