2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-FEMALES

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,473 3,972 25.1 24.0-26.3 7,501 74.9 73.7-76.0
-FEMALES 7,186 2,735 29.0 27.5-30.5 4,451 71.0 69.5-72.5
RACE
White 5,418 2,115 31.0 29.1-32.8 3,303 69.0 67.2-70.9
African American 1,236 473 26.5 23.2-30.1 763 73.5 69.9-76.8
Other Minorities 481 133 17.6 13.7-22.3 348 82.4 77.7-86.3
AGE
18-34 836 68 6.4 4.6- 9.0 768 93.6 91.0-95.4
35-44 960 154 16.1 13.0-19.7 806 83.9 80.3-87.0
45-54 1,294 411 30.6 27.1-34.2 883 69.4 65.8-72.9
55-64 1,524 687 47.6 43.9-51.3 837 52.4 48.7-56.1
65-74 1,321 711 55.3 51.4-59.1 610 44.7 40.9-48.6
75+ 1,149 677 59.8 55.6-63.9 472 40.2 36.1-44.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 892 492 43.6 38.5-48.9 400 56.4 51.1-61.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,067 906 32.1 29.2-35.2 1,161 67.9 64.8-70.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,899 721 27.2 24.4-30.1 1,178 72.8 69.9-75.6
College Graduate 2,313 612 19.1 17.1-21.3 1,701 80.9 78.7-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 965 528 41.4 36.6-46.4 437 58.6 53.6-63.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,248 576 33.5 29.8-37.4 672 66.5 62.6-70.2
$25,000- 34,999 682 257 28.1 23.6-33.1 425 71.9 66.9-76.4
$35,000- 49,999 828 272 27.2 22.8-32.1 556 72.8 67.9-77.2
$50,000- 74,999 757 242 25.5 21.1-30.5 515 74.5 69.5-78.9
$75,000+ 1,229 257 17.1 14.5-20.2 972 82.9 79.8-85.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,228 1,477 60.1 56.5-63.5 751 39.9 36.5-43.5
No 4,623 1,141 18.0 16.5-19.6 3,482 82.0 80.4-83.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 148 50 25.8 17.4-36.5 98 74.2 63.5-82.6
Non-Veteran 7,036 2,685 29.1 27.5-30.6 4,351 70.9 69.4-72.5

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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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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