2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Have you ever taken an educational course or class to teach you how to manage problems related to your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,120 157 14.7 12.1-17.9 963 85.3 82.1-87.9
GENDER
Male 375 58 16.1 11.5-22.0 317 83.9 78.0-88.5
Female 745 99 13.9 10.7-17.8 646 86.1 82.2-89.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,074 157 15.3 12.5-18.5 917 84.7 81.5-87.5
No 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 199 26 15.3 9.0-25.0 173 84.7 75.0-91.0
Overweight 332 50 11.8 8.2-16.5 282 88.2 83.5-91.8
Obese 477 63 15.0 11.0-20.2 414 85.0 79.8-89.0
Current Smoker
Yes 141 16 11.6 6.4-20.1 125 88.4 79.9-93.6
No 941 136 15.3 12.3-18.8 805 84.7 81.2-87.7
History of CVD**
Yes 228 30 13.7 8.2-21.8 198 86.3 78.2-91.8
No 884 125 14.6 11.7-18.2 759 85.4 81.8-88.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 971 139 15.0 12.1-18.4 832 85.0 81.6-87.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,004 143 14.9 12.1-18.3 861 85.1 81.7-87.9
COPD
Yes 175 23 15.5 8.6-26.2 152 84.5 73.8-91.4
No 940 134 14.7 11.9-18.0 806 85.3 82.0-88.1
Current Asthma
Yes 181 39 26.5 17.6-37.9 142 73.5 62.1-82.4
No 933 118 12.6 10.1-15.7 815 87.4 84.3-89.9
Diabetes
Yes 279 41 15.7 10.1-23.5 238 84.3 76.5-89.9
No 841 116 14.4 11.5-18.0 725 85.6 82.0-88.5
Functional Disability
Yes 599 95 17.4 13.4-22.3 504 82.6 77.7-86.6
No 483 58 11.5 8.5-15.4 425 88.5 84.6-91.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 732 117 17.6 14.0-21.9 615 82.4 78.1-86.0
No 388 40 9.5 6.5-13.6 348 90.5 86.4-93.5

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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