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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,100 860 75.9 72.4-79.1 240 24.1 20.9-27.6
GENDER
Male 286 199 67.4 60.3-73.8 87 32.6 26.2-39.7
Female 814 661 81.4 78.0-84.4 153 18.6 15.6-22.0
AGE
18-24 22 13 62.9 39.1-81.8 9 37.1 18.2-60.9
25-34 76 49 66.3 51.5-78.4 27 33.7 21.6-48.5
35-44 159 113 72.9 63.8-80.4 46 27.1 19.6-36.2
45-54 272 204 71.1 63.2-77.9 68 28.9 22.1-36.8
55-64 291 236 78.3 71.5-83.9 55 21.7 16.1-28.5
65-74 166 143 85.6 77.9-91.0 23 14.4 9.0-22.1
75+ 112 100 90.0 82.1-94.6 12 10.0 5.4-17.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 321 262 78.6 71.7-84.2 59 21.4 15.8-28.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 357 266 73.2 66.8-78.7 91 26.8 21.3-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 243 200 78.9 71.0-85.0 43 21.1 15.0-29.0
College Graduate 177 130 71.8 62.4-79.7 47 28.2 20.3-37.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 302 249 79.6 73.4-84.7 53 20.4 15.3-26.6
$15,000- 24,999 269 201 72.6 64.6-79.3 68 27.4 20.7-35.4
$25,000- 34,999 143 105 73.6 63.4-81.8 38 26.4 18.2-36.6
$35,000- 49,999 91 75 81.8 70.7-89.3 16 18.2 10.7-29.3
$50,000-74,999 68 50 68.0 52.6-80.3 18 32.0 19.7-47.4
$75,000+ 57 38 69.0 50.6-82.8 19 31.0 17.2-49.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 660 561 83.9 80.1-87.1 99 16.1 12.9-19.9
No 418 286 64.9 58.4-70.9 132 35.1 29.1-41.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 89 80.1 69.8-87.5 22 19.9 12.5-30.2
Non-Veteran 989 771 75.3 71.5-78.7 218 24.7 21.3-28.5

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons that began more than 3 months ago.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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