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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Arthritis

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%)
All Participants 70,090 19,647 25.7 25.1-26.3 50,443 74.3 73.7-74.9
Alabama 1,852 536 26.5 24.2-28.9 1,316 73.5 71.1-75.8
Arizona 1,811 488 25.4 22.1-29.0 1,323 74.6 71.0-77.9
Arkansas 2,237 676 26.7 24.8-28.8 1,561 73.3 71.2-75.2
California 2,139 602 27.6 25.3-29.9 1,537 72.4 70.1-74.7
Connecticut 2,672 724 26.0 24.0-28.1 1,948 74.0 71.9-76.0
Florida 2,826 789 27.0 25.1-29.0 2,037 73.0 71.0-74.9
Hawaii 2,189 719 29.0 26.7-31.5 1,470 71.0 68.5-73.3
Idaho 2,682 773 25.3 23.4-27.3 1,909 74.7 72.7-76.6
Indiana 3,094 718 22.2 20.5-23.9 2,376 77.8 76.1-79.5
Iowa 2,102 478 19.9 18.1-21.9 1,624 80.1 78.1-81.9
Kentucky 3,960 1,615 35.4 33.1-37.7 2,345 64.6 62.3-66.9
Maine 1,330 415 29.4 26.7-32.2 915 70.6 67.8-73.3
Maryland 2,174 540 24.2 21.8-26.7 1,634 75.8 73.3-78.2
Minnesota 2,399 564 21.9 20.1-23.8 1,835 78.1 76.2-79.9
Mississippi 2,190 738 30.8 28.6-33.1 1,452 69.2 66.9-71.4
Nebraska 2,275 580 24.3 22.3-26.5 1,695 75.7 73.5-77.7
New Jersey 2,824 611 20.9 18.1-24.0 2,213 79.1 76.0-81.9
New Mexico 2,411 694 27.5 25.4-29.7 1,717 72.5 70.3-74.6
New York 2,174 571 24.2 22.2-26.3 1,603 75.8 73.7-77.8
North Carolina 3,481 1,072 28.9 26.7-31.2 2,409 71.1 68.8-73.3
North Dakota 1,586 361 20.3 18.3-22.5 1,225 79.7 77.5-81.7
Ohio 2,234 532 22.4 20.5-24.5 1,702 77.6 75.5-79.5
Oklahoma 3,817 1,251 29.8 28.1-31.5 2,566 70.2 68.5-71.9
Oregon 1,697 498 28.3 25.9-30.8 1,199 71.7 69.2-74.1
Rhode Island 1,845 420 21.7 19.6-23.9 1,425 78.3 76.1-80.4
South Carolina 2,290 648 25.6 23.4-27.9 1,642 74.4 72.1-76.6
Tennessee 1,634 478 28.4 26.0-31.0 1,156 71.6 69.0-74.0
Utah 2,050 512 24.1 21.7-26.6 1,538 75.9 73.4-78.3
Vermont 1,958 525 25.5 23.4-27.6 1,433 74.5 72.4-76.6
Virginia 2,157 519 20.8 18.7-23.0 1,638 79.2 77.0-81.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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