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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 104078 76,138 71.1 70.6-71.7 27,940 28.9 28.3-29.4
Alabama 1,488 1,109 72.0 69.1-74.8 379 28.0 25.2-30.9
Alaska 1,060 717 69.0 65.1-72.6 343 31.0 27.4-34.9
Arizona 1,318 935 67.9 63.9-71.6 383 32.1 28.4-36.1
Arkansas 1,793 1,326 73.6 71.3-75.9 467 26.4 24.1-28.7
California 1,712 1,227 69.4 66.7-72.0 485 30.6 28.0-33.3
Colorado 1,643 1,152 67.3 64.5-69.9 491 32.7 30.1-35.5
Connecticut 1,863 1,417 74.3 71.9-76.6 446 25.7 23.4-28.1
Delaware 1,561 1,161 73.4 70.4-76.2 400 26.6 23.8-29.6
District of Columbia 641 476 72.1 67.1-76.6 165 27.9 23.4-32.9
Florida 1,825 1,387 72.0 68.6-75.2 438 28.0 24.8-31.4
Georgia 3,153 2,340 71.5 69.2-73.6 813 28.5 26.4-30.8
Hawaii 1,725 1,341 79.0 76.5-81.2 384 21.0 18.8-23.5
Idaho 2,149 1,494 68.2 65.8-70.5 655 31.8 29.5-34.2
Illinois 931 642 66.8 62.4-70.9 289 33.2 29.1-37.6
Indiana 2,195 1,567 69.8 67.4-72.0 628 30.2 28.0-32.6
Iowa 1,933 1,411 71.7 69.2-74.0 522 28.3 26.0-30.8
Kansas 1,610 1,123 69.0 66.4-71.5 487 31.0 28.5-33.6
Kentucky 3,569 2,721 73.8 71.5-76.0 848 26.2 24.0-28.5
Louisiana 1,810 1,291 68.8 66.2-71.3 519 31.2 28.7-33.8
Maine 953 748 77.1 73.9-80.0 205 22.9 20.0-26.1
Maryland 1,656 1,237 73.2 70.4-75.9 419 26.8 24.1-29.6
Massachusetts 2,661 2,037 74.4 72.2-76.6 624 25.6 23.4-27.8
Michigan 1,588 1,175 70.6 67.7-73.3 413 29.4 26.7-32.3
Minnesota 1,647 1,189 71.2 68.6-73.6 458 28.8 26.4-31.4
Mississippi 1,953 1,440 71.9 69.4-74.2 513 28.1 25.8-30.6
Missouri 1,769 1,276 68.8 65.5-71.9 493 31.2 28.1-34.5
Montana 1,709 1,208 71.3 68.3-74.1 501 28.7 25.9-31.7
Nebraska 1,965 1,351 65.8 63.3-68.2 614 34.2 31.8-36.7
Nevada 1,134 772 67.8 63.6-71.7 362 32.2 28.3-36.4
New Hampshire 1,892 1,423 74.2 71.8-76.5 469 25.8 23.5-28.2
New Jersey 3,804 2,823 71.7 69.9-73.5 981 28.3 26.5-30.1
New Mexico 2,222 1,551 68.1 65.6-70.4 671 31.9 29.6-34.4
New York 2,041 1,552 74.5 72.0-76.8 489 25.5 23.2-28.0
North Carolina 3,863 2,938 72.3 69.9-74.6 925 27.7 25.4-30.1
North Dakota 1,222 887 71.7 68.8-74.5 335 28.3 25.5-31.2
Ohio 1,529 1,120 71.2 68.1-74.1 409 28.8 25.9-31.9
Oklahoma 3,277 2,347 68.2 66.2-70.0 930 31.8 30.0-33.8
Oregon 1,731 1,259 70.6 68.0-73.0 472 29.4 27.0-32.0
Pennsylvania 1,431 1,067 73.4 70.7-76.0 364 26.6 24.0-29.3
Rhode Island 1,409 1,057 73.8 70.8-76.5 352 26.2 23.5-29.2
South Carolina 2,309 1,767 74.9 72.7-77.0 542 25.1 23.0-27.3
South Dakota 2,265 1,567 67.3 65.0-69.6 698 32.7 30.4-35.0
Tennessee 988 736 73.0 69.6-76.1 252 27.0 23.9-30.4
Texas 2,155 1,505 67.5 65.1-69.8 650 32.5 30.2-34.9
Utah 1,517 1,057 67.8 64.4-71.0 460 32.2 29.0-35.6
Vermont 1,681 1,279 74.7 72.2-77.1 402 25.3 22.9-27.8
Virginia 2,076 1,561 74.6 72.0-77.1 515 25.4 22.9-28.0
Washington 8,225 6,023 71.8 70.6-73.1 2,202 28.2 26.9-29.4
West Virginia 1,669 1,178 68.2 65.5-70.7 491 31.8 29.3-34.5
Wisconsin 1,587 1,159 71.5 68.7-74.3 428 28.5 25.7-31.3
Wyoming 1,692 1,146 65.7 63.0-68.2 546 34.3 31.8-37.0
Guam 177 111 61.1 52.7-68.8 66 38.9 31.2-47.3
Puerto Rico 1,712 1,379 76.9 74.0-79.6 333 23.1 20.4-26.0
Virgin Islands 590 376 63.8 58.7-68.5 214 36.2 31.5-41.3

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

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