2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Arthritis

In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now
affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,493 497 34.4 31.4-37.5 996 65.6 62.5-68.6
-Eastern NC 628 229 37.8 33.0-42.8 399 62.2 57.2-67.0
GENDER
Male 221 75 34.3 27.1-42.3 146 65.7 57.7-72.9
Female 407 154 40.0 33.9-46.5 253 60.0 53.5-66.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 98 33.2 27.4-39.7 252 66.8 60.3-72.6
Non-Hispanic Black 178 80 42.8 33.9-52.2 98 57.2 47.8-66.1
Other 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 136 52 35.5 26.0-46.3 *** *** ***
65-74 207 60 25.9 19.1-34.0 147 74.1 66.0-80.9
75+ 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 160 68 43.4 34.5-52.8 92 56.6 47.2-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 197 80 44.2 36.0-52.8 117 55.8 47.2-64.0
College Graduate 208 51 22.0 15.8-29.8 157 78.0 70.2-84.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 355 184 55.3 48.6-61.8 171 44.7 38.2-51.4
No 263 43 14.8 10.5-20.4 220 85.2 79.6-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 523 186 36.0 30.9-41.5 337 64.0 58.5-69.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 198 61 27.4 20.6-35.3 137 72.6 64.7-79.4
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 287 76 28.4 21.7-36.1 211 71.6 63.9-78.3
Unable to Work 91 65 75.7 64.1-84.5 26 24.3 15.5-35.9
Other not in Labor Force 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 132 31 22.9 15.3-32.8 101 77.1 67.2-84.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 278 76 26.4 20.4-33.4 202 73.6 66.6-79.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 471 161 36.2 30.7-42.0 310 63.8 58.0-69.3
Rent 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 153 57 36.6 28.2-46.0 96 63.4 54.0-71.8
Rural 419 160 39.7 33.7-46.1 259 60.3 53.9-66.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 344 143 41.9 35.0-49.2 201 58.1 50.8-65.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 236 69 32.8 26.2-40.3 167 67.2 59.7-73.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 120 27 24.0 16.2-34.1 93 76.0 65.9-83.8
2nd Quartile 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 192 75 40.4 32.5-48.8 117 59.6 51.2-67.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 254 105 43.7 35.3-52.5 149 56.3 47.5-64.7

Back to Arthritis.

*For those with arthritis, this question was asked regardless of the their employment status.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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