2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, to what extent has your arthritis or joint symptoms interfered with your normal social activities,
such as going shopping, to the movies, or to religious or social gatherings?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 A lot A little Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,480 381 27.0 24.0-30.3 354 25.1 22.2-28.3 745 47.9 44.5-51.3
GENDER
Male 547 106 18.1 14.5-22.3 135 27.8 22.9-33.2 306 54.1 48.7-59.5
Female 933 275 33.2 29.0-37.7 219 23.3 19.7-27.2 439 43.5 39.2-47.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,370 337 24.4 21.5-27.5 326 25.4 22.4-28.8 707 50.2 46.6-53.7
No 104 *** *** *** 27 23.1 14.5-34.7 35 26.2 17.1-37.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 305 64 23.9 17.6-31.7 61 22.2 16.4-29.5 180 53.8 46.1-61.4
Overweight 477 98 21.4 16.7-26.8 122 28.5 23.1-34.6 257 50.1 44.1-56.2
Obese 585 186 31.5 26.6-36.8 150 25.2 20.7-30.3 249 43.3 38.0-48.7
Current Smoker
Yes 276 105 41.5 33.4-50.1 74 28.0 21.3-35.7 97 30.5 23.8-38.1
No 1,174 269 23.4 20.3-26.7 275 24.3 21.1-27.8 630 52.3 48.5-56.1
History of CVD**
Yes 322 122 35.7 28.8-43.3 85 28.0 21.3-35.9 115 36.3 29.4-43.7
No 1,134 250 24.7 21.4-28.4 260 24.3 21.1-27.9 624 51.0 47.1-54.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 98 16 11.9 6.5-20.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,302 348 28.7 25.4-32.2 313 24.4 21.3-27.7 641 47.0 43.3-50.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,334 351 27.9 24.7-31.4 330 25.3 22.3-28.6 653 46.7 43.2-50.4
COPD
Yes 288 114 42.3 34.8-50.2 71 24.0 17.9-31.3 103 33.7 26.9-41.3
No 1,180 262 23.2 20.0-26.7 279 25.3 22.0-28.9 639 51.6 47.7-55.4
Current Asthma
Yes 230 93 42.6 34.1-51.6 52 22.7 15.9-31.2 85 34.7 27.1-43.2
No 1,236 280 23.6 20.4-27.0 299 25.8 22.5-29.3 657 50.7 46.9-54.4
Diabetes
Yes 341 128 37.6 30.9-44.8 82 22.8 17.4-29.2 131 39.6 32.9-46.7
No 1,138 252 24.1 20.8-27.7 272 25.9 22.5-29.6 614 50.0 46.1-53.9
Functional Disability
Yes 853 333 41.2 36.7-45.8 237 28.6 24.5-32.9 283 30.3 26.3-34.5
No 597 42 8.3 5.5-12.2 113 20.5 16.5-25.2 442 71.3 66.1-76.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,110 333 31.6 27.9-35.5 280 25.7 22.3-29.4 497 42.7 38.9-46.7
No 371 48 13.8 9.8-19.0 75 24.0 18.5-30.5 248 62.3 55.5-68.6

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

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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