2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 4,901 626 11.3 10.3-12.4 882 15.8 14.6-17.0 3,393 72.9 71.4-74.4
Region 8 794 125 11.7 9.3-14.5 175 17.6 14.6-21.0 494 70.8 66.7-74.5
GENDER
Male 332 36 8.3 5.6-12.3 63 15.4 11.5-20.4 233 76.2 70.6-81.1
Female 462 89 15.0 11.4-19.5 112 19.7 15.5-24.8 261 65.3 59.5-70.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 62 12.2 9.2-16.1 117 21.1 17.1-25.8 276 66.7 61.3-71.6
Non-Hispanic Black 147 30 13.8 8.5-21.8 26 11.2 6.2-19.4 91 74.9 65.2-82.6
Other 184 32 7.2 4.1-12.5 30 9.1 5.1-15.7 122 83.6 76.2-89.1
AGE
18-44 226 *** *** *** 14 5.7 3.1-10.0 204 91.4 86.4-94.6
45-64 242 46 20.5 14.8-27.7 46 19.1 13.6-26.1 150 60.4 52.4-67.8
65+ 305 69 17.8 13.0-23.8 111 39.0 31.8-46.8 125 43.2 35.9-50.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 45 11.7 8.0-16.8 65 18.0 13.2-23.9 188 70.3 63.5-76.3
Some Post-H.S. 216 35 10.5 6.8-15.9 55 18.0 12.9-24.4 126 71.5 64.1-77.9
College Graduate 277 45 13.3 9.4-18.6 55 16.6 12.2-22.2 177 70.1 63.4-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 66 13.9 10.1-19.0 74 19.7 14.8-25.6 186 66.4 59.6-72.6
$50,000+ 286 32 8.5 5.5-12.9 56 15.2 11.0-20.7 198 76.2 70.0-81.5
Don't know/Not Sure 180 27 13.7 8.4-21.5 45 18.5 12.4-26.7 108 67.8 58.4-76.0

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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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