2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 573 65 9.0 6.9-11.7 91 15.9 12.5-20.1 417 75.1 70.7-79.0
GENDER
Male 262 19 6.6 4.0-10.6 39 14.2 9.5-20.8 204 79.2 72.5-84.6
Female 311 46 11.2 8.1-15.3 52 17.4 12.9-23.2 213 71.3 65.3-76.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 45 10.4 7.5-14.1 55 17.6 12.8-23.6 242 72.0 66.0-77.4
Non-Hispanic Black 139 15 8.7 5.0-14.8 25 16.5 10.8-24.2 99 74.8 66.3-81.7
Other 92 *** *** *** 11 7.7 3.7-15.4 76 88.8 80.4-93.9
AGE
18-44 239 *** *** *** 11 5.7 3.0-10.5 222 92.2 87.3-95.3
45-64 177 24 11.1 7.2-16.9 31 20.6 13.7-29.7 122 68.3 59.3-76.1
65+ 148 31 20.1 13.8-28.4 48 35.4 26.2-45.8 69 44.5 35.2-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 17 7.8 4.6-12.9 30 19.7 13.1-28.5 118 72.5 63.7-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 151 20 10.0 6.1-15.8 26 16.2 10.4-24.6 105 73.8 65.3-80.8
College Graduate 254 28 9.5 6.4-14.0 34 11.2 7.8-15.7 192 79.3 73.7-84.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 29 11.3 7.6-16.6 36 16.0 11.3-22.2 132 72.6 65.6-78.7
$50,000+ 240 18 6.3 3.8-10.3 31 13.7 8.9-20.5 191 80.0 73.1-85.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 130 17 10.5 6.0-17.7 22 20.2 12.0-32.1 91 69.3 58.2-78.6

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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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