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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 118 27 25.6 15.7-39.0 91 74.4 61.0-84.3
GENDER
Male 27 3 18.4 5.5-46.7 24 81.6 53.3-94.5
Female 91 24 28.6 16.6-44.7 67 71.4 55.3-83.4
RACE
White 109 25 26.1 15.6-40.4 84 73.9 59.6-84.4
Other 9 2 20.0 4.6-56.3 7 80.0 43.7-95.4
AGE
18-44 14 4 43.5 16.5-75.0 10 56.5 25.0-83.5
45+ 103 23 20.7 12.4-32.5 80 79.3 67.5-87.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 12 22.7 11.9-38.8 41 77.3 61.2-88.1
Some College + 65 15 27.6 13.8-47.7 50 72.4 52.3-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 14 25.8 14.5-41.7 39 74.2 58.3-85.5
$50,000+ 45 8 15.2 6.7-31.1 37 84.8 68.9-93.3

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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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