2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,175 168 12.7 10.5-15.3 269 18.6 16.2-21.3 738 68.7 65.4-71.8
GENDER
Male 521 64 11.4 8.5-15.1 103 16.3 13.1-20.2 354 72.3 67.6-76.5
Female 654 104 13.9 10.9-17.7 166 20.8 17.3-24.7 384 65.3 60.6-69.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 652 65 11.0 8.4-14.3 167 20.5 17.3-24.2 420 68.5 64.1-72.5
Non-Hispanic Black 269 55 17.4 12.6-23.5 67 22.3 16.9-28.9 147 60.3 52.9-67.3
Other 239 47 13.3 8.3-20.5 32 6.6 4.0-10.8 160 80.1 72.6-85.9
AGE
18-44 374 23 6.9 4.3-10.8 18 4.5 2.7- 7.4 333 88.7 84.3-91.9
45-64 357 74 20.9 16.3-26.4 72 21.1 16.5-26.7 211 58.0 51.7-64.0
65+ 416 71 15.0 11.0-20.1 173 43.2 37.2-49.5 172 41.8 36.0-47.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 429 76 15.1 11.4-19.7 92 18.5 14.6-23.3 261 66.4 60.7-71.6
Some Post-H.S. 341 54 13.3 9.6-18.1 78 16.3 12.5-20.9 209 70.4 64.6-75.6
College Graduate 401 38 7.7 5.2-11.1 99 22.6 18.3-27.5 264 69.8 64.5-74.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 463 93 17.0 13.3-21.6 103 18.0 14.3-22.3 267 65.0 59.6-70.0
$50,000+ 443 37 7.3 4.8-10.9 97 18.3 14.6-22.8 309 74.4 69.3-78.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 266 37 15.0 10.0-21.8 69 20.4 15.2-26.9 160 64.6 56.9-71.6

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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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