2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Arthritis

Limited work activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Told have arthritis and have limited work Told have arthritis and have not limited work Not told they have arthritis
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,886 497 9.3 8.3-10.3 996 17.7 16.4-19.0 3,393 73.1 71.5-74.6
Medicaid Region 2 739 72 9.8 7.6-12.5 176 20.0 16.9-23.6 491 70.2 66.2-73.9
GENDER
Male 348 30 7.5 5.1-10.8 74 19.3 14.9-24.5 244 73.3 67.7-78.2
Female 391 42 11.9 8.5-16.5 102 20.7 16.0-26.3 247 67.4 61.1-73.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 530 56 11.0 8.3-14.4 143 25.5 21.3-30.3 331 63.5 58.5-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 115 *** *** *** 20 9.0 5.5-14.4 86 83.2 75.0-89.1
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** 65 89.7 81.7-94.4
AGE
18-44 261 *** *** *** 24 6.2 4.1- 9.5 230 90.9 86.9-93.8
45-64 258 42 16.3 11.6-22.2 62 25.0 18.3-33.1 154 58.7 51.0-66.1
65+ 205 22 13.7 8.9-20.7 87 38.4 30.6-46.9 96 47.8 39.4-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 34 13.9 9.7-19.4 54 21.8 16.1-28.7 149 64.4 56.8-71.2
Some Post-H.S. 217 27 9.8 6.5-14.4 54 18.2 13.6-24.0 136 72.0 65.3-77.9
College Graduate 285 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 68 19.8 15.3-25.2 206 77.1 71.4-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 45 16.0 11.5-21.7 64 19.0 14.5-24.5 154 65.0 58.2-71.3
$50,000+ 308 12 4.3 2.4- 7.7 66 17.7 13.4-22.9 230 78.0 72.4-82.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 165 15 8.4 4.7-14.5 45 24.8 16.8-34.8 105 66.9 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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