2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication.
DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No pain(0) Mild pain(1-3) Moderate pain(4-6) Severe pain(7-10)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,501 115 7.8 6.3- 9.7 381 24.6 22.0-27.4 495 33.4 30.3-36.6 510 34.3 31.2-37.4
GENDER
Male 580 59 9.9 7.5-13.1 157 26.9 22.7-31.5 195 34.7 30.1-39.7 169 28.4 23.9-33.4
Female 921 56 6.3 4.5- 8.8 224 22.9 19.7-26.5 300 32.4 28.5-36.6 341 38.4 34.3-42.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,421 111 8.0 6.4- 9.9 369 25.2 22.5-28.1 473 33.8 30.6-37.1 468 33.1 29.9-36.3
No 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 301 27 8.6 5.4-13.4 101 30.9 24.9-37.6 101 36.5 29.5-44.0 72 24.1 18.4-30.8
Overweight 433 27 5.8 3.7- 9.2 123 28.9 24.0-34.5 151 32.7 27.7-38.2 132 32.5 27.1-38.4
Obese 643 49 7.8 5.7-10.6 124 20.1 16.5-24.3 201 30.9 26.6-35.7 269 41.1 36.3-46.1
Current Smoker
Yes 225 *** *** *** 37 15.4 10.7-21.6 82 38.3 30.1-47.2 97 42.1 34.1-50.4
No 1,250 102 8.0 6.4- 9.9 337 26.5 23.6-29.7 404 32.2 28.9-35.6 407 33.3 30.0-36.8
History of CVD**
Yes 297 23 7.3 4.5-11.6 47 14.0 9.9-19.3 86 30.1 23.4-37.7 141 48.7 41.0-56.5
No 1,177 91 8.0 6.3-10.2 331 27.7 24.7-31.0 402 34.4 31.0-38.0 353 29.9 26.7-33.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 118 11 10.8 5.9-18.9 28 21.8 14.7-30.9 45 40.9 31.0-51.6 34 26.5 18.5-36.4
No 1,303 98 7.1 5.6- 9.0 337 25.0 22.2-28.0 416 32.1 28.8-35.5 452 35.8 32.5-39.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,360 102 7.2 5.8- 9.0 348 24.6 21.9-27.6 441 32.7 29.5-36.1 469 35.4 32.1-38.8
COPD
Yes 239 *** *** *** 20 8.5 5.2-13.5 70 32.0 24.0-41.2 142 57.0 48.0-65.6
No 1,253 106 8.8 7.0-11.0 361 28.2 25.2-31.4 420 33.5 30.3-36.9 366 29.5 26.4-32.7
Current Asthma
Yes 202 *** *** *** 29 11.8 7.8-17.7 64 33.2 24.3-43.6 102 51.2 41.7-60.6
No 1,293 107 8.4 6.7-10.5 351 26.6 23.7-29.7 431 33.5 30.3-36.9 404 31.5 28.3-34.9
Diabetes
Yes 351 28 6.4 4.2- 9.6 59 18.9 14.1-24.7 110 31.5 25.6-38.2 154 43.2 36.5-50.3
No 1,149 87 8.3 6.4-10.6 322 26.4 23.4-29.6 385 33.9 30.4-37.6 355 31.4 28.1-34.9
Functional Disability
Yes 800 29 3.3 2.2- 5.1 116 13.3 10.8-16.3 264 34.1 30.0-38.3 391 49.3 44.9-53.7
No 671 82 12.3 9.6-15.5 257 38.4 33.8-43.2 221 32.4 27.8-37.4 111 17.0 13.7-20.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,055 76 6.9 5.3- 8.9 214 19.4 16.7-22.5 348 33.4 29.8-37.3 417 40.3 36.5-44.2
No 446 39 10.1 6.9-14.5 167 36.8 31.3-42.6 147 33.1 27.7-39.1 93 20.0 15.7-25.1

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**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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