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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Arthritis

Limited work activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Told have arthritis and have limited work Told have arthritis and have not limited work Not told they have arthritis
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,238 444 9.5 8.5-10.5 850 17.3 16.0-18.6 2,944 73.3 71.7-74.8
Medicaid Region 2 498 54 11.6 8.5-15.7 107 20.1 16.2-24.7 337 68.3 63.1-73.1
GENDER
Male 243 23 11.0 6.6-17.6 51 19.7 14.4-26.5 169 69.3 61.7-76.0
Female 255 31 12.1 8.0-18.0 56 20.5 15.2-27.1 168 67.4 60.0-73.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 378 44 12.8 9.1-17.8 88 22.9 18.2-28.4 246 64.3 58.2-69.9
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** 14 14.6 8.1-25.0 *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 *** *** *** 13 11.2 6.2-19.4 133 83.2 74.8-89.3
45-64 191 26 16.2 10.8-23.5 40 20.9 15.0-28.4 125 63.0 54.5-70.6
65+ 145 18 16.3 8.6-28.7 51 34.4 25.5-44.7 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 27 15.6 10.3-22.9 37 21.1 14.9-29.0 106 63.3 54.5-71.3
Some Post-H.S. 157 16 9.4 4.8-17.5 34 20.7 14.1-29.4 107 69.9 60.4-77.9
College Graduate 170 11 7.6 3.6-15.3 36 17.6 12.5-24.4 123 74.8 66.8-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 31 17.0 11.5-24.6 43 19.7 14.1-26.9 126 63.2 54.9-70.8
$50,000+ 184 *** *** *** 35 17.7 12.0-25.2 143 78.4 70.4-84.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 109 17 14.5 7.8-25.5 28 24.8 16.1-36.2 *** *** ***

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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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