2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,041 68 7.1 5.5- 9.2 165 15.4 13.0-18.1 808 77.5 74.4-80.3
GENDER
Male 511 26 6.2 4.1- 9.3 72 14.5 11.2-18.5 413 79.3 74.8-83.2
Female 530 42 8.0 5.8-11.0 93 16.3 13.0-20.1 395 75.7 71.4-79.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 613 37 7.1 5.0- 9.9 116 18.2 15.0-21.9 460 74.7 70.6-78.5
Non-Hispanic Black 214 25 10.2 6.6-15.5 38 17.9 12.6-24.7 151 71.9 64.5-78.2
Other 195 *** *** *** *** *** *** 181 94.8 90.8-97.2
AGE
18-44 459 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5 22 4.4 2.8- 6.8 426 93.2 90.3-95.3
45-64 336 36 11.9 8.4-16.5 55 18.4 13.8-24.0 245 69.7 63.6-75.2
65+ 223 19 10.3 6.2-16.6 86 39.5 32.1-47.4 118 50.3 42.5-58.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 21 8.4 5.3-13.0 33 14.2 9.8-20.1 215 77.4 70.9-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 216 24 10.1 6.6-15.2 27 13.3 9.1-19.1 165 76.5 69.9-82.1
College Graduate 549 23 4.1 2.6- 6.4 102 17.5 14.3-21.1 424 78.4 74.5-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 322 37 12.4 8.8-17.2 49 14.6 10.6-19.7 236 73.0 67.0-78.3
$50,000+ 505 19 4.2 2.5- 6.8 81 15.2 11.9-19.1 405 80.6 76.4-84.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 210 12 6.1 3.3-11.0 35 17.4 12.1-24.3 163 76.5 69.1-82.5

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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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