2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 1,493 497 34.4 31.4-37.5 996 65.6 62.5-68.6
-Piedmont NC 645 189 32.7 28.5-37.3 456 67.3 62.7-71.5
GENDER
Male 274 79 31.9 25.6-38.9 195 68.1 61.1-74.4
Female 371 110 33.3 27.7-39.5 261 66.7 60.5-72.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 465 121 29.0 24.3-34.3 344 71.0 65.7-75.7
Non-Hispanic Black 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 152 68 47.1 37.7-56.7 84 52.9 43.3-62.3
65-74 181 41 23.2 16.6-31.5 140 76.8 68.5-83.4
75+ 127 21 18.8 12.0-28.4 106 81.2 71.6-88.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 148 54 38.4 29.7-48.0 94 61.6 52.0-70.3
Some Post-H.S. 184 65 35.2 27.8-43.4 119 64.8 56.6-72.2
College Graduate 254 45 18.9 13.9-25.2 209 81.1 74.8-86.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 320 141 47.9 41.6-54.3 179 52.1 45.7-58.4
No 312 43 17.1 12.3-23.3 269 82.9 76.7-87.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 551 162 33.1 28.5-38.1 389 66.9 61.9-71.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 236 51 26.0 19.8-33.4 185 74.0 66.6-80.2
Unemployed 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 276 59 24.4 18.7-31.3 217 75.6 68.7-81.3
Unable to Work 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 180 27 16.9 11.3-24.4 153 83.1 75.6-88.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 145 40 29.3 21.0-39.4 105 70.7 60.6-79.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 307 68 25.5 20.0-31.9 239 74.5 68.1-80.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 145 40 29.3 21.0-39.4 105 70.7 60.6-79.0
HOUSING
Own 466 115 29.2 24.3-34.5 351 70.8 65.5-75.7
Rent 140 57 45.8 36.3-55.6 83 54.2 44.4-63.7
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 311 82 31.2 25.2-37.9 229 68.8 62.1-74.8
Regional City or Suburban County 193 61 32.9 25.5-41.2 132 67.1 58.8-74.5
Rural 141 46 35.9 26.7-46.1 95 64.1 53.9-73.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 284 81 31.2 25.0-38.1 203 68.8 61.9-75.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 280 85 35.4 29.0-42.4 195 64.6 57.6-71.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 187 52 32.0 24.5-40.5 135 68.0 59.5-75.5
2nd Quartile 248 75 34.3 27.6-41.8 173 65.7 58.2-72.4
3rd Quartile 179 53 31.2 23.4-40.3 126 68.8 59.7-76.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Arthritis.

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

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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