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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,326 3,414 77.8 76.1-79.3 912 22.2 20.7-23.9
RACE
White 3,328 2,607 77.0 75.1-78.8 721 23.0 21.2-24.9
African American 814 661 81.4 78.0-84.4 153 18.6 15.6-22.0
Asian 17 10 61.9 35.5-82.8 7 38.1 17.2-64.5
Native American 86 70 79.8 66.9-88.5 16 20.2 11.5-33.1
Other Minorities 67 54 80.6 67.8-89.1 13 19.4 10.9-32.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 84 65 77.4 65.2-86.2 19 22.6 13.8-34.8
-English Speaking 53 41 77.7 62.9-87.8 12 22.3 12.2-37.1
-Spanish Speaking 31 24 76.8 54.5-90.2 7 23.2 9.8-45.5
Non-Hispanic 4,236 3,344 77.8 76.2-79.4 892 22.2 20.6-23.8
AGE
18-24 74 51 71.1 56.8-82.1 23 28.9 17.9-43.2
25-34 258 176 72.8 66.4-78.3 82 27.2 21.7-33.6
35-44 566 376 66.1 61.3-70.5 190 33.9 29.5-38.7
45-54 907 701 76.3 72.8-79.5 206 23.7 20.5-27.2
55-64 1,063 843 78.6 75.4-81.4 220 21.4 18.6-24.6
65-74 775 658 85.8 82.7-88.3 117 14.2 11.7-17.3
75+ 662 593 89.2 86.1-91.7 69 10.8 8.3-13.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 788 671 83.4 79.8-86.5 117 16.6 13.5-20.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,418 1,100 76.5 73.6-79.1 318 23.5 20.9-26.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,102 883 77.9 74.3-81.2 219 22.1 18.8-25.7
College Graduate 1,008 751 75.2 72.0-78.2 257 24.8 21.8-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 790 667 81.7 77.4-85.4 123 18.3 14.6-22.6
$15,000- 24,999 863 666 75.0 71.0-78.6 197 25.0 21.4-29.0
$25,000- 34,999 523 403 76.7 71.8-80.9 120 23.3 19.1-28.2
$35,000- 49,999 491 363 73.0 68.0-77.4 128 27.0 22.6-32.0
$50,000-74,999 436 344 80.3 75.7-84.1 92 19.7 15.9-24.3
$75,000+ 500 367 74.4 69.8-78.6 133 25.6 21.4-30.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,294 1,987 85.4 83.4-87.2 307 14.6 12.8-16.6
No 1,976 1,393 69.7 67.1-72.2 583 30.3 27.8-32.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 79 66 87.4 77.5-93.3 13 12.6 6.7-22.5
Non-Veteran 4,245 3,346 77.6 75.9-79.1 899 22.4 20.9-24.1

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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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