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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden

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 7,496 6,465 84.2 83.0-85.4 1,031 15.8 14.6-17.0
GENDER
Male 2,494 2,134 83.0 80.8-84.9 360 17.0 15.1-19.2
Female 5,002 4,331 85.3 83.9-86.6 671 14.7 13.4-16.1
RACE
White 5,826 5,075 85.4 84.1-86.7 751 14.6 13.3-15.9
African American 1,321 1,101 80.6 77.4-83.4 220 19.4 16.6-22.6
Asian 27 20 61.0 38.0-80.0 7 39.0 20.0-62.0
Native American 145 128 89.7 82.1-94.3 17 10.3 5.7-17.9
Other Minorities 151 118 75.1 64.4-83.4 33 24.9 16.6-35.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 137 78.1 68.4-85.5 33 21.9 14.5-31.6
-English Speaking 100 84 82.7 72.1-89.9 16 17.3 10.1-27.9
-Spanish Speaking 70 53 74.5 58.6-85.8 17 25.5 14.2-41.4
Non-Hispanic 7,318 6,320 84.4 83.2-85.6 998 15.6 14.4-16.8
AGE
18-24 168 118 68.3 59.0-76.4 50 31.7 23.6-41.0
25-34 574 437 74.3 69.6-78.6 137 25.7 21.4-30.4
35-44 1,104 886 81.5 78.7-84.1 218 18.5 15.9-21.3
45-54 1,580 1,359 87.2 85.2-88.9 221 12.8 11.1-14.8
55-64 1,748 1,576 89.3 87.3-91.1 172 10.7 8.9-12.7
65-74 1,284 1,141 88.0 85.7-90.0 143 12.0 10.0-14.3
75+ 1,005 918 90.9 88.3-92.9 87 9.1 7.1-11.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,362 1,214 86.8 83.9-89.3 148 13.2 10.7-16.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,372 2,069 86.0 83.9-87.8 303 14.0 12.2-16.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,861 1,589 82.3 79.5-84.8 272 17.7 15.2-20.5
College Graduate 1,887 1,579 82.2 79.9-84.3 308 17.8 15.7-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,163 1,058 88.0 84.6-90.8 105 12.0 9.2-15.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,436 1,246 85.8 82.9-88.2 190 14.2 11.8-17.1
$25,000- 34,999 942 804 83.9 80.4-86.8 138 16.1 13.2-19.6
$35,000- 49,999 936 800 85.0 81.9-87.7 136 15.0 12.3-18.1
$50,000-74,999 881 732 81.2 77.5-84.3 149 18.8 15.7-22.5
$75,000+ 1,025 850 81.6 78.3-84.5 175 18.4 15.5-21.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,700 3,382 90.8 89.5-92.0 318 9.2 8.0-10.5
No 3,679 2,989 78.5 76.5-80.3 690 21.5 19.7-23.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,052 925 87.6 84.9-89.9 127 12.4 10.1-15.1
Non-Veteran 6,440 5,536 83.6 82.2-84.9 904 16.4 15.1-17.8

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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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