2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication.
DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE?* (Please answer on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No pain(0) Mild pain(1-3) Moderate pain(4-6) Severe pain(7-10)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,272 98 7.7 6.1- 9.6 324 24.8 22.1-27.8 390 31.5 28.4-34.7 460 36.0 32.9-39.2
GENDER
Male 491 49 10.6 7.6-14.6 134 27.2 22.7-32.2 148 29.3 24.8-34.2 160 32.9 28.2-37.9
Female 781 49 5.7 4.2- 7.8 190 23.2 19.9-26.9 242 32.9 28.9-37.3 300 38.1 34.1-42.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 871 69 7.9 6.0-10.3 260 27.4 24.1-31.0 299 35.8 32.0-39.8 243 28.9 25.5-32.6
Non-Hispanic Black 273 19 7.1 4.1-12.0 40 15.7 11.2-21.7 49 18.1 13.3-24.2 165 59.0 51.9-65.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 90 *** *** *** 22 24.6 16.2-35.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 199 13 5.9 3.2-10.6 39 19.4 14.0-26.3 57 28.9 21.7-37.4 90 45.8 37.9-53.8
55-64 307 17 4.9 2.9- 8.2 67 22.3 17.1-28.4 87 26.5 21.3-32.4 136 46.4 39.9-53.0
65-74 347 36 10.9 7.3-16.2 89 24.3 19.6-29.7 114 35.3 29.5-41.6 108 29.5 24.4-35.2
75+ 258 22 10.0 6.3-15.6 79 28.4 22.0-35.7 81 34.6 27.4-42.6 76 27.0 21.0-33.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 *** *** *** 12 13.7 7.5-23.6 31 28.6 19.8-39.3 69 51.7 41.4-61.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 335 26 8.7 5.5-13.5 56 17.7 13.4-22.9 108 32.3 26.5-38.6 145 41.4 35.4-47.6
Some Post-H.S. 403 24 5.4 3.4- 8.5 89 25.0 20.1-30.8 131 33.4 28.1-39.3 159 36.1 30.8-41.8
College Graduate 410 39 10.7 7.8-14.6 166 40.3 35.2-45.7 120 29.8 25.1-35.0 85 19.1 15.2-23.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 713 40 5.9 4.0- 8.7 97 11.7 9.3-14.7 206 30.0 26.0-34.4 370 52.4 47.9-56.8
No 528 56 10.3 7.8-13.5 216 42.2 37.3-47.4 176 33.4 28.7-38.5 80 14.0 11.0-17.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 229 19 11.8 6.9-19.4 58 25.6 19.4-32.9 76 32.6 25.9-40.1 76 30.0 23.7-37.2
Non-Veteran 1,037 78 6.8 5.4- 8.7 265 24.7 21.7-28.0 311 31.1 27.7-34.7 383 37.3 33.9-40.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 412 33 7.9 5.4-11.3 137 32.7 27.6-38.3 142 35.4 29.9-41.2 100 24.0 19.6-29.1
Unemployed 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 543 53 10.4 7.7-13.9 152 27.2 23.0-31.8 180 34.5 29.9-39.6 158 27.9 23.7-32.4
Unable to Work 243 *** *** *** 18 7.2 4.1-12.2 46 19.8 14.2-26.7 172 71.2 63.8-77.6
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 156 *** *** *** 19 8.7 5.2-14.2 28 19.5 13.1-28.1 99 66.5 57.6-74.5
$15,000- 24,999 186 16 7.7 4.4-13.2 23 12.5 7.9-19.3 53 32.1 24.0-41.3 94 47.7 39.1-56.4
$25,000- 34,999 106 *** *** *** 26 22.8 15.2-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 154 *** *** *** 41 23.8 17.1-32.1 58 40.2 30.9-50.3 49 29.5 21.8-38.5
$50,000-74,999 133 15 11.0 6.3-18.6 49 33.9 25.0-44.1 *** *** *** 24 17.7 11.4-26.4
$75,000+ 261 18 6.1 3.7- 9.8 103 39.5 32.9-46.5 88 33.2 27.0-40.0 52 21.3 15.8-28.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 276 27 9.5 6.1-14.4 63 25.7 19.4-33.2 87 29.1 23.2-35.9 99 35.7 29.0-42.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 *** *** *** 16 8.2 4.4-14.7 28 23.6 15.6-34.0 89 64.7 54.4-73.8
101% to 150% 141 13 9.4 5.1-16.8 16 11.8 6.9-19.6 42 35.0 25.9-45.5 70 43.7 34.6-53.2
151% to 200% 112 *** *** *** 29 22.7 15.2-32.5 *** *** *** 41 30.2 21.4-40.7
More than 200% 542 39 7.1 5.1- 9.9 191 35.0 30.5-39.8 187 34.4 29.8-39.2 125 23.5 19.5-28.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 276 27 9.5 6.1-14.4 63 25.7 19.4-33.2 87 29.1 23.2-35.9 99 35.7 29.0-42.9
HOUSING
Own 917 76 8.7 6.8-11.2 264 26.7 23.5-30.1 297 33.6 30.0-37.5 280 31.0 27.5-34.6
Rent 280 17 4.0 2.3- 6.8 48 18.1 13.0-24.6 76 25.8 20.2-32.3 139 52.1 45.1-59.1
Other arrangement 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 303 31 9.4 6.4-13.7 99 31.8 25.9-38.4 88 33.0 26.7-40.0 85 25.8 20.6-31.7
Regional City or Suburban County 347 25 7.5 4.8-11.4 83 22.6 17.9-28.1 114 34.0 28.4-40.0 125 36.0 30.3-42.1
Rural 622 42 6.9 4.7- 9.9 142 22.3 18.7-26.5 188 29.3 25.0-33.9 250 41.5 36.9-46.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 363 25 6.2 3.8- 9.8 66 19.8 15.2-25.4 102 26.0 21.1-31.6 170 48.1 41.9-54.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 461 32 7.3 4.8-10.9 115 22.4 18.2-27.3 146 34.2 28.8-39.9 168 36.1 31.0-41.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 448 41 9.2 6.6-12.6 143 31.0 26.4-36.1 142 32.2 27.5-37.3 122 27.6 23.1-32.6

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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.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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