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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Arthritis Management

Thinking about your arthritis or joint symptoms, which of the following best describes you today?*

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  Total
Respond.^
I can do everything I can do most things I can do some things I can hardly do anything
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,757 960 31.9 29.5-34.3 1,593 40.1 37.8-42.4 864 20.1 18.4-21.9 340 7.9 6.9- 9.1
-Gaston County 99 21 24.3 14.8-37.3 46 48.5 36.4-60.8 23 18.6 11.6-28.4 9 8.6 4.2-16.9
GENDER
Male 39 11 33.2 17.8-53.2 18 50.1 31.9-68.3 7 9.3 3.9-20.4 3 7.4 2.2-21.8
Female 60 10 13.2 6.9-24.0 28 46.4 32.6-60.7 16 30.3 18.3-45.7 6 10.1 4.3-22.0
RACE
White 92 18 21.5 12.2-34.9 43 50.6 37.9-63.3 22 18.6 11.4-28.7 9 9.3 4.5-18.3
Other 7 3 58.3 20.8-88.2 3 23.1 5.4-61.4 1 18.6 2.5-67.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 6 41.1 16.7-70.9 7 53.0 25.1-79.1 2 5.9 1.2-25.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 84 15 18.3 10.5-30.0 39 46.9 34.4-59.7 21 23.2 14.4-35.0 9 11.7 5.7-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 9 18.9 8.8-36.1 20 44.7 28.2-62.4 16 26.0 14.6-42.0 6 10.3 4.2-23.4
Some College + 48 12 29.7 15.6-49.3 26 52.2 35.1-68.9 7 11.2 5.0-23.3 3 6.9 2.0-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 57 12 25.7 13.1-44.2 23 42.2 27.3-58.7 16 22.5 12.6-36.9 6 9.6 3.9-22.0
$50,000+ 28 7 21.9 9.3-43.5 16 63.2 41.4-80.7 3 7.7 2.1-24.4 2 7.2 1.6-26.9

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*Asked only of respondents with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed 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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