2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Arthritis Burden

Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching
and whether or not you have taken medication.

DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE?*
(Please answer on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No pain(0) Mild pain(1-3) Moderate pain(4-6) Severe pain(7-9) Extreme pain(10)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 688 88 13.1 10.2-16.8 129 17.3 14.0-21.2 154 22.8 18.9-27.3 130 20.5 16.6-24.9 187 26.3 22.1-31.0
-Eastern NC 302 35 12.0 8.0-17.6 58 20.0 14.8-26.4 63 17.7 12.9-23.9 52 20.7 15.0-27.7 94 29.7 23.7-36.5
GENDER
Male 119 15 15.2 8.6-25.5 30 24.1 16.1-34.4 24 16.9 9.8-27.4 18 17.6 10.6-27.7 32 26.2 18.0-36.5
Female 183 20 9.3 5.3-15.9 28 16.6 10.5-25.3 39 18.4 12.5-26.4 34 23.1 15.3-33.5 62 32.5 24.3-41.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 206 26 12.1 7.5-18.8 37 16.4 11.2-23.5 49 21.1 14.9-28.9 32 19.5 12.9-28.3 62 30.9 23.6-39.3
Non-Hispanic Black 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 23.4 14.9-34.9
75+ 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 15.8 8.6-27.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 100 18 17.9 10.3-29.4 21 19.9 12.2-30.6 23 18.5 11.5-28.4 16 17.8 10.4-28.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 16.8 9.6-27.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 140 *** *** *** 23 16.2 9.7-25.8 32 19.9 13.2-28.8 20 15.2 9.0-24.5 56 40.5 31.0-50.7
No 154 22 14.6 8.8-23.2 35 24.0 16.5-33.5 31 17.0 10.4-26.5 30 23.2 15.3-33.5 36 21.3 14.2-30.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 248 29 12.1 7.7-18.6 47 20.9 15.0-28.3 48 17.7 12.3-24.7 44 19.6 13.6-27.4 80 29.7 23.0-37.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 248 31 13.4 8.7-20.0 44 18.1 12.6-25.3 53 19.4 13.7-26.8 40 18.7 12.7-26.7 80 30.4 23.6-38.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 115 17 15.0 8.6-24.8 22 20.2 13.0-30.0 25 19.1 11.6-29.8 21 19.5 12.4-29.2 30 26.3 17.7-37.1
Unemployed 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 135 *** *** *** 29 22.1 14.2-32.6 28 17.0 10.6-26.1 *** *** *** 38 24.1 16.7-33.4
Unable to Work 27 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 150 24 19.2 12.2-28.8 32 23.2 16.1-32.4 33 14.2 9.4-20.8 25 20.3 12.8-30.6 36 23.1 16.2-31.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 12.2 6.7-21.1 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 132 20 15.2 9.1-24.2 25 21.7 14.2-31.7 21 12.7 7.5-20.6 25 22.5 14.8-32.8 41 27.9 20.0-37.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Arthritis Burden.

*This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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