2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now
affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,294 444 35.4 32.3-38.6 850 64.6 61.4-67.7
GENDER
Male 500 150 31.2 26.5-36.3 350 68.8 63.7-73.5
Female 794 294 38.2 34.1-42.4 500 61.8 57.6-65.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,212 400 34.0 30.8-37.3 812 66.0 62.7-69.2
No 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 266 78 30.3 23.9-37.5 188 69.7 62.5-76.1
Overweight 407 126 31.7 26.6-37.3 281 68.3 62.7-73.4
Obese 521 206 41.1 36.1-46.3 315 58.9 53.7-63.9
Current Smoker
Yes 217 106 50.7 42.6-58.7 111 49.3 41.3-57.4
No 1,041 321 30.8 27.5-34.3 720 69.2 65.7-72.5
History of CVD**
Yes 294 122 42.9 36.2-49.8 172 57.1 50.2-63.8
No 982 310 32.7 29.3-36.4 672 67.3 63.6-70.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,099 372 34.8 31.5-38.3 727 65.2 61.7-68.5
COPD
Yes 214 86 40.5 33.0-48.6 128 59.5 51.4-67.0
No 1,074 357 34.3 30.9-37.8 717 65.7 62.2-69.1
Current Asthma
Yes 189 93 49.8 41.6-58.0 96 50.2 42.0-58.4
No 1,099 347 32.5 29.2-36.0 752 67.5 64.0-70.8
Functional Disability
Yes 724 342 49.0 44.5-53.4 382 51.0 46.6-55.5
No 537 89 16.8 13.3-20.8 448 83.2 79.2-86.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 937 369 40.0 36.3-43.9 568 60.0 56.1-63.7
No 357 75 24.3 19.0-30.5 282 75.7 69.5-81.0

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*For those with arthritis, this question was asked regardless of the their employment status.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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