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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 100 19 19.2 12.0-29.2 81 80.8 70.8-88.0
GENDER
Male 26 6 24.1 11.1-44.7 20 75.9 55.3-88.9
Female 74 13 16.9 9.3-28.8 61 83.1 71.2-90.7
RACE
White 84 15 16.8 9.9-27.0 69 83.2 73.0-90.1
Other 14 3 19.1 6.0-46.6 11 80.9 53.4-94.0
AGE
18-44 11 1 13.2 1.9-54.7 10 86.8 45.3-98.1
45+ 89 18 20.5 12.9-31.0 71 79.5 69.0-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 10 33.7 18.1-53.9 19 66.3 46.1-81.9
Some College + 71 9 12.8 6.1-24.7 62 87.2 75.3-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 9 28.5 14.3-48.8 23 71.5 51.2-85.7
$50,000+ 57 6 9.8 4.2-21.2 51 90.2 78.8-95.8

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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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