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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--FEMALE Respondents Only

In this next question we are referring to work for pay.
Do arthritis or joint symptoms now affect whether you work, the type of work you do or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,504 450 30.8 27.3-34.5 1,054 69.2 65.5-72.7
RACE
White 1,131 310 28.0 24.1-32.2 821 72.0 67.8-75.9
African American 270 92 35.4 27.7-44.0 178 64.6 56.0-72.3
Asian 14 5 33.5 12.1-64.7 9 66.5 35.3-87.9
Native American 52 26 61.3 43.0-76.9 26 38.7 23.1-57.0
Other Minorities 28 11 44.8 21.2-71.0 17 55.2 29.0-78.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 9 42.1 19.5-68.7 24 57.9 31.3-80.5
-English Speaking 16 3 32.3 6.0-78.2 13 67.7 21.8-94.0
-Spanish Speaking 17 6 48.9 19.3-79.3 11 51.1 20.7-80.7
Non-Hispanic 1,470 441 30.4 26.9-34.1 1,029 69.6 65.9-73.1
AGE
18-24 89 18 14.0 7.1-25.8 71 86.0 74.2-92.9
25-34 200 48 27.5 19.2-37.6 152 72.5 62.4-80.8
35-44 319 86 26.7 19.9-34.8 233 73.3 65.2-80.1
45-54 462 146 36.2 29.7-43.3 316 63.8 56.7-70.3
55-64 415 150 38.0 31.3-45.2 265 62.0 54.8-68.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 194 104 51.5 40.5-62.4 90 48.5 37.6-59.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 440 152 32.2 26.1-38.8 288 67.8 61.2-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 420 118 26.8 21.1-33.4 302 73.2 66.6-78.9
College Graduate 447 75 18.2 13.4-24.2 372 81.8 75.8-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 103 47.2 35.6-59.0 69 52.8 41.0-64.4
$15,000- 24,999 250 92 40.8 31.0-51.4 158 59.2 48.6-69.0
$25,000- 34,999 173 50 31.8 22.7-42.5 123 68.2 57.5-77.3
$35,000- 49,999 218 50 16.5 11.2-23.7 168 83.5 76.3-88.8
$50,000-74,999 210 43 23.0 15.9-32.2 167 77.0 67.8-84.1
$75,000+ 168 22 18.5 11.1-29.2 146 81.5 70.8-88.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 96 27 25.4 16.9-36.3 69 74.6 63.7-83.1
Forsyth 116 30 22.5 15.3-31.8 86 77.5 68.2-84.7
Guilford 90 17 17.3 10.2-27.8 73 82.7 72.2-89.8
Henderson/Transylvania 88 33 34.5 21.7-49.9 55 65.5 50.1-78.3
Mecklenburg 106 24 19.4 12.7-28.5 82 80.6 71.5-87.3
Orange 98 19 16.0 9.6-25.4 79 84.0 74.6-90.4
Pitt 96 27 34.2 18.8-53.9 69 65.8 46.1-81.2
Randolph 89 35 30.3 20.7-42.0 54 69.7 58.0-79.3
Robeson 103 37 29.3 20.7-39.6 66 70.7 60.4-79.3
Wake 90 21 27.3 17.2-40.4 69 72.7 59.6-82.8
Western NC 149 56 36.5 28.5-45.4 93 63.5 54.6-71.5
Piedmont NC 204 63 32.8 25.5-41.0 141 67.2 59.0-74.5
Eastern NC 179 61 34.8 27.0-43.6 118 65.2 56.4-73.0

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that s/he had arthritis or having pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint and ages between 18-64 years.

#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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