2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Arthritis

Limited usual activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Told have arthritis and have limited usual activities Told have arthritis and have not limited usual activities Not told they have arthritis
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,238 545 11.1 10.1-12.2 749 15.6 14.4-17.0 2,944 73.3 71.7-74.7
Medicaid Region 1 522 87 14.7 11.5-18.5 86 16.9 13.3-21.3 349 68.4 63.5-72.9
GENDER
Male 268 37 11.2 7.8-16.0 40 15.9 11.2-22.1 191 72.8 66.2-78.6
Female 254 50 17.9 13.0-24.1 46 17.9 12.7-24.5 158 64.3 56.9-71.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 420 74 15.6 12.1-19.9 81 18.7 14.6-23.6 265 65.7 60.2-70.7
Non-Hispanic Black 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** 54 95.6 89.4-98.2
AGE
18-44 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** 140 88.9 82.3-93.3
45-64 181 43 21.3 15.3-28.9 23 14.3 9.1-21.7 115 64.3 55.7-72.2
65+ 175 36 19.9 13.5-28.2 53 34.7 26.0-44.6 86 45.4 36.7-54.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 35 18.9 13.0-26.6 30 19.3 13.2-27.4 110 61.8 52.9-70.0
Some Post-H.S. 153 21 10.8 6.7-17.0 26 16.2 10.3-24.7 106 73.0 64.2-80.3
College Graduate 194 31 13.4 9.1-19.3 30 14.2 9.7-20.4 133 72.4 65.0-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 47 19.0 13.7-25.8 38 19.2 13.3-27.0 146 61.8 53.8-69.1
$50,000+ 170 20 10.2 6.3-16.0 27 13.9 9.2-20.5 123 75.9 68.3-82.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 19 12.4 7.4-20.1 19 14.7 8.9-23.2 77 72.9 63.0-81.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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