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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 52,157 22,821 41.6 40.9-42.3 29,336 58.4 57.7-59.1
Alabama 916 437 45.6 42.0-49.2 479 54.4 50.8-58.0
Alaska 544 196 37.9 32.4-43.8 348 62.1 56.2-67.6
Arizona 821 315 40.1 35.0-45.3 506 59.9 54.7-65.0
Arkansas 855 401 48.0 44.3-51.7 454 52.0 48.3-55.7
California 913 308 33.2 29.6-37.0 605 66.8 63.0-70.4
Colorado 388 130 32.1 27.2-37.3 258 67.9 62.7-72.8
Connecticut 1,729 614 34.5 31.9-37.2 1,115 65.5 62.8-68.1
Delaware 979 468 46.8 42.8-50.9 511 53.2 49.1-57.2
District of Colum 373 142 41.0 35.4-46.9 231 59.0 53.1-64.6
Florida 1,240 503 40.3 37.2-43.5 737 59.7 56.5-62.8
Georgia 1,131 503 44.8 41.2-48.5 628 55.2 51.5-58.8
Hawaii 596 318 52.6 47.2-57.9 278 47.4 42.1-52.8
Idaho 1,141 434 36.3 33.0-39.7 707 63.7 60.3-67.0
Illinois 535 248 46.3 41.6-51.1 287 53.7 48.9-58.4
Indiana 1,146 499 42.5 39.4-45.6 647 57.5 54.4-60.6
Iowa 886 380 41.7 38.0-45.4 506 58.3 54.6-62.0
Kansas 1,121 475 41.4 38.2-44.6 646 58.6 55.4-61.8
Kentucky 2,654 1,437 51.2 48.3-54.1 1,217 48.8 45.9-51.7
Louisiana 1,241 680 52.8 49.6-55.9 561 47.2 44.1-50.4
Maine 676 279 39.3 35.3-43.5 397 60.7 56.5-64.7
Maryland 1,073 441 40.8 37.1-44.5 632 59.2 55.5-62.9
Massachusetts 1,836 761 37.6 35.0-40.3 1,075 62.4 59.7-65.0
Michigan 1,182 494 39.5 36.5-42.7 688 60.5 57.3-63.5
Minnesota 860 305 34.6 31.0-38.2 555 65.4 61.8-69.0
Mississippi 887 423 45.0 41.4-48.7 464 55.0 51.3-58.6
Missouri 1,200 521 39.6 35.9-43.4 679 60.4 56.6-64.1
Montana 892 416 43.8 39.4-48.2 476 56.2 51.8-60.6
Nebraska 882 462 52.4 48.7-56.2 420 47.6 43.8-51.3
Nevada 580 191 35.2 29.9-40.9 389 64.8 59.1-70.1
New Hampshire 918 335 35.6 32.2-39.1 583 64.4 60.9-67.8
New Jersey 1,312 518 35.9 32.7-39.2 794 64.1 60.8-67.3
New Mexico 897 379 40.9 37.1-44.8 518 59.1 55.2-62.9
New York 878 373 44.8 40.9-48.6 505 55.2 51.4-59.1
North Carolina 1,536 811 51.5 47.6-55.3 725 48.5 44.7-52.4
North Dakota 560 189 32.5 28.5-36.8 371 67.5 63.2-71.5
Ohio 924 411 42.2 38.6-45.9 513 57.8 54.1-61.4
Oklahoma 1,402 748 51.8 48.4-55.2 654 48.2 44.8-51.6
Oregon 583 200 33.7 29.7-38.0 383 66.3 62.0-70.3
Pennsylvania 1,033 424 40.9 37.6-44.4 609 59.1 55.6-62.4
Rhode Island 1,133 448 39.4 36.1-42.8 685 60.6 57.2-63.9
South Carolina 820 397 46.9 43.1-50.7 423 53.1 49.3-56.9
South Dakota 1,267 491 36.6 33.8-39.6 776 63.4 60.4-66.2
Tennessee 824 457 56.4 52.3-60.4 367 43.6 39.6-47.7
Texas 1,299 537 41.7 38.6-44.8 762 58.3 55.2-61.4
Utah 763 337 41.4 36.8-46.1 426 58.6 53.9-63.2
Vermont 1,022 428 40.9 37.6-44.2 594 59.1 55.8-62.4
Virginia 720 310 41.9 37.9-46.0 410 58.1 54.0-62.1
Washington 914 306 33.1 29.9-36.6 608 66.9 63.4-70.1
West Virginia 1,037 476 44.4 41.1-47.7 561 55.6 52.3-58.9
Wisconsin 860 293 33.9 30.3-37.6 567 66.1 62.4-69.7
Wyoming 647 255 37.7 33.8-41.8 392 62.3 58.2-66.2
Guam 98 48 49.9 38.6-61.2 50 50.1 38.8-61.4
Puerto Rico 1,067 748 66.3 62.3-70.0 319 33.7 30.0-37.7
Virgin Islands 366 121 31.3 25.8-37.4 245 68.7 62.6-74.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that s/he had arthritis.

#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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