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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,294 614 28.8 25.8-32.0 1,680 71.2 68.0-74.2
GENDER
Male 714 172 25.8 20.5-31.8 542 74.2 68.2-79.5
Female 1,580 442 30.7 27.2-34.5 1,138 69.3 65.5-72.8
RACE
White 1,936 485 26.1 22.9-29.6 1,451 73.9 70.4-77.1
African American 294 102 38.0 29.6-47.3 192 62.0 52.7-70.4
Other Minorities 53 23 44.6 28.2-62.3 30 55.4 37.7-71.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 14 48.2 28.0-69.0 14 51.8 31.0-72.0
Non-Hispanic 2,258 596 28.2 25.2-31.5 1,662 71.8 68.5-74.8
AGE
18-24 8 6 57.7 21.1-87.4 2 42.3 12.6-78.9
25-34 56 20 37.6 20.1-59.0 36 62.4 41.0-79.9
35-44 130 43 37.5 25.7-51.0 87 62.5 49.0-74.3
45-54 395 139 35.5 28.8-42.9 256 64.5 57.1-71.2
55-64 618 176 27.8 23.4-32.8 442 72.2 67.2-76.6
65+ 1,069 228 19.8 16.6-23.4 841 80.2 76.6-83.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 379 145 39.5 30.8-48.9 234 60.5 51.1-69.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 733 222 34.6 29.1-40.5 511 65.4 59.5-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 558 140 30.3 23.9-37.4 418 69.7 62.6-76.1
College Graduate 620 107 15.0 11.9-18.8 513 85.0 81.2-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 282 130 47.7 38.3-57.2 152 52.3 42.8-61.7
$15,000- 24,999 373 125 39.1 31.1-47.6 248 60.9 52.4-68.9
$25,000- 34,999 262 82 31.5 23.5-40.7 180 68.5 59.3-76.5
$35,000- 49,999 305 73 29.6 20.8-40.1 232 70.4 59.9-79.2
$50,000-74,999 290 60 26.8 17.7-38.3 230 73.2 61.7-82.3
$75,000+ 385 46 12.8 8.8-18.2 339 87.2 81.8-91.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,235 504 43.9 39.4-48.5 731 56.1 51.5-60.6
No 978 90 11.1 7.9-15.5 888 88.9 84.5-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 299 68 27.3 19.8-36.5 231 72.7 63.5-80.2
Non-Veteran 1,803 506 30.1 26.6-33.7 1,297 69.9 66.3-73.4

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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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