2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Arthritis

Limited work activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Told have arthritis and have limited work Told have arthritis and have not limited work Not told they have arthritis
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,886 497 9.3 8.3-10.3 996 17.7 16.4-19.0 3,393 73.1 71.5-74.6
Medicaid Region 1 520 60 10.1 7.4-13.6 115 20.7 16.2-26.0 345 69.3 63.6-74.5
GENDER
Male 243 24 10.7 6.6-16.8 35 16.5 10.3-25.2 184 72.8 64.2-80.1
Female 277 36 9.5 6.4-13.8 80 24.6 18.5-32.0 161 65.9 58.0-73.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 415 48 10.8 7.7-14.9 103 22.4 17.2-28.6 264 66.8 60.3-72.8
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** 62 88.8 77.8-94.8
AGE
18-44 147 *** *** *** *** *** *** 135 90.0 82.3-94.6
45-64 187 29 15.4 9.8-23.5 32 22.1 14.0-33.1 126 62.4 52.3-71.6
65+ 177 25 12.1 7.6-18.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 19 8.9 4.9-15.6 39 23.3 15.1-34.1 121 67.8 57.0-77.0
Some Post-H.S. 141 28 15.4 10.0-22.9 33 20.1 13.6-28.7 80 64.5 54.6-73.3
College Graduate 198 13 5.4 2.9- 9.6 43 17.1 12.2-23.4 142 77.6 70.7-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 31 11.0 7.2-16.5 40 21.0 13.1-31.9 133 68.0 57.5-77.0
$50,000+ 198 19 10.1 6.1-16.2 38 15.1 10.6-21.1 141 74.8 67.5-81.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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