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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 90,753 29,863 30.9 30.4-31.5 60,890 69.1 68.5-69.6
Alabama 1,341 485 35.3 32.4-38.3 856 64.7 61.7-67.6
Alaska 1,300 380 29.1 25.7-32.7 920 70.9 67.3-74.3
Arizona 1,434 477 32.1 28.6-35.8 957 67.9 64.2-71.4
Arkansas 1,412 486 33.5 30.8-36.4 926 66.5 63.6-69.2
California 1,639 540 30.9 28.2-33.7 1,099 69.1 66.3-71.8
Colorado 848 239 26.6 23.5-30.0 609 73.4 70.0-76.5
Connecticut 3,127 919 28.7 26.9-30.7 2,208 71.3 69.3-73.1
Delaware 1,568 521 30.3 27.5-33.2 1,047 69.7 66.8-72.5
District of Colum 700 196 28.8 24.9-33.0 504 71.2 67.0-75.1
Florida 1,842 638 34.2 31.7-36.7 1,204 65.8 63.3-68.3
Georgia 1,888 611 30.0 27.5-32.6 1,277 70.0 67.4-72.5
Hawaii 1,076 394 35.8 32.0-39.8 682 64.2 60.2-68.0
Idaho 2,377 776 31.6 29.4-33.8 1,601 68.4 66.2-70.6
Illinois 939 295 29.1 26.0-32.4 644 70.9 67.6-74.0
Indiana 1,838 532 28.3 26.1-30.6 1,306 71.7 69.4-73.9
Iowa 1,672 459 25.7 23.4-28.1 1,213 74.3 71.9-76.6
Kansas 2,015 598 29.7 27.5-31.9 1,417 70.3 68.1-72.5
Kentucky 3,926 1,782 40.3 38.1-42.4 2,144 59.7 57.6-61.9
Louisiana 1,925 692 34.2 31.8-36.5 1,233 65.8 63.5-68.2
Maine 1,110 370 31.3 28.4-34.4 740 68.7 65.6-71.6
Maryland 1,806 528 27.9 25.4-30.5 1,278 72.1 69.5-74.6
Massachusetts 3,353 1,096 30.9 29.1-32.8 2,257 69.1 67.2-70.9
Michigan 1,828 558 28.7 26.5-31.0 1,270 71.3 69.0-73.5
Minnesota 1,911 541 27.9 25.7-30.1 1,370 72.1 69.9-74.3
Mississippi 1,395 500 32.7 30.0-35.5 895 67.3 64.5-70.0
Missouri 1,976 624 29.8 27.2-32.5 1,352 70.2 67.5-72.8
Montana 1,659 660 37.1 34.0-40.3 999 62.9 59.7-66.0
Nebraska 1,465 528 35.7 33.0-38.6 937 64.3 61.4-67.0
Nevada 1,191 357 30.8 27.2-34.6 834 69.2 65.4-72.8
New Hampshire 1,713 489 26.5 24.2-28.8 1,224 73.5 71.2-75.8
New Jersey 2,240 662 28.5 26.1-30.9 1,578 71.5 69.1-73.9
New Mexico 1,587 526 31.0 28.3-33.8 1,061 69.0 66.2-71.7
New York 1,492 478 31.2 28.5-34.0 1,014 68.8 66.0-71.5
North Carolina 2,563 906 34.1 31.3-37.0 1,657 65.9 63.0-68.7
North Dakota 1,051 292 26.6 23.8-29.6 759 73.4 70.4-76.2
Ohio 1,487 450 28.1 25.5-30.8 1,037 71.9 69.2-74.5
Oklahoma 2,124 801 35.1 32.6-37.8 1,323 64.9 62.2-67.4
Oregon 1,263 438 33.4 30.7-36.3 825 66.6 63.7-69.3
Pennsylvania 1,621 463 28.1 25.7-30.6 1,158 71.9 69.4-74.3
Rhode Island 1,726 524 29.0 26.6-31.6 1,202 71.0 68.4-73.4
South Carolina 1,322 416 30.3 27.6-33.1 906 69.7 66.9-72.4
South Dakota 2,160 667 29.8 27.7-32.0 1,493 70.2 68.0-72.3
Tennessee 1,203 431 35.0 31.9-38.3 772 65.0 61.7-68.1
Texas 2,322 695 29.4 27.4-31.6 1,627 70.6 68.4-72.6
Utah 1,612 530 31.3 28.5-34.2 1,082 68.7 65.8-71.5
Vermont 1,917 646 32.0 29.7-34.4 1,271 68.0 65.6-70.3
Virginia 1,302 397 29.1 26.4-31.9 905 70.9 68.1-73.6
Washington 2,011 687 32.1 29.9-34.3 1,324 67.9 65.7-70.1
West Virginia 1,640 657 39.5 36.9-42.2 983 60.5 57.8-63.1
Wisconsin 1,620 501 30.0 27.5-32.5 1,119 70.0 67.5-72.5
Wyoming 1,423 379 26.4 23.9-29.0 1,044 73.6 71.0-76.1
Guam 263 69 26.1 20.4-32.6 194 73.9 67.4-79.6
Puerto Rico 1,753 802 43.8 40.8-46.9 951 56.2 53.1-59.2
Virgin Islands 777 175 21.9 18.5-25.7 602 78.1 74.3-81.5

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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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