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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,401 533 34.5 31.4-37.7 868 65.5 62.3-68.6
GENDER
Male 366 123 30.4 25.1-36.2 243 69.6 63.8-74.9
Female 1,035 410 37.2 33.7-40.9 625 62.8 59.1-66.3
AGE
18-24 26 6 13.3 5.4-29.5 20 86.7 70.5-94.6
25-34 91 20 18.9 11.2-29.9 71 81.1 70.1-88.8
35-44 213 69 32.0 24.6-40.5 144 68.0 59.5-75.4
45-54 337 126 36.7 30.3-43.6 211 63.3 56.4-69.7
55-64 348 156 40.1 33.9-46.5 192 59.9 53.5-66.1
65-74 225 87 36.9 29.9-44.5 138 63.1 55.5-70.1
75+ 157 67 41.1 32.6-50.2 90 58.9 49.8-67.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 412 193 43.1 37.2-49.1 219 56.9 50.9-62.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 451 175 35.6 30.0-41.5 276 64.4 58.5-70.0
Some Post-H.S. 308 100 26.7 21.3-32.7 208 73.3 67.3-78.7
College Graduate 228 63 27.2 20.4-35.2 165 72.8 64.8-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 361 193 54.2 47.9-60.4 168 45.8 39.6-52.1
$15,000- 24,999 340 134 34.5 28.4-41.1 206 65.5 58.9-71.6
$25,000- 34,999 178 46 25.9 18.3-35.3 132 74.1 64.7-81.7
$35,000- 49,999 125 24 17.7 11.2-26.8 101 82.3 73.2-88.8
$50,000-74,999 90 16 17.8 10.5-28.6 74 82.2 71.4-89.5
$75,000+ 77 11 15.8 7.9-29.1 66 84.2 70.9-92.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 780 461 56.5 52.0-60.9 319 43.5 39.1-48.0
No 590 64 8.7 6.4-11.7 526 91.3 88.3-93.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 56 33.0 24.8-42.4 91 67.0 57.6-75.2
Non-Veteran 1,254 477 34.7 31.5-38.1 777 65.3 61.9-68.5

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms 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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