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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis (Asked in December Only)-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested physical activity or exercise to help
your arthritis or joint symptoms?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 75 53 74.4 61.7-83.9 22 25.6 16.1-38.3
GENDER
Male 19 16 88.0 65.8-96.6 3 12.0 3.4-34.2
Female 56 37 67.9 52.0-80.6 19 32.1 19.4-48.0
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 6 1 13.5 1.7-58.0 5 86.5 42.0-98.3
35-44 5 3 77.0 31.1-96.1 2 23.0 3.9-68.9
45-54 15 10 77.0 51.6-91.3 5 23.0 8.7-48.4
55-64 17 12 66.9 36.2-87.8 5 33.1 12.2-63.8
65-74 24 20 89.0 71.2-96.4 4 11.0 3.6-28.8
75+ 7 6 78.8 30.4-96.9 1 21.2 3.1-69.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 17 69.1 47.0-84.9 9 30.9 15.1-53.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 24 18 73.9 49.0-89.3 6 26.1 10.7-51.0
Some Post-H.S. 12 8 76.2 42.6-93.3 4 23.8 6.7-57.4
College Graduate 13 10 82.6 56.1-94.7 3 17.4 5.3-43.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 14 56.6 31.1-79.1 8 43.4 20.9-68.9
$15,000- 24,999 15 10 72.3 43.8-89.8 5 27.7 10.2-56.2
$25,000- 34,999 4 2 76.7 26.4-96.8 2 23.3 3.2-73.6
$35,000- 49,999 6 4 75.6 28.5-96.0 2 24.4 4.0-71.5
$50,000-74,999 8 6 84.0 50.8-96.4 2 16.0 3.6-49.2
$75,000+ 6 4 66.8 26.4-91.8 2 33.2 8.2-73.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 50 37 75.3 59.3-86.4 13 24.7 13.6-40.7
No 23 15 76.5 54.1-90.0 8 23.5 10.0-45.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 66 44 70.5 56.5-81.5 22 29.5 18.5-43.5

Back to Arthritis (Asked in December Only).

Asked only of those who said YES to having some form of arthritis

^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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