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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Arthritis

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%)
All Participants 50,218 11,843 22.5 21.8-23.2 38,375 77.5 76.8-78.2
Alabama 1,352 379 24.5 22.0-27.3 973 75.5 72.7-78.0
Arizona 1,211 268 22.3 18.4-26.8 943 77.7 73.2-81.6
Arkansas 1,590 413 24.6 22.1-27.3 1,177 75.4 72.7-77.9
California 1,628 349 23.7 21.2-26.4 1,279 76.3 73.6-78.8
Connecticut 1,934 369 19.3 17.1-21.7 1,565 80.7 78.3-82.9
Florida 1,845 452 25.4 23.0-27.9 1,393 74.6 72.1-77.0
Hawaii 1,475 352 22.3 19.7-25.1 1,123 77.7 74.9-80.3
Idaho 1,956 472 21.5 19.4-23.7 1,484 78.5 76.3-80.6
Indiana 2,353 499 20.4 18.6-22.3 1,854 79.6 77.7-81.4
Iowa 1,483 280 18.0 15.9-20.5 1,203 82.0 79.5-84.1
Kentucky 2,764 1,126 36.7 33.9-39.5 1,638 63.3 60.5-66.1
Maine 990 260 25.3 22.3-28.4 730 74.7 71.6-77.7
Maryland 1,647 309 19.4 16.9-22.2 1,338 80.6 77.8-83.1
Minnesota 1,764 326 18.5 16.5-20.7 1,438 81.5 79.3-83.5
Mississippi 1,527 454 28.3 25.6-31.1 1,073 71.7 68.9-74.4
Nebraska 1,476 268 17.9 15.7-20.3 1,208 82.1 79.7-84.3
New Jersey 1,956 288 17.2 14.0-20.9 1,668 82.8 79.1-86.0
New Mexico 1,721 391 21.2 19.0-23.6 1,330 78.8 76.4-81.0
New York 1,613 345 20.7 18.5-23.1 1,268 79.3 76.9-81.5
North Carolina 2,455 674 25.7 23.2-28.3 1,781 74.3 71.7-76.8
North Dakota 1,150 211 17.0 14.8-19.5 939 83.0 80.5-85.2
Ohio 1,671 332 18.6 16.5-20.8 1,339 81.4 79.2-83.5
Oklahoma 2,572 758 27.4 25.5-29.4 1,814 72.6 70.6-74.5
Oregon 1,256 294 22.9 20.3-25.7 962 77.1 74.3-79.7
Rhode Island 1,329 247 18.0 15.7-20.5 1,082 82.0 79.5-84.3
South Carolina 1,687 413 23.2 20.7-26.0 1,274 76.8 74.0-79.3
Tennessee 1,191 296 25.3 22.5-28.3 895 74.7 71.7-77.5
Utah 1,554 310 18.4 16.0-21.0 1,244 81.6 79.0-84.0
Vermont 1,415 342 24.5 22.1-27.1 1,073 75.5 72.9-77.9
Virginia 1,653 366 19.9 17.4-22.7 1,287 80.1 77.3-82.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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