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2007 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 4,638 3,955 82.3 80.6-84.0 683 17.7 16.0-19.4
RACE
White 3,661 3,171 84.3 82.4-86.1 490 15.7 13.9-17.6
African American 730 579 75.2 70.5-79.5 151 24.8 20.5-29.5
Asian 24 13 47.5 25.4-70.7 11 52.5 29.3-74.6
Native American 121 108 80.6 63.9-90.8 13 19.4 9.2-36.1
Other Minorities 88 72 85.3 75.4-91.7 16 14.7 8.3-24.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 108 91 87.1 78.3-92.7 17 12.9 7.3-21.7
-English Speaking 77 65 86.9 75.3-93.5 12 13.1 6.5-24.7
-Spanish Speaking 31 26 87.5 71.0-95.2 5 12.5 4.8-29.0
Non-Hispanic 4,518 3,854 82.2 80.4-83.9 664 17.8 16.1-19.6
AGE
18-24 70 44 62.8 47.7-75.7 26 37.2 24.3-52.3
25-34 263 198 73.4 66.2-79.6 65 26.6 20.4-33.8
35-44 540 436 80.7 76.2-84.4 104 19.3 15.6-23.8
45-54 926 782 82.8 79.3-85.8 144 17.2 14.2-20.7
55-64 1,171 1,010 86.1 83.4-88.3 161 13.9 11.7-16.6
65-74 881 791 90.2 87.6-92.4 90 9.8 7.6-12.4
75+ 762 676 87.9 84.1-90.9 86 12.1 9.1-15.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 757 684 89.7 86.3-92.3 73 10.3 7.7-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,453 1,229 80.1 76.4-83.4 224 19.9 16.6-23.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,257 1,070 82.3 78.9-85.3 187 17.7 14.7-21.1
College Graduate 1,165 967 80.9 77.7-83.7 198 19.1 16.3-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 733 660 89.7 86.0-92.6 73 10.3 7.4-14.0
$15,000- 24,999 858 742 80.5 75.5-84.6 116 19.5 15.4-24.5
$25,000- 34,999 472 384 78.2 72.5-82.9 88 21.8 17.1-27.5
$35,000- 49,999 613 517 80.6 74.5-85.5 96 19.4 14.5-25.5
$50,000-74,999 560 454 78.4 73.3-82.8 106 21.6 17.2-26.7
$75,000+ 665 556 82.1 77.9-85.6 109 17.9 14.4-22.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,491 2,229 88.0 85.9-89.8 262 12.0 10.2-14.1
No 2,051 1,644 76.8 73.9-79.4 407 23.2 20.6-26.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 96 82.7 70.8-90.4 15 17.3 9.6-29.2
Non-Veteran 4,527 3,859 82.3 80.5-84.0 668 17.7 16.0-19.5

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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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