2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Arthritis

Have you ever taken an educational course or class to teach you how to manage problems related to your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,515 282 17.4 15.2-19.9 1,233 82.6 80.1-84.8
Medicaid Region 5 444 90 21.7 17.1-27.1 354 78.3 72.9-82.9
GENDER
Male 171 42 28.7 20.9-38.1 129 71.3 61.9-79.1
Female 273 48 16.3 11.6-22.5 225 83.7 77.5-88.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 235 43 19.0 13.8-25.7 192 81.0 74.3-86.2
Non-Hispanic Black 123 31 22.7 14.7-33.4 92 77.3 66.6-85.3
Other 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 146 32 23.4 16.2-32.5 114 76.6 67.5-83.8
65+ 251 44 17.5 12.3-24.4 207 82.5 75.6-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 22 11.8 7.1-19.2 152 88.2 80.8-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 132 38 32.4 23.1-43.4 94 67.6 56.6-76.9
College Graduate 138 30 25.7 17.8-35.7 108 74.3 64.3-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 36 18.7 12.6-26.8 163 81.3 73.2-87.4
$50,000+ 134 32 27.2 18.6-37.8 102 72.8 62.2-81.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 22 19.8 12.1-30.6 88 80.2 69.4-87.9

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*This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

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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