2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 747 64 8.7 6.6-11.2 136 16.7 13.9-19.8 547 74.7 71.1-78.0
GENDER
Male 360 22 6.6 4.2-10.3 57 13.9 10.6-18.1 281 79.5 74.5-83.7
Female 387 42 10.6 7.6-14.5 79 19.2 15.1-24.0 266 70.3 64.9-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 475 41 9.0 6.4-12.3 104 20.6 16.9-24.9 330 70.4 65.7-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 133 19 13.1 8.0-20.7 21 13.2 8.3-20.4 93 73.7 64.8-81.0
Other 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** 108 90.0 81.4-94.8
AGE
18-44 302 *** *** *** 15 4.7 2.7- 8.2 277 91.8 87.6-94.6
45-64 233 32 15.1 10.6-21.1 42 17.2 12.5-23.1 159 67.7 60.6-74.0
65+ 187 21 12.0 7.4-18.8 76 46.6 38.3-55.1 90 41.5 33.7-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 28 10.3 6.9-15.2 43 15.2 10.9-20.7 158 74.5 68.1-80.1
Some Post-H.S. 198 22 11.0 7.1-16.6 42 21.3 15.8-28.0 134 67.8 60.3-74.4
College Graduate 316 13 3.7 2.1- 6.6 51 13.8 10.4-18.1 252 82.5 77.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 30 13.3 9.0-19.2 36 14.1 9.8-19.8 160 72.6 65.6-78.7
$50,000+ 357 16 4.4 2.6- 7.5 70 18.2 14.2-23.0 271 77.3 72.2-81.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 159 17 10.8 6.4-17.7 29 16.9 11.4-24.4 113 72.2 64.0-79.2

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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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