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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Arthritis

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 91,073 61,006 65.2 64.6-65.7 30,067 34.8 34.3-35.4
Alabama 1,341 938 69.3 66.4-72.1 403 30.7 27.9-33.6
Alaska 1,306 844 62.1 57.9-66.1 462 37.9 33.9-42.1
Arizona 1,442 930 63.8 60.1-67.4 512 36.2 32.6-39.9
Arkansas 1,415 938 64.7 61.8-67.5 477 35.3 32.5-38.2
California 1,638 1,045 60.7 57.8-63.6 593 39.3 36.4-42.2
Colorado 850 551 64.2 60.6-67.8 299 35.8 32.2-39.4
Connecticut 3,144 2,114 66.3 64.2-68.4 1,030 33.7 31.6-35.8
Delaware 1,572 1,139 70.6 67.6-73.5 433 29.4 26.5-32.4
District of Colum 700 457 65.8 61.4-70.0 243 34.2 30.0-38.6
Florida 1,846 1,259 67.2 64.7-69.7 587 32.8 30.3-35.3
Georgia 1,903 1,275 64.5 61.7-67.3 628 35.5 32.7-38.3
Hawaii 1,081 730 67.1 63.0-71.0 351 32.9 29.0-37.0
Idaho 2,383 1,498 61.6 59.3-63.9 885 38.4 36.1-40.7
Illinois 941 609 61.8 58.1-65.4 332 38.2 34.6-41.9
Indiana 1,850 1,236 65.5 63.0-67.9 614 34.5 32.1-37.0
Iowa 1,681 1,115 64.7 62.0-67.3 566 35.3 32.7-38.0
Kansas 2,027 1,323 65.0 62.7-67.3 704 35.0 32.7-37.3
Kentucky 3,935 2,714 65.8 63.6-67.9 1,221 34.2 32.1-36.4
Louisiana 1,937 1,291 65.4 62.9-67.7 646 34.6 32.3-37.1
Maine 1,113 791 69.7 66.5-72.7 322 30.3 27.3-33.5
Maryland 1,811 1,239 68.1 65.3-70.7 572 31.9 29.3-34.7
Massachusetts 3,362 2,341 68.8 66.9-70.7 1,021 31.2 29.3-33.1
Michigan 1,832 1,226 65.7 63.2-68.1 606 34.3 31.9-36.8
Minnesota 1,920 1,272 66.6 64.2-68.9 648 33.4 31.1-35.8
Mississippi 1,397 942 64.9 62.0-67.8 455 35.1 32.2-38.0
Missouri 1,984 1,293 63.5 60.6-66.4 691 36.5 33.6-39.4
Montana 1,658 1,097 64.4 61.1-67.5 561 35.6 32.5-38.9
Nebraska 1,465 976 65.4 62.6-68.2 489 34.6 31.8-37.4
Nevada 1,198 779 64.6 60.7-68.3 419 35.4 31.7-39.3
New Hampshire 1,719 1,178 66.8 64.2-69.3 541 33.2 30.7-35.8
New Jersey 2,256 1,501 65.0 62.4-67.6 755 35.0 32.4-37.6
New Mexico 1,593 1,058 65.7 62.8-68.5 535 34.3 31.5-37.2
New York 1,494 1,023 68.0 65.2-70.8 471 32.0 29.2-34.8
North Carolina 2,569 1,676 64.3 61.3-67.2 893 35.7 32.8-38.7
North Dakota 1,051 676 61.9 58.6-65.1 375 38.1 34.9-41.4
Ohio 1,498 1,001 65.5 62.4-68.4 497 34.5 31.6-37.6
Oklahoma 2,133 1,447 66.6 63.9-69.2 686 33.4 30.8-36.1
Oregon 1,268 819 62.8 59.8-65.7 449 37.2 34.3-40.2
Pennsylvania 1,622 1,128 69.2 66.5-71.8 494 30.8 28.2-33.5
Rhode Island 1,733 1,194 66.6 63.8-69.3 539 33.4 30.7-36.2
South Carolina 1,327 906 66.6 63.5-69.5 421 33.4 30.5-36.5
South Dakota 2,165 1,435 65.1 62.8-67.3 730 34.9 32.7-37.2
Tennessee 1,209 800 66.8 63.6-69.9 409 33.2 30.1-36.4
Texas 2,331 1,449 60.3 58.0-62.6 882 39.7 37.4-42.0
Utah 1,615 1,086 66.0 63.0-68.9 529 34.0 31.1-37.0
Vermont 1,924 1,321 66.6 64.2-69.0 603 33.4 31.0-35.8
Virginia 1,302 849 63.2 60.1-66.3 453 36.8 33.7-39.9
Washington 2,032 1,336 64.5 62.2-66.8 696 35.5 33.2-37.8
West Virginia 1,642 1,165 70.6 68.1-73.0 477 29.4 27.0-31.9
Wisconsin 1,628 1,113 67.1 64.4-69.7 515 32.9 30.3-35.6
Wyoming 1,431 874 60.0 57.1-62.8 557 40.0 37.2-42.9
Guam 264 144 56.9 50.0-63.6 120 43.1 36.4-50.0
Puerto Rico 1,753 1,430 79.3 76.6-81.7 323 20.7 18.3-23.4
Virgin Islands 782 435 55.5 51.0-59.8 347 44.5 40.2-49.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked of respondents who reported having pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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