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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Arthritis

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 260807 82,839 27.1 26.8-27.4 177968 72.9 72.6-73.2
Alabama 3,310 1,307 33.9 32.1-35.8 2,003 66.1 64.2-67.9
Alaska 2,644 692 24.6 22.4-26.9 1,952 75.4 73.1-77.6
Arizona 3,211 1,065 26.3 24.2-28.4 2,146 73.7 71.6-75.8
Arkansas 4,156 1,497 31.6 30.0-33.2 2,659 68.4 66.8-70.0
California 4,355 1,153 22.0 20.6-23.4 3,202 78.0 76.6-79.4
Colorado 4,037 1,131 24.6 23.2-26.1 2,906 75.4 73.9-76.8
Connecticut 5,251 1,505 25.9 24.6-27.2 3,746 74.1 72.8-75.4
Delaware 3,836 1,267 28.0 26.3-29.8 2,569 72.0 70.2-73.7
District of Columbia 2,018 491 23.0 20.9-25.4 1,527 77.0 74.6-79.1
Florida 4,985 1,710 27.8 26.1-29.6 3,275 72.2 70.4-73.9
Georgia 7,568 2,527 26.7 25.4-28.1 5,041 73.3 71.9-74.6
Hawaii 5,983 1,361 20.1 18.9-21.4 4,622 79.9 78.6-81.1
Idaho 4,950 1,498 25.6 24.2-27.0 3,452 74.4 73.0-75.8
Illinois 2,637 736 24.0 22.0-26.1 1,901 76.0 73.9-78.0
Indiana 5,428 1,863 30.4 29.1-31.8 3,565 69.6 68.2-70.9
Iowa 4,936 1,574 26.6 25.3-28.0 3,362 73.4 72.0-74.7
Kansas 4,570 1,273 24.6 23.3-26.0 3,297 75.4 74.0-76.7
Kentucky 7,419 3,185 34.6 33.0-36.2 4,234 65.4 63.8-67.0
Louisiana 5,026 1,592 27.5 26.2-28.9 3,434 72.5 71.1-73.8
Maine 2,370 775 29.3 27.4-31.4 1,595 70.7 68.6-72.6
Maryland 4,382 1,323 26.3 24.7-27.9 3,059 73.7 72.1-75.3
Massachusetts 7,449 2,051 25.6 24.4-26.8 5,398 74.4 73.2-75.6
Michigan 3,524 1,335 32.3 30.6-34.1 2,189 67.7 65.9-69.4
Minnesota 3,842 1,096 25.6 24.2-27.2 2,746 74.4 72.8-75.8
Mississippi 4,385 1,593 31.3 29.8-32.9 2,792 68.7 67.1-70.2
Missouri 4,227 1,498 30.1 28.3-32.0 2,729 69.9 68.0-71.7
Montana 3,992 1,238 26.3 24.6-28.1 2,754 73.7 71.9-75.4
Nebraska 4,940 1,558 27.0 25.7-28.3 3,382 73.0 71.7-74.3
Nevada 2,945 852 27.0 24.8-29.3 2,093 73.0 70.7-75.2
New Hampshire 4,981 1,453 26.4 25.1-27.8 3,528 73.6 72.2-74.9
New Jersey 11,173 3,264 25.0 24.1-25.9 7,909 75.0 74.1-75.9
New Mexico 5,393 1,622 25.5 24.2-26.9 3,771 74.5 73.1-75.8
New York 5,470 1,759 27.5 26.2-28.9 3,711 72.5 71.1-73.8
North Carolina 9,388 3,299 28.5 27.2-29.9 6,089 71.5 70.1-72.8
North Dakota 2,997 961 27.5 25.8-29.2 2,036 72.5 70.8-74.2
Ohio 3,789 1,268 29.8 28.1-31.6 2,521 70.2 68.4-71.9
Oklahoma 7,598 2,555 27.9 26.9-29.1 5,043 72.1 70.9-73.1
Oregon 3,974 1,242 27.0 25.6-28.6 2,732 73.0 71.4-74.4
Pennsylvania 3,632 1,277 31.6 30.0-33.3 2,355 68.4 66.7-70.0
Rhode Island 4,022 1,278 28.3 26.8-30.0 2,744 71.7 70.0-73.2
South Carolina 5,852 2,022 30.4 29.0-31.7 3,830 69.6 68.3-71.0
South Dakota 5,223 1,779 28.8 27.4-30.2 3,444 71.2 69.8-72.6
Tennessee 2,558 908 31.6 29.5-33.7 1,650 68.4 66.3-70.5
Texas 5,956 1,653 24.1 22.9-25.3 4,303 75.9 74.7-77.1
Utah 4,023 1,095 22.3 20.7-24.0 2,928 77.7 76.0-79.3
Vermont 4,226 1,324 27.3 25.8-28.8 2,902 72.7 71.2-74.2
Virginia 5,343 1,685 27.2 25.7-28.8 3,658 72.8 71.2-74.3
Washington 18,534 5,949 26.7 25.9-27.5 12,585 73.3 72.5-74.1
West Virginia 3,329 1,387 37.2 35.4-39.1 1,942 62.8 60.9-64.6
Wisconsin 4,018 1,201 26.9 25.3-28.5 2,817 73.1 71.5-74.7
Wyoming 3,985 1,284 28.5 27.0-30.0 2,701 71.5 70.0-73.0
Guam 796 135 16.4 13.8-19.5 661 83.6 80.5-86.2
Puerto Rico 4,149 1,290 24.4 22.8-26.0 2,859 75.6 74.0-77.2
Virgin Islands 2,022 403 17.4 15.4-19.5 1,619 82.6 80.5-84.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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