2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,047 97 9.3 7.5-11.5 142 13.7 11.4-16.4 808 77.0 73.9-79.8
GENDER
Male 512 32 6.5 4.5- 9.3 67 14.4 11.0-18.7 413 79.1 74.5-83.0
Female 535 65 11.9 9.1-15.4 75 13.1 10.2-16.6 395 75.0 70.7-78.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 615 62 10.3 7.9-13.4 93 15.1 12.1-18.6 460 74.6 70.5-78.3
Non-Hispanic Black 217 30 11.8 8.0-17.1 36 17.7 12.3-24.8 151 70.5 63.0-77.0
Other 196 *** *** *** 11 3.6 1.9- 6.6 181 94.3 90.1-96.8
AGE
18-44 459 16 3.5 2.1- 5.9 17 3.3 2.0- 5.4 426 93.2 90.3-95.3
45-64 339 42 13.4 9.8-18.2 52 18.0 13.4-23.7 245 68.6 62.5-74.2
65+ 226 38 17.3 12.2-23.8 70 32.9 25.9-40.7 118 49.8 42.1-57.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 25 9.1 6.0-13.7 34 15.2 10.7-21.3 215 75.6 69.1-81.2
Some Post-H.S. 217 25 10.6 7.0-15.6 27 12.7 8.6-18.4 165 76.7 70.2-82.2
College Graduate 549 46 8.5 6.3-11.4 79 13.1 10.4-16.4 424 78.4 74.5-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 41 12.6 9.1-17.2 49 16.0 11.6-21.6 236 71.4 65.3-76.9
$50,000+ 505 34 6.3 4.4- 9.0 66 12.8 9.8-16.6 405 80.9 76.7-84.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 212 22 11.4 7.2-17.6 27 12.6 8.3-18.7 163 76.0 68.7-82.0

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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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