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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden

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 8,210 2,926 33.0 31.7-34.3 5,284 67.0 65.7-68.3
GENDER
Male 2,711 855 29.2 27.1-31.5 1,856 70.8 68.5-72.9
Female 5,499 2,071 35.9 34.4-37.5 3,428 64.1 62.5-65.6
RACE
White 6,447 2,238 32.3 30.8-33.8 4,209 67.7 66.2-69.2
African American 1,401 533 34.5 31.4-37.7 868 65.5 62.3-68.6
Asian 26 5 16.4 5.7-38.8 21 83.6 61.2-94.3
Native American 160 77 49.0 38.9-59.2 83 51.0 40.8-61.1
Other Minorities 148 62 36.2 26.2-47.5 86 63.8 52.5-73.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 178 65 32.7 24.0-42.9 113 67.3 57.1-76.0
-English Speaking 106 42 42.5 31.2-54.6 64 57.5 45.4-68.8
-Spanish Speaking 72 23 24.2 13.7-39.1 49 75.8 60.9-86.3
Non-Hispanic 8,024 2,859 33.0 31.7-34.3 5,165 67.0 65.7-68.3
AGE
18-24 140 23 14.4 8.3-23.6 117 85.6 76.4-91.7
25-34 528 133 23.2 19.2-27.8 395 76.8 72.2-80.8
35-44 1,086 338 30.4 27.2-33.9 748 69.6 66.1-72.8
45-54 1,659 615 36.3 33.5-39.2 1,044 63.7 60.8-66.5
55-64 1,940 746 36.7 34.2-39.4 1,194 63.3 60.6-65.8
65-74 1,545 513 32.0 29.3-34.8 1,032 68.0 65.2-70.7
75+ 1,280 546 41.4 38.2-44.7 734 58.6 55.3-61.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,557 734 43.0 39.6-46.5 823 57.0 53.5-60.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,625 938 33.6 31.2-36.0 1,687 66.4 64.0-68.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,004 655 29.3 26.9-31.9 1,349 70.7 68.1-73.1
College Graduate 2,009 590 28.0 25.7-30.5 1,419 72.0 69.5-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,287 705 50.4 46.6-54.3 582 49.6 45.7-53.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,574 610 37.6 34.4-40.9 964 62.4 59.1-65.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,013 324 31.1 27.4-35.0 689 68.9 65.0-72.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,031 278 25.7 22.6-29.1 753 74.3 70.9-77.4
$50,000-74,999 947 239 25.4 22.2-28.9 708 74.6 71.1-77.8
$75,000+ 1,076 249 22.7 19.9-25.8 827 77.3 74.2-80.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,032 2,400 57.0 54.9-59.1 1,632 43.0 40.9-45.1
No 4,049 496 11.9 10.7-13.2 3,553 88.1 86.8-89.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,211 428 33.5 30.2-36.9 783 66.5 63.1-69.8
Non-Veteran 6,996 2,496 32.9 31.4-34.3 4,500 67.1 65.7-68.6

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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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