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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 185 44 28.4 20.9-37.3 141 71.6 62.7-79.1
GENDER
Male 50 10 26.6 14.0-44.6 40 73.4 55.4-86.0
Female 135 34 29.3 20.6-39.8 101 70.7 60.2-79.4
RACE
White 137 26 24.1 15.7-35.0 111 75.9 65.0-84.3
Other 48 18 37.7 23.4-54.6 30 62.3 45.4-76.6
AGE
18-44 13 4 27.7 8.3-61.9 9 72.3 38.1-91.7
45+ 171 40 28.6 21.0-37.6 131 71.4 62.4-79.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 17 44.6 27.1-63.5 34 55.4 36.5-72.9
Some College + 133 27 22.6 15.2-32.1 106 77.4 67.9-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 26 37.2 25.0-51.4 61 62.8 48.6-75.0
$50,000+ 58 12 25.3 14.3-40.9 46 74.7 59.1-85.7

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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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