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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

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
-Johnston County 127 52 32.8 22.1-45.6 75 67.2 54.4-77.9
GENDER
Male 38 16 30.4 13.6-54.8 22 69.6 45.2-86.4
Female 89 36 34.4 22.7-48.4 53 65.6 51.6-77.3
RACE
White 105 41 28.6 17.7-42.8 64 71.4 57.2-82.3
Other 22 11 51.6 29.3-73.3 11 48.4 26.7-70.7
AGE
18-44 14 5 17.1 4.7-46.4 9 82.9 53.6-95.3
45+ 112 47 38.4 27.3-50.8 65 61.6 49.2-72.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 31 40.1 26.2-55.7 42 59.9 44.3-73.8
Some College + 54 21 24.9 12.3-44.0 33 75.1 56.0-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 39 53.0 36.7-68.7 28 47.0 31.3-63.3
$50,000+ 44 8 12.1 5.0-26.7 36 87.9 73.3-95.0

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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.

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