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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--MALE 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 951 224 19.9 16.6-23.6 727 80.1 76.4-83.4
RACE
White 750 158 17.6 14.2-21.6 592 82.4 78.4-85.8
African American 124 37 31.5 21.2-43.9 87 68.5 56.1-78.8
Asian 6 1 2.7 0.3-20.4 5 97.3 79.6-99.7
Native American 37 18 35.4 16.9-59.6 19 64.6 40.4-83.1
Other Minorities 32 10 21.9 9.8-42.0 22 78.1 58.0-90.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 8 16.6 5.6-40.2 20 83.4 59.8-94.4
-English Speaking 16 4 10.5 2.9-31.8 12 89.5 68.2-97.1
-Spanish Speaking 12 4 22.3 5.1-60.4 8 77.7 39.6-94.9
Non-Hispanic 922 216 20.0 16.7-23.8 706 80.0 76.2-83.3
AGE
18-24 52 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2 48 98.2 94.8-99.4
25-34 149 33 23.3 15.1-34.1 116 76.7 65.9-84.9
35-44 231 49 18.0 12.4-25.5 182 82.0 74.5-87.6
45-54 285 74 21.7 15.9-28.9 211 78.3 71.1-84.1
55-64 223 63 27.1 19.7-36.0 160 72.9 64.0-80.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 134 55 32.9 23.1-44.5 79 67.1 55.5-76.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 289 83 27.8 21.3-35.5 206 72.2 64.5-78.7
Some Post-H.S. 226 50 14.8 9.7-21.9 176 85.2 78.1-90.3
College Graduate 300 34 9.1 5.5-14.7 266 90.9 85.3-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 44 50.1 33.2-67.0 40 49.9 33.0-66.8
$15,000- 24,999 122 53 42.9 30.5-56.2 69 57.1 43.8-69.5
$25,000- 34,999 114 25 19.8 11.8-31.2 89 80.2 68.8-88.2
$35,000- 49,999 148 21 14.6 8.1-25.0 127 85.4 75.0-91.9
$50,000-74,999 122 21 13.1 7.3-22.5 101 86.9 77.5-92.7
$75,000+ 195 17 5.8 2.9-11.4 178 94.2 88.6-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 66 17 26.9 16.7-40.2 49 73.1 59.8-83.3
Forsyth 60 14 19.1 10.9-31.5 46 80.9 68.5-89.1
Guilford 44 11 20.8 10.9-36.1 33 79.2 63.9-89.1
Henderson/Transylvania 58 12 23.1 12.8-38.0 46 76.9 62.0-87.2
Mecklenburg 53 5 10.1 3.7-24.4 48 89.9 75.6-96.3
Orange 67 11 13.5 7.1-24.2 56 86.5 75.8-92.9
Pitt 62 13 17.2 9.8-28.5 49 82.8 71.5-90.2
Randolph 74 22 28.6 18.4-41.7 52 71.4 58.3-81.6
Robeson 82 33 42.9 30.8-55.9 49 57.1 44.1-69.2
Wake 62 5 10.9 4.2-25.3 57 89.1 74.7-95.8
Western NC 109 27 24.2 16.5-34.1 82 75.8 65.9-83.5
Piedmont NC 117 27 17.5 11.3-26.0 90 82.5 74.0-88.7
Eastern NC 97 27 23.3 15.6-33.2 70 76.7 66.8-84.4

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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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