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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,321 1,101 80.6 77.4-83.4 220 19.4 16.6-22.6
GENDER
Male 357 287 76.7 70.3-82.0 70 23.3 18.0-29.7
Female 964 814 83.3 80.2-86.0 150 16.7 14.0-19.8
AGE
18-24 35 22 57.4 37.6-75.1 13 42.6 24.9-62.4
25-34 104 76 69.8 57.3-80.0 28 30.2 20.0-42.7
35-44 211 160 77.8 70.6-83.7 51 22.2 16.3-29.4
45-54 317 272 87.9 83.3-91.4 45 12.1 8.6-16.7
55-64 322 291 85.2 78.0-90.4 31 14.8 9.6-22.0
65-74 200 166 81.3 73.9-86.9 34 18.7 13.1-26.1
75+ 128 112 85.5 75.9-91.7 16 14.5 8.3-24.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 360 321 86.5 80.7-90.8 39 13.5 9.2-19.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 440 358 79.0 73.6-83.6 82 21.0 16.4-26.4
Some Post-H.S. 297 243 77.2 68.9-83.8 54 22.8 16.2-31.1
College Graduate 222 177 78.5 71.1-84.4 45 21.5 15.6-28.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 341 302 85.3 79.5-89.7 39 14.7 10.3-20.5
$15,000- 24,999 319 269 85.0 79.3-89.3 50 15.0 10.7-20.7
$25,000- 34,999 179 143 74.4 64.1-82.6 36 25.6 17.4-35.9
$35,000- 49,999 122 91 73.0 63.0-81.2 31 27.0 18.8-37.0
$50,000-74,999 89 69 73.4 57.1-85.1 20 26.6 14.9-42.9
$75,000+ 71 57 78.5 63.5-88.4 14 21.5 11.6-36.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 743 660 87.0 83.1-90.1 83 13.0 9.9-16.9
No 553 418 71.6 66.2-76.5 135 28.4 23.5-33.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 111 80.5 71.0-87.4 26 19.5 12.6-29.0
Non-Veteran 1,184 990 80.6 77.1-83.6 194 19.4 16.4-22.9

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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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