2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,180 194 13.7 11.6-16.1 248 17.7 15.2-20.5 738 68.6 65.3-71.7
GENDER
Male 523 71 11.9 9.0-15.4 98 16.1 12.8-20.0 354 72.0 67.3-76.3
Female 657 123 15.4 12.4-19.0 150 19.2 15.7-23.2 384 65.4 60.7-69.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 656 84 11.9 9.4-15.0 152 20.0 16.6-23.8 420 68.1 63.8-72.2
Non-Hispanic Black 268 62 20.0 14.9-26.3 59 19.0 14.0-25.3 147 61.0 53.6-67.9
Other 241 46 11.9 7.4-18.6 35 8.2 4.8-13.5 160 79.9 72.4-85.8
AGE
18-44 374 19 5.3 3.2- 8.7 22 6.0 3.7- 9.7 333 88.7 84.3-91.9
45-64 358 74 21.1 16.5-26.6 73 21.0 16.3-26.5 211 57.9 51.6-64.0
65+ 420 99 21.2 16.7-26.4 149 37.1 31.3-43.3 172 41.7 36.0-47.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 432 68 12.1 9.1-16.0 103 21.7 17.3-26.9 261 66.1 60.5-71.4
Some Post-H.S. 342 65 15.5 11.6-20.4 68 13.8 10.4-18.1 209 70.7 64.9-75.9
College Graduate 402 61 13.8 10.4-18.2 77 16.6 12.9-21.0 264 69.6 64.3-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 465 99 16.9 13.3-21.2 99 18.0 14.2-22.4 267 65.1 59.8-70.2
$50,000+ 443 50 9.9 7.1-13.7 84 15.7 12.2-19.9 309 74.4 69.3-78.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 269 44 14.8 10.3-20.7 65 21.1 15.5-28.1 160 64.1 56.5-71.1

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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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