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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-FEMALES

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 5,002 4,331 85.3 83.9-86.6 671 14.7 13.4-16.1
RACE
White 3,825 3,333 85.8 84.2-87.3 492 14.2 12.7-15.8
African American 964 814 83.3 80.2-86.0 150 16.7 14.0-19.8
Asian 20 17 75.0 44.0-92.0 3 25.0 8.0-56.0
Native American 96 86 91.9 82.4-96.5 10 8.1 3.5-17.6
Other Minorities 82 67 79.9 66.6-88.8 15 20.1 11.2-33.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 103 84 79.3 67.5-87.5 19 20.7 12.5-32.5
-English Speaking 64 53 79.8 64.5-89.6 11 20.2 10.4-35.5
-Spanish Speaking 39 31 78.6 58.2-90.6 8 21.4 9.4-41.8
Non-Hispanic 4,893 4,241 85.4 84.0-86.7 652 14.6 13.3-16.0
AGE
18-24 100 74 70.6 58.0-80.7 26 29.4 19.3-42.0
25-34 332 258 77.3 71.7-82.2 74 22.7 17.8-28.3
35-44 718 566 79.3 75.7-82.5 152 20.7 17.5-24.3
45-54 1,052 907 87.2 84.7-89.3 145 12.8 10.7-15.3
55-64 1,176 1,064 90.4 88.3-92.2 112 9.6 7.8-11.7
65-74 871 777 88.0 85.0-90.4 94 12.0 9.6-15.0
75+ 728 663 91.5 88.8-93.6 65 8.5 6.4-11.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 882 789 87.4 83.8-90.3 93 12.6 9.7-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,620 1,419 86.7 84.3-88.8 201 13.3 11.2-15.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,292 1,103 83.0 79.9-85.7 189 17.0 14.3-20.1
College Graduate 1,198 1,010 84.4 81.8-86.6 188 15.6 13.4-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 868 790 87.4 82.9-90.9 78 12.6 9.1-17.1
$15,000- 24,999 988 863 87.4 84.5-89.8 125 12.6 10.2-15.5
$25,000- 34,999 611 524 86.2 82.4-89.2 87 13.8 10.8-17.6
$35,000- 49,999 578 491 84.1 80.2-87.3 87 15.9 12.7-19.8
$50,000-74,999 520 437 83.5 79.4-86.9 83 16.5 13.1-20.6
$75,000+ 606 500 82.7 78.8-86.0 106 17.3 14.0-21.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,504 2,294 91.5 90.0-92.9 210 8.5 7.1-10.0
No 2,426 1,979 79.3 77.0-81.4 447 20.7 18.6-23.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 92 79 89.7 81.5-94.5 13 10.3 5.5-18.5
Non-Veteran 4,907 4,249 85.2 83.8-86.5 658 14.8 13.5-16.2

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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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