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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,109 358 34.0 29.7-38.6 751 66.0 61.4-70.3
GENDER
Male 366 122 33.6 27.4-40.4 244 66.4 59.6-72.6
Female 743 236 34.3 28.6-40.5 507 65.7 59.5-71.4
RACE
White 1,045 331 33.2 28.8-37.9 714 66.8 62.1-71.2
African American 22 10 56.8 32.3-78.3 12 43.2 21.7-67.7
Other Minorities 39 17 49.6 29.6-69.8 22 50.4 30.2-70.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 14 2 20.4 4.8-57.0 12 79.6 43.0-95.2
Non-Hispanic 1,093 356 34.1 29.8-38.8 737 65.9 61.2-70.2
AGE
18-24 4 2 64.0 16.2-94.2 2 36.0 5.8-83.8
25-34 20 8 41.0 19.4-66.7 12 59.0 33.3-80.6
35-44 78 28 26.9 15.9-41.7 50 73.1 58.3-84.1
45-54 170 78 48.7 36.9-60.7 92 51.3 39.3-63.1
55-64 284 111 37.8 31.5-44.6 173 62.2 55.4-68.5
65+ 547 129 24.3 20.0-29.2 418 75.7 70.8-80.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 85 48.5 36.8-60.3 110 51.5 39.7-63.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 380 143 43.1 35.7-50.8 237 56.9 49.2-64.3
Some Post-H.S. 272 80 24.0 18.0-31.3 192 76.0 68.7-82.0
College Graduate 260 50 22.0 15.6-30.0 210 78.0 70.0-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 111 57.2 47.5-66.4 88 42.8 33.6-52.5
$15,000- 24,999 226 82 39.6 30.6-49.4 144 60.4 50.6-69.4
$25,000- 34,999 132 44 35.3 26.1-45.9 88 64.7 54.1-73.9
$35,000- 49,999 142 31 22.7 15.6-31.8 111 77.3 68.2-84.4
$50,000-74,999 118 24 20.9 13.3-31.4 94 79.1 68.6-86.7
$75,000+ 119 18 13.1 7.3-22.4 101 86.9 77.6-92.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 651 301 52.4 46.8-58.0 350 47.6 42.0-53.2
No 434 53 11.7 8.4-16.1 381 88.3 83.9-91.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 44 32.4 24.2-41.9 113 67.6 58.1-75.8
Non-Veteran 863 287 34.7 29.7-40.2 576 65.3 59.8-70.3

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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.

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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