2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden-WHITES

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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
-WHITES 8,759 3,118 27.3 25.9-28.7 5,641 72.7 71.3-74.1
GENDER
Male 3,341 1,003 23.4 21.3-25.6 2,338 76.6 74.4-78.7
Female 5,418 2,115 31.0 29.1-32.8 3,303 69.0 67.2-70.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 8,589 3,082 27.6 26.2-29.0 5,507 72.4 71.0-73.8
AGE
18-34 877 69 6.7 4.7- 9.4 808 93.3 90.6-95.3
35-44 1,089 159 15.7 12.8-19.0 930 84.3 81.0-87.2
45-54 1,529 422 27.5 24.2-31.1 1,107 72.5 68.9-75.8
55-64 1,946 774 40.4 37.3-43.7 1,172 59.6 56.3-62.7
65-74 1,764 862 50.7 47.3-54.2 902 49.3 45.8-52.7
75+ 1,473 811 56.4 52.6-60.1 662 43.6 39.9-47.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 913 513 44.0 38.9-49.3 400 56.0 50.7-61.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,434 981 28.8 26.2-31.4 1,453 71.2 68.6-73.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,257 837 27.4 24.7-30.2 1,420 72.6 69.8-75.3
College Graduate 3,134 781 17.6 16.0-19.4 2,353 82.4 80.6-84.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 849 459 40.9 35.9-46.1 390 59.1 53.9-64.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,317 602 35.8 31.7-40.1 715 64.2 59.9-68.3
$25,000- 34,999 840 333 32.1 27.7-36.9 507 67.9 63.1-72.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,100 369 28.1 24.3-32.2 731 71.9 67.8-75.7
$50,000- 74,999 1,148 335 22.1 18.7-25.9 813 77.9 74.1-81.3
$75,000+ 1,943 398 16.7 14.4-19.2 1,545 83.3 80.8-85.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,677 1,667 56.1 53.0-59.2 1,010 43.9 40.8-47.0
No 5,701 1,321 17.5 16.1-19.0 4,380 82.5 81.0-83.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,301 499 33.1 29.5-37.0 802 66.9 63.0-70.5
Non-Veteran 7,457 2,619 26.4 25.0-28.0 4,838 73.6 72.0-75.0

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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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