2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Arthritis Burden

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 2,002 786 42.1 39.4-44.8 1,216 57.9 55.2-60.6
Region 9 & 10 302 132 44.1 37.2-51.2 170 55.9 48.8-62.8
GENDER
Male 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 195 86 45.1 36.7-53.9 109 54.9 46.1-63.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 207 77 38.1 30.2-46.7 130 61.9 53.3-69.8
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
44-64 122 66 53.6 43.2-63.6 56 46.4 36.4-56.8
65+ 149 53 41.1 31.8-51.2 96 58.9 48.8-68.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 69 41.5 32.2-51.5 84 58.5 48.5-67.8
Some College + 149 63 46.7 37.0-56.8 86 53.3 43.2-63.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 85 51.6 41.6-61.5 78 48.4 38.5-58.4
$50,000+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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.

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