2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Arthritis

Limited work activities (Arthritis)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Told have arthritis and have limited work Told have arthritis and have not limited work Not told they have arthritis
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,886 497 9.3 8.3-10.3 996 17.7 16.4-19.0 3,393 73.1 71.5-74.6
Region 8 793 107 10.2 8.0-13.1 192 19.1 16.0-22.6 494 70.6 66.6-74.4
GENDER
Male 332 32 7.3 4.7-11.2 67 16.4 12.3-21.5 233 76.3 70.6-81.2
Female 461 75 13.1 9.7-17.6 125 21.8 17.5-26.9 261 65.0 59.2-70.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 47 10.6 7.7-14.4 132 22.7 18.6-27.5 276 66.7 61.4-71.6
Non-Hispanic Black 147 25 11.4 6.4-19.5 31 14.6 8.9-23.0 91 74.0 64.1-81.8
Other 183 35 8.6 5.1-14.1 26 7.7 4.1-14.2 122 83.7 76.2-89.2
AGE
18-44 226 *** *** *** 14 5.6 3.1-10.0 204 91.4 86.4-94.6
45-64 242 45 19.1 13.6-26.2 47 20.5 14.8-27.7 150 60.4 52.4-67.8
65+ 304 54 14.7 10.0-21.0 125 42.4 35.1-50.1 125 42.9 35.7-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 47 12.1 8.3-17.3 62 17.5 12.9-23.5 188 70.4 63.6-76.4
Some Post-H.S. 216 36 11.5 7.6-17.0 54 17.4 12.4-23.9 126 71.1 63.6-77.5
College Graduate 277 24 5.2 3.0- 8.9 76 24.7 19.2-31.3 177 70.1 63.4-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 325 66 15.2 11.1-20.6 73 18.7 14.0-24.5 186 66.1 59.3-72.3
$50,000+ 286 19 4.8 2.6- 8.8 69 18.9 14.2-24.7 198 76.2 70.0-81.5
Don't know/Not Sure 180 22 11.6 6.7-19.4 50 20.5 14.1-28.8 108 67.9 58.4-76.1

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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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