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Total Respond.^ |
No pain(0) | Mild pain(1-3) | Moderate pain(4-6) | Severe pain(7-9) | Extreme pain(10) | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,970 | 132 | 6.9 | 5.7- 8.4 | 476 | 22.0 | 19.9-24.3 | 702 | 35.2 | 32.7-37.9 | 498 | 25.7 | 23.4-28.2 | 162 | 10.1 | 8.3-12.2 |
-Piedmont | 878 | 63 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.7 | 230 | 23.6 | 20.5-27.0 | 301 | 33.9 | 30.4-37.7 | 208 | 24.5 | 21.2-28.1 | 76 | 10.5 | 8.0-13.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 311 | 37 | 11.7 | 8.3-16.3 | 99 | 28.9 | 23.4-34.9 | 96 | 31.2 | 25.6-37.5 | 60 | 19.1 | 14.4-25.0 | 19 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.2 |
Female | 567 | 26 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 | 131 | 19.8 | 16.4-23.7 | 205 | 35.9 | 31.5-40.6 | 148 | 28.4 | 24.2-33.1 | 57 | 11.5 | 8.5-15.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 647 | 43 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.6 | 189 | 26.4 | 22.6-30.5 | 235 | 35.5 | 31.3-39.9 | 139 | 23.3 | 19.5-27.6 | 41 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.4 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 180 | 16 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.2 | 30 | 14.0 | 9.4-20.4 | 50 | 28.3 | 21.3-36.7 | 53 | 28.1 | 21.2-36.2 | 31 | 20.4 | 13.4-30.0 |
Other | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 137 | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 24.4 | 17.5-33.0 | 42 | 32.0 | 23.8-41.5 | 39 | 29.7 | 21.8-39.1 | 14 | 10.8 | 6.1-18.4 |
55-64 | 241 | *** | *** | *** | 61 | 24.4 | 18.8-31.0 | 79 | 32.7 | 26.4-39.8 | 63 | 27.2 | 20.9-34.5 | 26 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.6 |
65-74 | 234 | 23 | 11.7 | 7.5-17.8 | 62 | 19.4 | 14.8-25.0 | 84 | 37.8 | 30.7-45.4 | 49 | 18.6 | 13.7-24.7 | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 166 | 15 | 9.9 | 5.7-16.7 | 43 | 22.7 | 16.5-30.3 | 65 | 36.8 | 28.9-45.5 | 28 | 18.3 | 12.5-26.1 | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 31.7 | 22.9-42.0 | 31 | 27.6 | 18.9-38.4 | 27 | 27.3 | 18.2-38.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 261 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.8 | 54 | 19.5 | 14.5-25.6 | 90 | 35.8 | 29.4-42.8 | 71 | 29.4 | 23.1-36.5 | 29 | 8.9 | 6.0-13.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 251 | *** | *** | *** | 70 | 28.7 | 22.6-35.6 | 88 | 34.3 | 28.0-41.2 | 66 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.0 | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 252 | 29 | 14.1 | 9.7-20.1 | 95 | 36.5 | 30.3-43.1 | 86 | 33.8 | 27.8-40.3 | 38 | 14.6 | 10.4-20.0 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 102 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 22.1 | 14.5-32.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 168 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 14.9 | 9.5-22.5 | 50 | 29.6 | 22.2-38.3 | 52 | 32.7 | 24.7-41.9 | 25 | 16.6 | 10.1-26.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 79 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 103 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 26.3 | 17.7-37.1 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 20.6 | 13.0-31.0 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 163 | 18 | 11.9 | 7.2-19.0 | 63 | 38.1 | 29.8-47.2 | 50 | 30.1 | 22.8-38.4 | 31 | 19.4 | 13.2-27.7 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 430 | *** | *** | *** | 68 | 14.2 | 10.9-18.3 | 139 | 30.9 | 26.1-36.1 | 155 | 36.3 | 31.1-41.8 | 59 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.6 |
No | 445 | 54 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.5 | 161 | 32.8 | 27.9-38.1 | 162 | 37.1 | 31.9-42.5 | 52 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.5 | *** | *** | *** |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 116 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 31.9 | 23.1-42.1 | 34 | 28.6 | 20.3-38.7 | 23 | 16.6 | 10.8-24.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 761 | 51 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.4 | 192 | 22.4 | 19.1-26.0 | 266 | 34.7 | 30.8-38.7 | 185 | 25.8 | 22.2-29.8 | 67 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
Urban | 420 | 42 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.8 | 119 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.6 | 132 | 31.7 | 26.8-37.2 | 90 | 23.2 | 18.6-28.6 | 37 | 11.2 | 7.5-16.2 |
Regional City or Suburban | 252 | *** | *** | *** | 63 | 25.9 | 20.1-32.7 | 99 | 38.4 | 31.8-45.5 | 61 | 24.1 | 18.5-30.7 | 22 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.5 |
Rural | 206 | *** | *** | *** | 48 | 20.3 | 14.4-27.8 | 70 | 32.7 | 25.7-40.6 | 57 | 27.4 | 20.6-35.5 | *** | *** | *** |
*This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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