2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-MALES

Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching
and whether or not you have taken medication.

DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE?*
(Please answer on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No pain(0) Mild pain(1-3) Moderate pain(4-6) Severe pain(7-9) Extreme pain(10)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,671 235 6.4 5.2- 7.9 923 24.5 22.2-26.9 1,244 33.5 31.1-35.9 951 26.2 24.1-28.4 318 9.5 8.1-11.1
-MALES 1,139 92 7.4 5.6- 9.7 341 29.0 24.7-33.7 382 34.0 29.8-38.5 266 24.1 20.5-28.1 58 5.5 3.7- 8.1
RACE
White 940 69 6.7 4.9- 9.1 298 30.5 25.6-35.8 323 35.4 30.6-40.5 217 23.5 19.6-28.0 33 4.0 2.2- 7.0
African American 142 16 9.1 4.5-17.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 11.4 6.0-20.5
Other Minorities 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 177 11 6.0 2.8-12.4 *** *** *** 52 20.9 14.3-29.3 57 29.0 20.0-40.1 13 7.6 3.8-14.5
55-64 302 25 9.1 5.6-14.6 81 23.9 17.7-31.4 91 34.8 27.4-43.1 87 27.9 21.5-35.4 18 4.2 2.4- 7.1
65-74 323 28 8.2 4.9-13.2 122 32.4 26.1-39.5 114 39.9 32.6-47.6 51 17.3 12.1-24.2 *** *** ***
75+ 236 21 9.3 4.9-17.0 75 30.4 22.6-39.4 84 32.3 24.0-41.9 42 22.0 14.5-32.0 14 6.0 3.1-11.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 202 17 6.7 3.6-12.0 27 18.4 10.3-30.8 62 31.2 22.7-41.2 70 32.3 23.8-42.1 26 11.4 6.2-20.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 18 6.7 3.5-12.2 93 24.5 18.4-31.7 130 39.8 32.4-47.8 84 22.9 17.3-29.5 22 6.2 3.4-11.0
Some Post-H.S. 281 22 6.3 3.7-10.7 85 33.2 24.6-43.1 104 34.5 26.5-43.6 64 23.6 16.8-32.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 306 35 12.1 7.9-18.0 136 44.8 37.0-52.8 84 27.3 20.8-34.9 47 14.6 10.0-20.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 131 *** *** *** 12 6.5 3.0-13.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 11.4 6.1-20.3
$15,000- 24,999 208 16 6.6 3.6-12.0 *** *** *** 70 28.1 19.3-39.0 58 26.9 18.9-36.9 20 13.4 6.9-24.5
$25,000- 34,999 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 163 13 7.0 3.6-13.1 53 31.0 22.1-41.5 *** *** *** 28 16.2 10.0-25.1 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 141 14 6.6 3.4-12.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 15.2 9.1-24.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 198 24 13.8 8.1-22.6 *** *** *** 57 25.5 18.0-34.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 608 24 3.9 2.2- 6.6 119 16.0 12.0-20.9 214 37.6 31.6-43.9 208 35.6 30.1-41.5 43 7.0 4.5-10.6
No 526 68 10.9 7.9-14.8 221 41.6 34.8-48.8 164 30.2 24.7-36.5 58 13.2 9.0-18.9 15 4.1 1.8- 8.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 509 36 8.1 5.3-12.4 170 31.2 25.6-37.3 183 33.9 28.3-40.0 108 23.2 18.1-29.1 12 3.7 1.2-10.4
Non-Veteran 629 56 7.1 4.9-10.0 171 27.9 22.2-34.5 198 34.0 28.4-40.1 158 24.6 19.9-30.0 46 6.4 4.2- 9.6

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

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