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%)
North Carolina 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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 513 34 6.0 4.1- 8.6 148 26.0 21.9-30.6 180 37.8 32.7-43.1 151 30.2 25.7-35.1
Non-Hispanic Black 182 *** *** *** 25 16.0 10.2-24.1 33 19.6 13.4-27.8 116 60.3 51.3-68.6
Other 76 *** *** *** 14 16.5 9.1-28.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 121 *** *** *** 20 15.9 9.8-24.7 31 24.5 16.4-35.1 *** *** ***
55-64 192 *** *** *** 41 20.2 14.5-27.4 53 26.5 19.9-34.3 88 48.2 40.0-56.5
65-74 211 19 7.9 4.8-12.6 57 25.0 19.0-32.1 69 36.7 29.0-45.2 66 30.4 23.7-38.0
75+ 156 11 7.1 3.7-13.3 44 28.3 20.0-38.5 53 38.0 28.3-48.8 48 26.5 19.2-35.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 204 15 7.2 4.1-12.3 35 18.0 12.6-25.1 67 32.7 25.4-40.9 87 42.1 34.4-50.2
Some Post-H.S. 264 13 3.6 2.0- 6.4 55 22.1 16.6-28.7 87 35.3 28.3-42.9 109 39.0 32.2-46.3
College Graduate 242 18 8.2 5.0-13.0 95 39.1 32.5-46.2 68 29.2 23.0-36.1 61 23.6 17.9-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 *** *** *** 14 10.3 5.7-17.9 20 19.6 12.2-29.8 66 64.4 53.8-73.8
$15,000- 24,999 119 *** *** *** 14 10.2 5.5-18.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 91 *** *** *** 19 19.5 11.9-30.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 131 *** *** *** 54 40.2 30.9-50.2 43 33.1 24.3-43.3 28 23.3 15.5-33.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 450 18 3.5 2.0- 6.0 58 10.4 7.6-14.0 137 32.3 27.0-38.2 237 53.8 48.0-59.5
No 312 29 8.9 6.1-13.0 126 41.6 35.4-48.2 101 34.0 27.8-40.7 56 15.4 11.6-20.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 742 48 6.0 4.4- 8.2 182 23.4 20.1-27.2 227 32.3 28.2-36.7 285 38.2 34.1-42.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 183 15 6.3 3.7-10.7 58 30.8 23.5-39.2 55 34.7 26.7-43.7 55 28.1 21.4-35.8
Regional City or Suburban County 207 15 7.6 4.3-13.1 49 19.9 14.7-26.3 64 34.6 27.1-42.9 79 37.9 30.5-45.9
Rural 391 19 4.4 2.6- 7.3 83 20.8 16.4-26.0 123 31.1 25.5-37.3 166 43.7 37.6-49.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 222 14 6.3 3.4-11.1 70 30.1 23.7-37.4 75 36.6 29.0-44.9 63 27.1 21.0-34.3
Unemployed 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 336 27 8.0 5.3-11.8 96 28.4 22.9-34.6 116 36.5 30.3-43.2 97 27.1 22.0-33.0
Unable to Work 161 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 21.3 14.2-30.6 115 71.7 62.2-79.6
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 96 *** *** *** 11 7.5 3.7-14.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 91 *** *** *** 11 11.6 5.8-21.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 306 17 5.6 3.3- 9.3 108 35.0 29.1-41.4 102 32.9 27.0-39.3 79 26.6 21.0-33.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 241 11 3.3 1.7- 6.1 45 20.9 15.0-28.2 69 27.0 20.7-34.5 116 48.9 41.0-56.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 272 14 4.5 2.5- 7.9 65 20.0 15.1-26.0 86 36.6 29.4-44.4 107 38.9 32.2-46.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 268 24 8.9 5.8-13.4 80 28.3 22.7-34.7 87 33.1 27.0-39.8 77 29.7 23.8-36.3

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

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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