2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 751 81 10.4 8.2-13.1 123 15.2 12.5-18.2 547 74.5 70.8-77.8
GENDER
Male 364 31 8.1 5.5-11.8 52 13.0 9.8-17.2 281 78.9 73.9-83.1
Female 387 50 12.5 9.3-16.6 71 17.2 13.3-21.9 266 70.3 65.0-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 476 52 11.2 8.4-14.8 94 18.4 14.8-22.5 330 70.4 65.7-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 134 22 13.6 8.6-20.8 19 13.2 8.1-20.8 93 73.2 64.4-80.6
Other 123 *** *** *** *** *** *** 108 89.0 80.6-94.0
AGE
18-44 302 14 5.0 2.8- 8.5 11 3.3 1.7- 6.4 277 91.8 87.6-94.6
45-64 234 35 15.0 10.6-20.9 40 17.5 12.7-23.5 159 67.5 60.5-73.8
65+ 190 30 16.8 11.5-23.9 70 42.2 34.1-50.8 90 41.0 33.3-49.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 32 11.6 8.0-16.7 39 13.8 9.7-19.2 158 74.6 68.1-80.1
Some Post-H.S. 202 29 13.6 9.3-19.3 39 19.4 14.1-26.0 134 67.1 59.7-73.7
College Graduate 316 19 5.0 3.1- 7.9 45 12.5 9.3-16.8 252 82.5 77.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 36 16.1 11.3-22.3 32 11.6 7.8-16.9 160 72.4 65.4-78.4
$50,000+ 358 29 7.7 5.2-11.2 58 15.1 11.4-19.7 271 77.2 72.1-81.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 160 15 7.8 4.4-13.4 32 20.4 14.2-28.4 113 71.8 63.5-78.8

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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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