2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,901 626 11.3 10.3-12.4 882 15.8 14.6-17.0 3,393 72.9 71.4-74.4
GENDER
Male 2,284 221 9.0 7.6-10.5 356 14.2 12.6-16.0 1,707 76.8 74.7-78.9
Female 2,617 405 13.5 12.0-15.2 526 17.2 15.5-19.1 1,686 69.3 67.0-71.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,309 585 12.0 10.8-13.2 842 17.4 16.0-18.8 2,882 70.7 69.0-72.3
No 480 31 6.0 4.1- 8.8 28 4.5 3.0- 6.7 421 89.5 86.2-92.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,280 95 6.1 4.7- 7.8 205 12.7 10.7-15.0 980 81.2 78.6-83.6
Overweight 1,533 174 9.7 8.1-11.5 260 14.8 12.9-17.0 1,099 75.5 72.9-77.9
Obese 1,579 300 17.2 15.0-19.7 346 19.9 17.6-22.4 933 62.9 59.9-65.8
Current Smoker
Yes 646 124 16.8 13.7-20.4 100 14.2 11.0-18.2 422 69.0 64.4-73.2
No 4,146 490 10.4 9.3-11.6 767 16.1 14.8-17.5 2,889 73.5 71.8-75.1
History of CVD**
Yes 525 157 30.3 25.2-35.9 139 26.2 21.6-31.3 229 43.5 38.2-49.0
No 4,326 450 9.0 8.1-10.1 735 14.7 13.4-16.0 3,141 76.3 74.8-77.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 668 49 6.4 4.6- 8.8 69 9.1 7.0-11.8 550 84.5 81.2-87.3
No 3,921 547 12.6 11.4-13.9 762 17.1 15.7-18.6 2,612 70.3 68.5-72.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 21 7.3 4.5-11.6 41 14.7 10.5-20.0 191 78.1 72.0-83.1
No 4,327 576 11.9 10.7-13.1 790 15.9 14.6-17.3 2,961 72.2 70.5-73.8
COPD
Yes 368 141 36.2 29.5-43.4 97 25.8 20.1-32.4 130 38.1 31.2-45.5
No 4,514 479 9.2 8.3-10.2 781 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,254 75.9 74.4-77.3
Current Asthma
Yes 425 120 24.1 19.5-29.4 84 18.0 13.5-23.6 221 57.9 51.8-63.8
No 4,460 502 10.1 9.1-11.2 795 15.5 14.3-16.8 3,163 74.4 72.8-75.9
Diabetes
Yes 673 172 23.8 19.9-28.3 181 27.5 23.4-31.9 320 48.7 44.0-53.5
No 4,226 454 9.5 8.5-10.6 701 14.1 12.9-15.4 3,071 76.4 74.8-77.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,500 484 29.8 26.9-32.8 322 19.4 17.1-22.0 694 50.8 47.5-54.1
No 3,298 129 3.4 2.7- 4.2 544 14.2 12.8-15.7 2,625 82.4 80.8-84.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,499 497 32.5 29.5-35.6 562 36.7 33.7-39.9 440 30.8 28.0-33.8
No 3,402 129 3.3 2.6- 4.1 320 7.8 6.8- 8.9 2,953 88.9 87.6-90.1

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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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