2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,766 2,016 54.2 51.6-56.7 1,750 45.8 43.3-48.4
GENDER
Male 1,167 574 50.2 45.6-54.8 593 49.8 45.2-54.4
Female 2,599 1,442 56.8 53.8-59.7 1,157 43.2 40.3-46.2
RACE
White 2,968 1,542 53.0 50.1-55.9 1,426 47.0 44.1-49.9
African American 600 352 57.8 51.6-63.7 248 42.2 36.3-48.4
Native American 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other Minorities 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
-English Speaking 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
-Spanish Speaking 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,681 1,971 54.0 51.5-56.6 1,710 46.0 43.4-48.5
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 217 135 58.2 48.6-67.3 82 41.8 32.7-51.4
45-54 572 359 61.2 54.9-67.2 213 38.8 32.8-45.1
55-64 963 542 56.2 51.6-60.8 421 43.8 39.2-48.4
65-74 1,011 494 50.2 45.8-54.6 517 49.8 45.4-54.2
75+ 877 423 48.8 43.9-53.7 454 51.2 46.3-56.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 676 413 60.5 54.6-66.1 263 39.5 33.9-45.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,205 665 54.6 50.3-58.8 540 45.4 41.2-49.7
Some Post-H.S. 981 533 53.9 48.8-58.9 448 46.1 41.1-51.2
College Graduate 897 400 44.8 40.1-49.6 497 55.2 50.4-59.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 637 454 68.8 62.7-74.3 183 31.2 25.7-37.3
$15,000- 24,999 772 428 55.9 50.0-61.7 344 44.1 38.3-50.0
$25,000- 34,999 398 219 57.3 50.0-64.2 179 42.7 35.8-50.0
$35,000- 49,999 432 203 48.5 41.3-55.7 229 51.5 44.3-58.7
$50,000-74,999 374 157 41.6 33.6-50.1 217 58.4 49.9-66.4
$75,000+ 454 193 46.0 38.7-53.5 261 54.0 46.5-61.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,078 1,581 77.5 74.5-80.3 497 22.5 19.7-25.5
No 1,668 424 28.1 24.5-32.0 1,244 71.9 68.0-75.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 572 272 49.5 43.4-55.5 300 50.5 44.5-56.6
Non-Veteran 3,193 1,743 55.0 52.2-57.8 1,450 45.0 42.2-47.8

Back to Arthritis Burden.

This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 14SEP12.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook