2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 664 79 10.4 8.1-13.4 121 14.4 11.8-17.4 464 75.2 71.3-78.7
GENDER
Male 296 22 6.0 3.9- 9.3 43 10.8 7.7-14.8 231 83.2 78.4-87.1
Female 368 57 14.8 10.9-19.8 78 17.9 13.9-22.7 233 67.3 61.3-72.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 53 11.8 8.6-15.9 77 14.7 11.4-18.7 280 73.6 68.3-78.2
Non-Hispanic Black 147 21 11.3 7.0-17.9 28 13.9 9.1-20.7 98 74.7 66.4-81.6
Other 91 *** *** *** 12 13.2 7.2-23.1 74 82.8 72.6-89.8
AGE
18-44 219 *** *** *** 16 4.8 2.8- 8.2 199 93.3 89.4-95.9
45-64 218 33 17.7 12.1-25.3 42 17.6 12.6-24.1 143 64.6 56.7-71.9
65+ 208 42 19.0 13.8-25.5 60 28.5 22.0-35.9 106 52.6 44.6-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 32 10.4 6.9-15.5 35 11.8 8.3-16.7 171 77.7 71.5-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 185 30 12.8 8.5-18.8 39 15.2 10.7-21.1 116 72.0 64.2-78.6
College Graduate 234 17 6.9 4.0-11.6 46 17.8 12.7-24.3 171 75.3 68.3-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 47 16.0 11.6-21.6 43 14.0 10.1-19.1 162 70.0 63.1-76.0
$50,000+ 252 14 4.5 2.5- 8.0 49 15.4 11.1-21.0 189 80.1 74.0-85.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 157 18 10.8 5.9-19.0 29 13.6 9.0-20.0 110 75.7 66.9-82.7

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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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