2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

Arthritis

Limited usual activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 3 596 56 7.1 5.3- 9.5 88 12.4 9.8-15.5 452 80.5 76.9-83.7
GENDER
Male 294 20 4.3 2.6- 6.9 43 13.4 9.8-18.1 231 82.3 77.3-86.4
Female 302 36 9.6 6.7-13.7 45 11.5 8.2-15.9 221 78.9 73.5-83.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 355 33 6.6 4.6- 9.6 64 14.6 11.2-18.9 258 78.7 74.0-82.8
Non-Hispanic Black 126 11 6.7 3.5-12.3 16 9.1 5.1-15.8 99 84.2 76.7-89.7
Other 115 12 9.7 4.7-19.2 *** *** *** 95 83.1 73.2-89.9
AGE
18-44 225 *** *** *** *** *** *** 213 94.8 90.7-97.2
45-64 209 26 10.3 6.8-15.4 31 16.8 11.6-23.7 152 72.8 65.5-79.1
65+ 149 24 13.3 8.6-20.0 51 31.6 23.9-40.6 74 55.1 45.9-64.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 21 8.2 5.1-12.9 26 13.7 9.0-20.2 134 78.1 71.0-83.8
Some Post-H.S. 168 21 9.0 5.5-14.5 23 11.3 7.3-17.2 124 79.6 72.7-85.2
College Graduate 247 14 4.0 2.2- 6.9 39 12.1 8.6-16.8 194 84.0 78.9-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 34 11.7 8.1-16.7 29 11.4 7.6-17.0 149 76.8 70.3-82.3
$50,000+ 252 11 4.4 2.3- 8.4 36 12.1 8.5-16.9 205 83.5 78.0-87.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** 23 15.7 9.8-24.2 88 79.0 70.2-85.8

Back to Arthritis.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09SEP20.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts