2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,508 626 41.8 38.6-45.0 882 58.2 55.0-61.4
GENDER
Male 577 221 38.7 33.7-43.8 356 61.3 56.2-66.3
Female 931 405 44.0 39.9-48.2 526 56.0 51.8-60.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,427 585 40.8 37.6-44.1 842 59.2 55.9-62.4
No 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 300 95 32.4 26.0-39.5 205 67.6 60.5-74.0
Overweight 434 174 39.5 34.0-45.3 260 60.5 54.7-66.0
Obese 646 300 46.5 41.6-51.4 346 53.5 48.6-58.4
Current Smoker
Yes 224 124 54.1 45.5-62.5 100 45.9 37.5-54.5
No 1,257 490 39.2 35.8-42.8 767 60.8 57.2-64.2
History of CVD**
Yes 296 157 53.6 45.9-61.2 139 46.4 38.8-54.1
No 1,185 450 38.1 34.6-41.6 735 61.9 58.4-65.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 118 49 41.3 31.5-51.8 69 58.7 48.2-68.5
No 1,309 547 42.4 39.0-45.9 762 57.6 54.1-61.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,366 576 42.7 39.4-46.1 790 57.3 53.9-60.6
COPD
Yes 238 141 58.4 49.4-66.9 97 41.6 33.1-50.6
No 1,260 479 38.1 34.8-41.6 781 61.9 58.4-65.2
Current Asthma
Yes 204 120 57.2 47.4-66.5 84 42.8 33.5-52.6
No 1,297 502 39.4 36.0-42.8 795 60.6 57.2-64.0
Diabetes
Yes 353 172 46.5 39.8-53.3 181 53.5 46.7-60.2
No 1,155 454 40.3 36.8-44.0 701 59.7 56.0-63.2
Functional Disability
Yes 806 484 60.5 56.2-64.7 322 39.5 35.3-43.8
No 673 129 19.3 15.8-23.3 544 80.7 76.7-84.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,059 497 46.9 43.1-50.8 562 53.1 49.2-56.9
No 449 129 29.6 24.5-35.3 320 70.4 64.7-75.5

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*This question was asked of those with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

**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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