2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Arthritis

Has a doctor or other health professional ever suggested physical activity or exercise to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,498 1,065 71.1 68.1-73.9 433 28.9 26.1-31.9
Medicaid Region 5 440 319 73.5 67.9-78.4 121 26.5 21.6-32.1
GENDER
Male 169 112 69.5 60.8-77.0 57 30.5 23.0-39.2
Female 271 207 76.5 68.9-82.7 64 23.5 17.3-31.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 234 165 69.5 61.9-76.2 69 30.5 23.8-38.1
Non-Hispanic Black 122 99 83.4 73.6-90.0 23 16.6 10.0-26.4
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 143 112 79.7 71.0-86.3 31 20.3 13.7-29.0
65+ 251 175 68.5 60.1-75.8 76 31.5 24.2-39.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 114 67.7 58.3-75.8 59 32.3 24.2-41.7
Some Post-H.S. 132 95 76.6 66.8-84.2 37 23.4 15.8-33.2
College Graduate 135 110 80.9 71.2-87.8 25 19.1 12.2-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 135 67.3 58.5-75.0 65 32.7 25.0-41.5
$50,000+ 129 105 81.2 71.6-88.1 24 18.8 11.9-28.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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