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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Management-FEMALES

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 2,516 241 9.2 7.8-10.8 2,275 90.8 89.2-92.2
RACE
White 2,000 182 8.4 7.0-10.0 1,818 91.6 90.0-93.0
African American 398 47 11.6 8.3-15.9 351 88.4 84.1-91.7
Asian 7 1 24.8 3.8-73.5 6 75.2 26.5-96.2
Native American 56 3 3.4 0.8-12.7 53 96.6 87.3-99.2
Other Minorities 48 8 16.2 5.5-39.0 40 83.8 61.0-94.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 61 9 15.6 5.5-37.1 52 84.4 62.9-94.5
-English Speaking 43 7 22.1 6.8-52.2 36 77.9 47.8-93.2
-Spanish Speaking 18 2 6.3 1.2-26.0 16 93.7 74.0-98.8
Non-Hispanic 2,447 232 9.0 7.7-10.5 2,215 91.0 89.5-92.3
AGE
18-24 31 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 30 99.3 95.1-99.9
25-34 127 9 6.6 3.0-13.9 118 93.4 86.1-97.0
35-44 257 24 7.1 4.3-11.5 233 92.9 88.5-95.7
45-54 486 41 10.6 7.2-15.6 445 89.4 84.4-92.8
55-64 593 66 12.5 9.4-16.4 527 87.5 83.6-90.6
65-74 553 59 9.3 7.0-12.4 494 90.7 87.6-93.0
75+ 457 39 8.7 6.0-12.4 418 91.3 87.6-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 421 25 4.9 2.8- 8.5 396 95.1 91.5-97.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 801 57 6.3 4.6- 8.7 744 93.7 91.3-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 691 94 12.9 9.8-16.7 597 87.1 83.3-90.2
College Graduate 600 65 11.6 8.7-15.3 535 88.4 84.7-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 392 36 5.8 3.9- 8.6 356 94.2 91.4-96.1
$15,000- 24,999 492 53 11.1 7.9-15.3 439 88.9 84.7-92.1
$25,000- 34,999 266 23 6.2 3.6-10.2 243 93.8 89.8-96.4
$35,000- 49,999 323 36 11.7 8.1-16.5 287 88.3 83.5-91.9
$50,000-74,999 319 30 8.9 5.8-13.5 289 91.1 86.5-94.2
$75,000+ 308 33 13.0 8.3-19.6 275 87.0 80.4-91.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,387 160 10.7 8.9-13.0 1,227 89.3 87.0-91.1
No 1,117 79 7.0 5.4- 9.1 1,038 93.0 90.9-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 12 16.0 7.5-30.7 55 84.0 69.3-92.5
Non-Veteran 2,449 229 9.1 7.7-10.7 2,220 90.9 89.3-92.3

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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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