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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 2,512 585 26.0 23.6-28.5 1,093 43.8 41.0-46.5 615 22.5 20.4-24.8 219 7.7 6.5- 9.1
RACE
White 1,996 463 26.0 23.3-28.9 908 46.0 42.9-49.2 461 20.3 18.2-22.7 164 7.6 6.2- 9.3
African American 399 94 26.6 21.4-32.6 144 34.9 29.3-40.9 119 30.2 24.6-36.5 42 8.3 5.9-11.7
Asian 6 0 0.0 . - . 5 83.4 36.5-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.6 2.2-63.5
Native American 56 9 11.7 5.2-24.1 17 34.8 19.6-54.0 19 31.1 18.2-47.7 11 22.4 9.8-43.5
Other Minorities 48 18 29.1 16.2-46.6 17 44.8 26.8-64.4 13 26.1 13.9-43.5 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 62 25 34.3 21.2-50.3 21 43.1 27.1-60.7 13 20.4 10.5-35.9 3 2.2 0.6- 7.6
-English Speaking 44 16 29.0 15.8-47.3 17 54.4 34.5-73.0 8 12.8 5.2-28.0 3 3.8 1.0-12.6
-Spanish Speaking 18 9 41.9 19.3-68.6 4 26.6 8.5-58.5 5 31.5 12.4-59.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,442 560 25.7 23.3-28.2 1,067 43.8 41.0-46.6 600 22.6 20.5-24.9 215 7.9 6.7- 9.4
AGE
18-24 31 16 45.2 24.1-68.1 10 43.2 21.3-68.0 5 11.7 4.1-29.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 127 52 42.6 32.4-53.4 54 44.9 34.5-55.7 17 9.7 5.8-16.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3
35-44 257 97 36.7 29.5-44.5 95 36.7 29.0-45.1 49 17.8 12.4-24.7 16 8.9 4.9-15.6
45-54 484 124 24.5 20.1-29.6 200 42.8 37.3-48.5 113 24.2 19.6-29.5 47 8.5 6.1-11.7
55-64 594 135 20.9 17.2-25.0 241 44.4 39.4-49.6 152 25.0 20.9-29.6 66 9.7 7.3-12.9
65-74 555 100 20.2 16.2-24.8 272 46.9 41.8-52.1 135 25.2 20.7-30.2 48 7.7 5.5-10.7
75+ 452 57 13.2 9.6-17.8 215 47.5 41.7-53.4 142 30.9 25.5-36.9 38 8.4 5.9-11.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 420 53 16.2 10.9-23.5 125 31.9 25.2-39.5 164 36.1 29.8-42.9 78 15.7 12.0-20.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 797 180 25.8 21.6-30.4 356 44.8 39.7-50.1 194 22.1 18.6-26.0 67 7.3 5.3-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 692 149 23.2 19.3-27.6 329 47.2 42.3-52.1 162 21.7 17.9-26.1 52 7.9 5.5-11.2
College Graduate 600 202 35.3 30.3-40.6 282 46.3 41.1-51.6 94 15.5 11.9-19.8 22 2.9 1.8- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 393 39 13.5 9.0-19.8 115 25.5 20.3-31.6 154 37.4 30.9-44.3 85 23.6 18.0-30.2
$15,000- 24,999 491 91 20.5 15.5-26.5 201 41.4 35.1-47.9 157 29.7 24.6-35.4 42 8.5 5.9-12.0
$25,000- 34,999 267 62 25.5 19.3-33.0 131 45.6 37.8-53.7 53 19.0 14.0-25.2 21 9.9 5.6-16.7
$35,000- 49,999 321 84 27.0 21.4-33.5 157 48.2 41.6-54.8 65 20.7 16.0-26.5 15 4.1 2.2- 7.5
$50,000-74,999 318 125 39.2 32.5-46.3 142 44.3 37.4-51.5 38 13.4 8.9-19.8 13 3.0 1.7- 5.5
$75,000+ 310 98 30.8 24.5-37.9 168 55.8 48.4-62.8 38 11.9 7.8-17.6 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,387 125 10.1 7.8-13.0 512 38.4 34.5-42.4 536 37.1 33.6-40.8 214 14.4 12.1-17.0
No 1,115 459 43.9 40.1-47.7 574 49.1 45.2-52.9 77 6.6 4.9- 8.8 5 0.4 0.2- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 16 29.4 17.6-44.9 34 49.2 34.6-63.9 11 15.7 8.2-28.0 5 5.7 2.0-15.2
Non-Veteran 2,446 569 25.9 23.5-28.5 1,059 43.6 40.9-46.4 604 22.7 20.6-25.0 214 7.8 6.5- 9.2

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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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