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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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 2,455 674 25.7 23.2-28.3 1,781 74.3 71.7-76.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,059 526 24.4 21.7-27.3 1,533 75.6 72.7-78.3
No 393 148 32.6 26.3-39.8 245 67.4 60.2-73.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 33 13 33.5 14.7-59.5 20 66.5 40.5-85.3
Recommended Range 793 182 21.4 17.4-26.0 611 78.6 74.0-82.6
Overweight 817 210 22.5 18.8-26.7 607 77.5 73.3-81.2
Obese 665 237 33.3 28.2-38.9 428 66.7 61.1-71.8
Current Smoker
No 1,739 408 22.7 19.9-25.8 1,331 77.3 74.2-80.1
Yes 711 262 31.9 27.1-37.1 449 68.1 62.9-72.9
Binge Drinker
No 2,176 615 27.4 24.6-30.3 1,561 72.6 69.7-75.4
Yes 251 54 16.3 11.0-23.4 197 83.7 76.6-89.0
Heavy Drinker
No 2,324 640 26.3 23.8-29.1 1,684 73.7 70.9-76.2
Yes 108 32 18.1 9.7-31.3 76 81.9 68.7-90.3
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 882 195 20.7 17.0-24.8 687 79.3 75.2-83.0
Some Physical Activity 1,011 259 23.1 19.6-27.0 752 76.9 73.0-80.4
Physically Inactive 470 192 38.6 32.2-45.4 278 61.4 54.6-67.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 608 344 54.7 48.1-61.0 264 45.3 39.0-51.9
No 1,838 324 15.4 13.2-17.9 1,514 84.6 82.1-86.8
Disability Status
Yes 783 439 55.2 49.6-60.6 344 44.8 39.4-50.4
No 1,617 215 12.0 9.9-14.5 1,402 88.0 85.5-90.1
Current Asthma
Yes 229 111 48.5 38.2-59.0 118 51.5 41.0-61.8
No 2,216 557 23.0 20.6-25.7 1,659 77.0 74.3-79.4
Diabetes
Yes 199 92 47.8 38.1-57.7 107 52.2 42.3-61.9
Yes, During Pregnancy 23 6 27.1 10.4-54.5 17 72.9 45.5-89.6
No 2,232 575 23.8 21.3-26.5 1,657 76.2 73.5-78.7
Arthritis
Yes 1,304 495 37.4 33.6-41.5 809 62.6 58.5-66.4
No 1,130 175 13.1 10.6-16.1 955 86.9 83.9-89.4

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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