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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Arthritis Burden

In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now
affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,788 1,452 32.2 29.9-34.5 3,336 67.8 65.5-70.1
-Eastern NC 1,385 480 36.9 32.4-41.6 905 63.1 58.4-67.6
GENDER
Male 452 183 43.9 35.7-52.3 269 56.1 47.7-64.3
Female 933 297 32.1 27.3-37.3 636 67.9 62.7-72.7
RACE
White 956 298 30.3 25.7-35.4 658 69.7 64.6-74.3
African American 311 128 47.1 37.7-56.6 183 52.9 43.4-62.3
Other Minorities 111 51 56.9 37.9-74.0 60 43.1 26.0-62.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 5 29.1 7.9-66.3 14 70.9 33.7-92.1
Non-Hispanic 1,363 474 37.1 32.6-41.9 889 62.9 58.1-67.4
AGE
18-24 9 3 57.1 15.9-90.3 6 42.9 9.7-84.1
25-34 44 17 39.0 20.3-61.6 27 61.0 38.4-79.7
35-44 114 48 42.0 28.1-57.3 66 58.0 42.7-71.9
45-54 232 106 47.9 38.2-57.7 126 52.1 42.3-61.8
55-64 363 139 37.1 29.6-45.4 224 62.9 54.6-70.4
65+ 616 165 26.1 20.1-33.1 451 73.9 66.9-79.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 100 57.1 45.3-68.2 120 42.9 31.8-54.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 489 177 40.8 33.0-49.2 312 59.2 50.8-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 387 130 30.5 23.6-38.4 257 69.5 61.6-76.4
College Graduate 287 72 24.2 17.5-32.4 215 75.8 67.6-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 112 57.7 46.6-68.0 107 42.3 32.0-53.4
$15,000- 24,999 275 123 43.9 35.0-53.1 152 56.1 46.9-65.0
$25,000- 34,999 135 38 33.5 21.4-48.2 97 66.5 51.8-78.6
$35,000- 49,999 178 48 27.8 18.3-39.7 130 72.2 60.3-81.7
$50,000-74,999 174 54 31.2 20.3-44.6 120 68.8 55.4-79.7
$75,000+ 191 43 27.3 15.8-43.0 148 72.7 57.0-84.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 824 394 52.6 46.4-58.7 430 47.4 41.3-53.6
No 523 76 14.4 10.0-20.2 447 85.6 79.8-90.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 254 85 37.7 26.3-50.6 169 62.3 49.4-73.7
Non-Veteran 1,005 357 37.6 32.6-43.0 648 62.4 57.0-67.4

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This question was asked regardless of the respondent's employment status.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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