2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 597 54 7.6 5.6-10.1 91 11.9 9.5-14.9 452 80.5 76.9-83.6
GENDER
Male 293 23 6.4 4.1- 9.9 39 10.9 7.7-15.2 231 82.7 77.8-86.7
Female 304 31 8.7 5.9-12.7 52 12.8 9.4-17.3 221 78.5 73.1-83.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 32 7.3 5.0-10.5 66 14.0 10.7-18.1 258 78.7 74.0-82.8
Non-Hispanic Black 126 12 7.6 4.2-13.5 15 8.2 4.4-14.7 99 84.2 76.7-89.7
Other 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** 95 83.1 73.2-89.9
AGE
18-44 225 *** *** *** *** *** *** 213 94.8 90.7-97.2
45-64 209 28 12.7 8.6-18.4 29 14.2 9.5-20.7 152 73.1 65.8-79.3
65+ 150 19 11.8 7.2-18.8 57 33.5 25.6-42.3 74 54.7 45.6-63.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 21 10.1 6.5-15.5 24 11.1 7.0-17.1 134 78.8 71.7-84.5
Some Post-H.S. 170 19 8.7 5.3-14.1 27 12.2 8.0-18.0 124 79.1 72.2-84.7
College Graduate 248 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 40 12.6 9.0-17.3 194 83.6 78.5-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 32 12.1 8.2-17.4 31 11.1 7.5-16.3 149 76.8 70.3-82.3
$50,000+ 254 11 4.6 2.4- 8.6 38 12.4 8.8-17.2 205 83.0 77.5-87.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 *** *** *** 22 13.1 7.8-21.2 88 80.0 71.2-86.5

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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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