2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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%)
TOTAL 3,713 1,390 39.0 36.6-41.5 2,323 61.0 58.5-63.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,348 1,192 36.6 34.1-39.2 2,156 63.4 60.8-65.9
No 359 195 52.4 44.5-60.3 164 47.6 39.7-55.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 964 303 33.3 28.7-38.2 661 66.7 61.8-71.3
Overweight 1,198 409 34.8 30.8-39.1 789 65.2 60.9-69.2
Obese 1,264 579 47.7 43.4-52.1 685 52.3 47.9-56.6
Current Smoker
No 3,017 1,028 35.5 32.9-38.2 1,989 64.5 61.8-67.1
Yes 680 358 51.0 45.0-57.0 322 49.0 43.0-55.0
History of CVD**
Yes 779 366 48.2 43.0-53.5 413 51.8 46.5-57.0
No 2,864 994 36.7 34.0-39.6 1,870 63.3 60.4-66.0
Binge Drinker
No 3,378 1,259 39.8 37.2-42.4 2,119 60.2 57.6-62.8
Yes 185 64 30.2 21.9-40.1 121 69.8 59.9-78.1
Heavy Drinker
No 3,449 1,285 39.0 36.4-41.6 2,164 61.0 58.4-63.6
Yes 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 581 320 55.4 49.2-61.4 261 44.6 38.6-50.8
No 3,109 1,059 36.1 33.5-38.8 2,050 63.9 61.2-66.5
Current Asthma
Yes 471 257 51.1 44.0-58.1 214 48.9 41.9-56.0
No 3,217 1,123 37.1 34.5-39.8 2,094 62.9 60.2-65.5
Diabetes
Yes 813 357 44.8 39.7-50.0 456 55.2 50.0-60.3
No 2,890 1,030 37.4 34.6-40.3 1,860 62.6 59.7-65.4
Disability
Yes 2,034 1,079 55.0 51.6-58.3 955 45.0 41.7-48.4
No 1,659 303 21.9 18.7-25.5 1,356 78.1 74.5-81.3

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For those with arthritis, this question was asked regardless of the their employment status.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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