2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 664 65 9.1 6.8-11.9 135 15.7 13.0-18.8 464 75.3 71.4-78.8
GENDER
Male 297 19 5.8 3.6- 9.2 47 11.2 8.1-15.1 231 83.1 78.3-87.0
Female 367 46 12.3 8.6-17.2 88 20.2 16.0-25.1 233 67.5 61.5-73.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 38 9.3 6.4-13.4 92 17.0 13.5-21.2 280 73.7 68.4-78.3
Non-Hispanic Black 147 22 11.4 7.1-17.9 27 13.8 9.0-20.6 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 5.4 3.1- 9.0 199 93.3 89.4-95.9
45-64 218 30 16.2 10.7-23.8 45 19.2 14.0-25.8 143 64.6 56.7-71.9
65+ 208 31 16.0 11.1-22.4 71 31.3 24.7-38.7 106 52.7 44.8-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 29 10.1 6.5-15.3 38 12.0 8.5-16.7 171 77.9 71.6-83.0
Some Post-H.S. 185 25 10.9 7.0-16.7 44 17.1 12.3-23.4 116 72.0 64.2-78.6
College Graduate 234 11 4.3 2.1- 8.3 52 20.4 15.0-27.1 171 75.3 68.3-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 43 15.0 10.8-20.5 48 15.1 11.0-20.4 162 69.9 63.0-75.9
$50,000+ 252 11 3.4 1.8- 6.4 52 16.6 12.1-22.3 189 80.1 74.0-85.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 156 11 8.3 3.9-17.0 35 15.5 10.6-22.2 110 76.1 67.3-83.1

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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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