2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 739 99 12.3 9.8-15.5 149 17.6 14.5-21.1 491 70.1 66.1-73.8
GENDER
Male 346 41 10.8 7.5-15.3 61 15.6 11.9-20.2 244 73.5 68.0-78.4
Female 393 58 13.7 10.2-18.3 88 19.3 14.8-24.9 247 66.9 60.7-72.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 529 78 14.6 11.3-18.7 120 21.9 17.8-26.8 331 63.4 58.4-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 116 12 7.6 3.7-15.0 18 9.6 5.8-15.7 86 82.7 74.5-88.7
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** 65 89.7 81.7-94.4
AGE
18-44 260 *** *** *** 21 5.7 3.6- 8.9 230 91.1 87.0-94.0
45-64 259 53 20.1 15.0-26.4 52 21.5 15.1-29.8 154 58.3 50.6-65.6
65+ 205 37 19.5 13.2-27.9 72 32.7 25.6-40.6 96 47.8 39.4-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 41 16.6 11.6-23.2 47 19.3 13.6-26.7 149 64.1 56.5-71.0
Some Post-H.S. 218 34 11.4 7.9-16.2 48 16.8 12.3-22.4 136 71.8 65.1-77.7
College Graduate 284 24 6.7 4.1-10.7 54 15.9 12.0-20.9 206 77.4 71.7-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 54 17.2 12.7-23.0 56 18.2 13.8-23.7 154 64.6 57.7-70.9
$50,000+ 307 21 6.5 3.8-10.9 56 15.3 11.5-20.0 230 78.3 72.7-83.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 165 23 12.8 7.7-20.6 37 20.4 12.4-31.5 105 66.8 56.8-75.6

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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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