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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms? *

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,481 1,072 28.9 26.7-31.2 2,409 71.1 68.8-73.3
GENDER
Male 1,273 346 23.9 20.8-27.4 927 76.1 72.6-79.2
Female 2,208 726 33.0 30.0-36.0 1,482 67.0 64.0-70.0
RACE
White 2,735 835 28.5 26.0-31.1 1,900 71.5 68.9-74.0
African American 520 163 31.0 25.7-36.9 357 69.0 63.1-74.3
Asian 24 1 8.9 1.3-42.6 23 91.1 57.4-98.7
Native American 115 46 34.0 21.8-48.8 69 66.0 51.2-78.2
Other Minorities 69 19 31.4 17.6-49.4 50 68.6 50.6-82.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 75 17 27.1 14.4-45.1 58 72.9 54.9-85.6
-English Speaking 44 11 33.3 14.6-59.4 33 66.7 40.6-85.4
-Spanish Speaking 31 6 21.3 7.8-46.6 25 78.7 53.4-92.2
Non-Hispanic 3,400 1,053 29.0 26.7-31.3 2,347 71.0 68.7-73.3
AGE
18-24 141 22 13.3 6.8-24.4 119 86.7 75.6-93.2
25-34 348 74 20.6 15.1-27.4 274 79.4 72.6-84.9
35-44 559 135 23.4 18.6-29.0 424 76.6 71.0-81.4
45-54 755 236 29.9 25.2-35.1 519 70.1 64.9-74.8
55-64 641 224 34.0 28.9-39.6 417 66.0 60.4-71.1
65-74 544 209 42.4 36.4-48.5 335 57.6 51.5-63.6
75+ 463 167 34.1 27.8-40.9 296 65.9 59.1-72.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 662 286 41.9 36.3-47.7 376 58.1 52.3-63.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,032 319 28.7 24.9-32.8 713 71.3 67.2-75.1
Some Post-H.S. 824 236 27.3 22.9-32.1 588 72.7 67.9-77.1
College Graduate 954 228 19.2 15.9-23.0 726 80.8 77.0-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 452 235 46.1 38.7-53.7 217 53.9 46.3-61.3
$15,000- 24,999 574 184 36.3 30.2-43.0 390 63.7 57.0-69.8
$25,000- 34,999 405 99 21.2 16.2-27.3 306 78.8 72.7-83.8
$35,000- 49,999 437 110 24.2 18.9-30.6 327 75.8 69.4-81.1
$50,000-74,999 361 90 23.1 17.5-29.9 271 76.9 70.1-82.5
$75,000+ 400 67 14.6 10.3-20.1 333 85.4 79.9-89.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 237 76 30.3 24.0-37.4 161 69.7 62.6-76.0
Forsyth 244 68 22.4 17.3-28.3 176 77.6 71.7-82.7
Guilford 207 60 26.1 19.7-33.7 147 73.9 66.3-80.3
Henderson/Transylvania 253 88 31.7 24.9-39.3 165 68.3 60.7-75.1
Mecklenburg 220 55 21.1 15.6-27.7 165 78.9 72.3-84.4
Orange 209 54 22.9 17.1-30.0 155 77.1 70.0-82.9
Pitt 195 63 26.6 19.8-34.6 132 73.4 65.4-80.2
Randolph 233 66 27.9 21.4-35.4 167 72.1 64.6-78.6
Robeson 252 83 28.1 22.3-34.8 169 71.9 65.2-77.7
Wake 186 39 22.5 16.0-30.7 147 77.5 69.3-84.0
Western NC 379 125 29.7 24.9-35.0 254 70.3 65.0-75.1
Piedmont NC 457 142 28.9 24.2-34.2 315 71.1 65.8-75.8
Eastern NC 409 153 34.1 29.0-39.7 256 65.9 60.3-71.0

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* 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.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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