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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,260 379 38.8 34.7-43.1 506 35.4 31.9-39.2 252 17.4 14.8-20.4 123 8.3 6.6-10.3
Female 2,497 581 26.1 23.7-28.7 1,087 43.9 41.2-46.7 612 22.3 20.2-24.5 217 7.6 6.5- 9.0
RACE
White 3,018 770 31.6 29.1-34.3 1,340 42.8 40.3-45.4 651 17.8 16.2-19.6 257 7.7 6.6- 9.0
African American 545 130 31.0 25.1-37.7 189 31.0 26.1-36.4 166 29.1 24.1-34.5 60 8.9 6.5-12.1
Asian 10 2 24.1 5.0-65.8 6 40.6 13.9-74.4 1 27.8 4.5-75.9 1 7.5 1.0-40.3
Native American 89 16 16.7 9.0-29.0 29 37.9 25.3-52.5 25 24.7 14.6-38.5 19 20.7 12.0-33.3
Other Minorities 83 38 47.1 31.6-63.3 26 30.0 17.8-45.9 17 20.5 10.0-37.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 91 43 52.5 37.6-66.9 27 31.3 19.5-46.2 15 12.3 6.4-22.0 6 4.0 1.4-10.6
-English Speaking 56 22 35.0 21.2-51.8 20 48.7 31.5-66.2 9 10.9 4.8-22.9 5 5.5 2.0-14.4
-Spanish Speaking 35 21 65.4 44.1-81.9 7 18.5 7.4-39.1 6 13.3 5.3-29.6 1 2.9 0.4-18.1
Non-Hispanic 3,651 916 31.1 28.8-33.6 1,559 40.5 38.2-42.8 844 20.3 18.6-22.2 332 8.0 7.0- 9.2
AGE
18-24 56 31 60.6 43.4-75.6 18 32.8 18.8-50.7 6 5.4 2.1-12.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
25-34 195 93 56.1 47.1-64.8 77 34.3 26.6-42.9 19 7.0 3.9-12.4 6 2.5 1.1- 5.9
35-44 407 169 43.1 36.8-49.7 140 33.8 28.0-40.1 66 14.6 10.3-20.3 32 8.4 5.6-12.6
45-54 740 208 27.9 24.0-32.2 293 38.9 34.6-43.4 167 24.2 20.3-28.5 72 9.1 6.8-12.0
55-64 917 213 22.7 19.4-26.2 377 42.9 38.8-47.1 226 23.8 20.4-27.6 101 10.6 8.3-13.5
65-74 819 159 20.4 17.2-24.1 395 47.3 43.1-51.5 194 24.4 20.9-28.2 71 7.9 6.0-10.3
75+ 611 83 15.1 11.6-19.4 287 46.3 41.3-51.3 184 29.1 24.5-34.1 57 9.6 7.1-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 621 100 26.6 20.2-34.1 183 28.0 23.0-33.5 220 28.2 23.6-33.3 118 17.3 13.7-21.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,186 284 28.5 24.5-32.9 503 41.6 37.3-46.0 281 20.8 17.9-24.0 118 9.1 7.2-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,013 245 31.3 27.0-36.0 472 43.1 38.9-47.3 222 19.5 16.4-22.9 74 6.1 4.5- 8.2
College Graduate 933 330 40.1 35.6-44.8 433 42.8 38.5-47.2 140 14.7 11.6-18.5 30 2.4 1.6- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 505 50 18.8 11.5-29.0 143 23.7 18.9-29.3 191 32.3 26.4-38.8 121 25.3 19.9-31.5
$15,000- 24,999 727 151 27.4 21.7-33.8 271 36.2 30.7-42.1 223 25.2 21.3-29.6 82 11.2 8.6-14.6
$25,000- 34,999 424 104 31.9 25.5-39.1 206 41.1 34.9-47.6 82 19.5 14.9-25.1 32 7.4 4.8-11.4
$35,000- 49,999 503 136 29.9 24.7-35.6 237 46.2 40.7-51.8 104 19.4 15.4-24.1 26 4.6 2.8- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 491 191 44.2 37.6-51.0 219 40.9 35.0-47.2 66 12.9 9.4-17.6 15 1.9 1.1- 3.4
$75,000+ 581 218 42.0 36.7-47.5 289 46.6 41.3-51.9 62 9.8 7.1-13.3 12 1.7 0.9- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,053 220 15.0 12.4-18.1 747 36.7 33.6-40.0 753 33.1 30.4-36.0 333 15.1 13.2-17.2
No 1,684 735 49.9 46.5-53.4 835 43.3 40.0-46.6 107 6.4 4.7- 8.5 7 0.4 0.2- 1.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 585 146 31.4 26.0-37.2 265 40.9 35.7-46.2 122 20.1 16.1-24.9 52 7.6 5.4-10.6
Non-Veteran 3,172 814 32.0 29.4-34.7 1,328 39.9 37.4-42.5 742 20.1 18.3-22.0 288 8.0 6.9- 9.3

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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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