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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Management

Have you EVER taken an educational course or class to teach you how to manage
problems related to your arthritis or joint symptoms?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,766 340 8.7 7.5-10.0 3,426 91.3 90.0-92.5
GENDER
Male 1,265 101 8.0 6.2-10.2 1,164 92.0 89.8-93.8
Female 2,501 239 9.3 7.9-10.9 2,262 90.7 89.1-92.1
RACE
White 3,027 261 8.2 6.9- 9.6 2,766 91.8 90.4-93.1
African American 544 63 11.1 8.1-15.1 481 88.9 84.9-91.9
Asian 11 1 12.4 1.7-54.2 10 87.6 45.8-98.3
Native American 89 7 10.8 4.2-25.0 82 89.2 75.0-95.8
Other Minorities 83 8 7.5 2.4-21.2 75 92.5 78.8-97.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 90 9 8.2 2.7-22.1 81 91.8 77.9-97.3
-English Speaking 55 7 16.3 4.8-42.6 48 83.7 57.4-95.2
-Spanish Speaking 35 2 2.2 0.4-10.3 33 97.8 89.7-99.6
Non-Hispanic 3,660 331 8.7 7.6-10.1 3,329 91.3 89.9-92.4
AGE
18-24 56 3 2.9 0.7-11.0 53 97.1 89.0-99.3
25-34 195 11 4.8 2.2-10.1 184 95.2 89.9-97.8
35-44 407 43 10.0 7.0-14.2 364 90.0 85.8-93.0
45-54 743 63 9.6 7.0-13.1 680 90.4 86.9-93.0
55-64 919 89 10.7 8.2-13.9 830 89.3 86.1-91.8
65-74 817 74 8.2 6.3-10.6 743 91.8 89.4-93.7
75+ 617 55 8.8 6.5-11.9 562 91.2 88.1-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 625 32 4.3 2.7- 6.8 593 95.7 93.2-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,190 89 8.0 6.0-10.5 1,101 92.0 89.5-94.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,013 122 11.1 8.7-14.0 891 88.9 86.0-91.3
College Graduate 934 97 9.8 7.6-12.6 837 90.2 87.4-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 504 45 7.8 5.0-12.2 459 92.2 87.8-95.0
$15,000- 24,999 729 66 7.6 5.6-10.2 663 92.4 89.8-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 423 32 6.4 4.1- 9.9 391 93.6 90.1-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 505 57 12.6 9.1-17.2 448 87.4 82.8-90.9
$50,000-74,999 492 42 7.7 5.2-11.4 450 92.3 88.6-94.8
$75,000+ 580 60 11.1 8.1-15.2 520 88.9 84.8-91.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,058 233 11.1 9.4-13.1 1,825 88.9 86.9-90.6
No 1,686 105 5.9 4.6- 7.5 1,581 94.1 92.5-95.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 591 59 9.7 6.8-13.7 532 90.3 86.3-93.2
Non-Veteran 3,175 281 8.5 7.3- 9.9 2,894 91.5 90.1-92.7

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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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