2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now
affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,493 497 34.4 31.4-37.5 996 65.6 62.5-68.6
GENDER
Male 573 185 33.2 28.6-38.2 388 66.8 61.8-71.4
Female 920 312 35.1 31.2-39.3 608 64.9 60.7-68.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,412 454 32.8 29.8-36.0 958 67.2 64.0-70.2
No 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 301 74 29.8 23.4-37.0 227 70.2 63.0-76.6
Overweight 428 140 34.4 29.0-40.3 288 65.6 59.7-71.0
Obese 637 248 37.9 33.3-42.8 389 62.1 57.2-66.7
Current Smoker
Yes 224 118 53.0 44.5-61.4 106 47.0 38.6-55.5
No 1,243 370 30.5 27.4-33.9 873 69.5 66.1-72.6
History of CVD**
Yes 295 123 41.0 33.8-48.6 172 59.0 51.4-66.2
No 1,172 361 32.1 28.8-35.6 811 67.9 64.4-71.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 118 37 29.6 21.0-40.0 81 70.4 60.0-79.0
No 1,294 441 35.4 32.1-38.7 853 64.6 61.3-67.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,351 461 35.1 32.0-38.4 890 64.9 61.6-68.0
COPD
Yes 235 121 49.6 41.1-58.1 114 50.4 41.9-58.9
No 1,248 371 31.0 27.9-34.4 877 69.0 65.6-72.1
Current Asthma
Yes 205 97 47.3 38.4-56.3 108 52.7 43.7-61.6
No 1,282 397 32.3 29.1-35.6 885 67.7 64.4-70.9
Diabetes
Yes 348 136 36.7 30.5-43.4 212 63.3 56.6-69.5
No 1,144 361 33.6 30.2-37.2 783 66.4 62.8-69.8
Functional Disability
Yes 797 383 48.7 44.3-53.2 414 51.3 46.8-55.7
No 668 105 17.2 13.8-21.3 563 82.8 78.7-86.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,049 394 38.5 34.8-42.3 655 61.5 57.7-65.2
No 444 103 24.5 19.6-30.2 341 75.5 69.8-80.4

Back to Arthritis.

*For those with arthritis, this question was asked regardless of the their employment status.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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