2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-WHITES

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 3,713 1,390 39.0 36.6-41.5 2,323 61.0 58.5-63.4
-WHITES 2,928 1,020 35.9 33.2-38.7 1,908 64.1 61.3-66.8
GENDER
Male 947 319 33.0 28.5-37.8 628 67.0 62.2-71.5
Female 1,981 701 38.0 34.7-41.3 1,280 62.0 58.7-65.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,895 1,010 36.1 33.4-38.9 1,885 63.9 61.1-66.6
AGE
18-34 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 406 196 44.6 37.3-52.1 210 55.4 47.9-62.7
55-64 730 291 38.8 33.8-43.9 439 61.2 56.1-66.2
65-74 811 226 27.6 23.4-32.3 585 72.4 67.7-76.6
75+ 745 197 28.3 23.8-33.4 548 71.7 66.6-76.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 469 224 49.3 42.3-56.3 245 50.7 43.7-57.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 911 337 36.5 32.0-41.3 574 63.5 58.7-68.0
Some Post-H.S. 799 292 34.2 29.2-39.5 507 65.8 60.5-70.8
College Graduate 744 163 21.5 17.4-26.3 581 78.5 73.7-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 421 257 62.6 55.4-69.3 164 37.4 30.7-44.6
$15,000- 24,999 569 237 44.6 37.7-51.6 332 55.4 48.4-62.3
$25,000- 34,999 318 106 36.0 28.8-44.0 212 64.0 56.0-71.2
$35,000- 49,999 358 110 29.9 23.5-37.1 248 70.1 62.9-76.5
$50,000- 74,999 315 82 29.8 21.9-39.2 233 70.2 60.8-78.1
$75,000+ 386 65 19.3 13.1-27.4 321 80.7 72.6-86.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,613 802 51.1 47.3-54.8 811 48.9 45.2-52.7
No 1,300 211 18.9 15.3-23.2 1,089 81.1 76.8-84.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 470 140 29.1 23.2-35.6 330 70.9 64.4-76.8
Non-Veteran 2,458 880 37.2 34.2-40.3 1,578 62.8 59.7-65.8

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

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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