2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 1,467 595 44.0 40.5-47.5 872 56.0 52.5-59.5
Region 1 & 2 288 111 47.2 38.8-55.8 177 52.8 44.2-61.2
GENDER
Male 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 192 73 50.5 40.3-60.6 119 49.5 39.4-59.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 271 105 45.4 37.1-53.9 166 54.6 46.1-62.9
Non-Hispanic Black 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 161 37 29.4 20.4-40.5 124 70.6 59.5-79.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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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