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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 2,208 726 33.0 30.0-36.0 1,482 67.0 64.0-70.0
RACE
White 1,722 564 33.6 30.2-37.1 1,158 66.4 62.9-69.8
African American 353 111 28.7 22.7-35.6 242 71.3 64.4-77.3
Asian 17 1 11.6 1.7-50.7 16 88.4 49.3-98.3
Native American 68 31 51.1 33.9-67.9 37 48.9 32.1-66.1
Other Minorities 34 14 50.4 27.3-73.3 20 49.6 26.7-72.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 40 9 37.0 17.0-62.7 31 63.0 37.3-83.0
-English Speaking 22 5 47.6 18.3-78.6 17 52.4 21.4-81.7
-Spanish Speaking 18 4 27.0 7.6-62.5 14 73.0 37.5-92.4
Non-Hispanic 2,164 716 32.9 29.9-36.0 1,448 67.1 64.0-70.1
AGE
18-24 89 16 23.0 11.4-41.1 73 77.0 58.9-88.6
25-34 199 45 23.1 15.7-32.5 154 76.9 67.5-84.3
35-44 323 82 26.8 19.9-34.9 241 73.2 65.1-80.1
45-54 467 156 34.1 27.7-41.0 311 65.9 59.0-72.3
55-64 415 152 36.1 29.6-43.1 263 63.9 56.9-70.4
65-74 354 140 42.6 35.3-50.3 214 57.4 49.7-64.7
75+ 342 131 39.4 32.1-47.2 211 60.6 52.8-67.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 430 196 47.5 40.0-55.1 234 52.5 44.9-60.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 661 225 33.3 28.3-38.7 436 66.7 61.3-71.7
Some Post-H.S. 543 160 29.2 23.9-35.1 383 70.8 64.9-76.1
College Graduate 567 143 21.5 17.1-26.7 424 78.5 73.3-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 178 48.1 39.8-56.4 153 51.9 43.6-60.2
$15,000- 24,999 386 124 38.3 30.3-47.0 262 61.7 53.0-69.7
$25,000- 34,999 246 68 27.5 20.1-36.3 178 72.5 63.7-79.9
$35,000- 49,999 252 64 24.9 18.0-33.4 188 75.1 66.6-82.0
$50,000-74,999 223 55 25.8 18.5-34.8 168 74.2 65.2-81.5
$75,000+ 182 30 15.2 9.2-24.2 152 84.8 75.8-90.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 149 49 29.1 21.8-37.8 100 70.9 62.2-78.2
Forsyth 164 50 24.4 18.1-31.9 114 75.6 68.1-81.9
Guilford 143 46 31.8 23.2-41.8 97 68.2 58.2-76.8
Henderson/Transylvania 152 57 32.8 23.5-43.7 95 67.2 56.3-76.5
Mecklenburg 148 38 20.9 15.0-28.2 110 79.1 71.8-85.0
Orange 124 33 22.3 14.9-32.1 91 77.7 67.9-85.1
Pitt 126 42 24.6 16.6-34.9 84 75.4 65.1-83.4
Randolph 145 42 27.1 19.1-36.8 103 72.9 63.2-80.9
Robeson 149 56 33.0 25.3-41.7 93 67.0 58.3-74.7
Wake 110 29 27.9 18.8-39.3 81 72.1 60.7-81.2
Western NC 230 80 32.5 26.2-39.5 150 67.5 60.5-73.8
Piedmont NC 291 93 35.0 28.6-42.0 198 65.0 58.0-71.4
Eastern NC 277 111 38.7 32.1-45.6 166 61.3 54.4-67.9

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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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