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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 150 47 31.7 23.1-41.8 103 68.3 58.2-76.9
GENDER
Male 49 16 33.0 19.2-50.5 33 67.0 49.5-80.8
Female 101 31 30.8 20.8-43.1 70 69.2 56.9-79.2
RACE
White 96 32 31.7 22.1-43.2 64 68.3 56.8-77.9
Other 53 15 32.3 17.9-51.0 38 67.7 49.0-82.1
AGE
18-44 12 3 31.6 7.4-72.7 9 68.4 27.3-92.6
45+ 138 44 31.7 23.3-41.6 94 68.3 58.4-76.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 31 41.8 28.8-56.1 52 58.2 43.9-71.2
Some College + 67 16 19.9 11.7-31.7 51 80.1 68.3-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 89 35 42.1 29.8-55.5 54 57.9 44.5-70.2
$50,000+ 30 2 3.9 0.9-15.5 28 96.1 84.5-99.1

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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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