2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,901 626 11.3 10.3-12.4 882 15.8 14.6-17.0 3,393 72.9 71.4-74.4
Medicaid Region 1 520 76 13.8 10.0-18.8 99 16.5 13.0-20.6 345 69.8 64.2-74.8
GENDER
Male 243 24 13.0 7.2-22.3 35 14.1 9.7-20.3 184 72.8 64.2-80.1
Female 277 52 14.5 10.3-20.1 64 18.7 13.8-24.8 161 66.8 59.2-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 415 66 15.7 11.2-21.5 85 16.9 13.2-21.5 264 67.4 61.0-73.2
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** 62 88.8 77.8-94.8
AGE
18-44 147 *** *** *** *** *** *** 135 90.0 82.3-94.6
45-64 188 32 21.5 13.2-33.0 30 16.8 11.5-24.1 126 61.7 51.6-70.8
65+ 176 39 19.5 13.5-27.3 60 30.3 22.3-39.6 77 50.3 40.0-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 25 15.5 8.7-26.3 33 15.6 10.4-22.6 121 68.9 58.4-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 141 32 17.0 11.4-24.6 29 18.5 12.2-27.0 80 64.5 54.6-73.3
College Graduate 198 19 6.9 4.2-11.2 37 15.5 10.7-21.8 142 77.6 70.7-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 39 17.8 10.5-28.4 33 15.0 9.9-22.0 133 67.3 56.8-76.3
$50,000+ 198 19 10.3 6.3-16.3 38 14.9 10.3-20.9 141 74.8 67.5-81.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 117 18 12.7 6.7-22.9 28 20.6 13.1-31.0 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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