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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 500 64 12.7 9.6-16.6 99 19.3 15.3-23.9 337 68.1 62.9-72.9
GENDER
Male 244 29 12.1 8.0-17.9 46 18.7 13.2-25.8 169 69.2 61.6-75.9
Female 256 35 13.2 9.0-19.0 53 19.8 14.5-26.3 168 67.0 59.7-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 380 54 15.6 11.5-20.7 80 20.4 15.9-25.8 246 64.0 58.0-69.6
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 *** *** *** 11 9.7 5.1-17.8 133 83.2 74.8-89.3
45-64 191 28 14.9 10.0-21.6 38 22.2 15.9-30.1 125 63.0 54.5-70.6
65+ 147 25 20.5 12.9-31.0 46 30.9 21.9-41.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 29 16.3 10.9-23.5 36 20.8 14.7-28.8 106 62.9 54.1-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 157 20 10.3 6.1-16.8 30 19.8 12.9-29.1 107 69.9 60.4-77.9
College Graduate 171 15 9.7 5.2-17.2 33 15.7 10.8-22.1 123 74.7 66.7-81.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 37 19.5 13.6-27.0 38 17.3 12.0-24.4 126 63.2 54.9-70.8
$50,000+ 184 *** *** *** 32 16.2 10.8-23.7 143 78.4 70.4-84.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 18 12.8 7.3-21.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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