Arthritis
During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?
Denominator includes all respondents except those with don’t know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
| All Adults |
11201 |
40.3 |
39.2-41.4 |
59.7 |
58.6-60.8 |
Joint pain by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
557 |
33.5 |
29.1-37.9 |
66.5 |
62.1-70.9 |
25-34 |
1549 |
26.9 |
24.4-29.4 |
73.1 |
70.6-75.7 |
35-44 |
2424 |
36.1 |
33.9-38.3 |
63.9 |
61.7-66.1 |
45-54 |
2340 |
46.5 |
44.0-48.9 |
53.5 |
51.1-56.0 |
55-64 |
1686 |
49.0 |
46.2-51.8 |
51.0 |
48.2-53.8 |
65+ |
2458 |
50.0 |
47.7-52.3 |
50.0 |
47.7-52.3 |
Joint pain by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4464 |
36.8 |
35.1-38.4 |
63.2 |
61.6-64.9 |
Female |
6737 |
43.5 |
42.1-44.9 |
56.5 |
55.1-57.9 |
Joint pain by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
708 |
47.2 |
42.4-52.0 |
52.8 |
48.0-57.6 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1429 |
44.5 |
41.3-47.8 |
55.4 |
52.2-58.7 |
$25,000-34,999 |
995 |
43.9 |
40.1-47.6 |
56.1 |
52.4-59.9 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1448 |
39.4 |
36.5-42.4 |
60.6 |
57.6-63.5 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1638 |
40.9 |
38.2-43.7 |
59.1 |
56.3-61.9 |
$75,000+ |
3383 |
37.9 |
36.0-39.8 |
62.1 |
60.2-64.0 |
Joint pain by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
881 |
39.9 |
35.9-43.9 |
60.1 |
56.1-64.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3059 |
44.0 |
41.9-46.1 |
56.0 |
53.9-58.1 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2620 |
42.8 |
40.5-45.1 |
57.2 |
54.9-59.5 |
College Graduate |
4602 |
36.3 |
34.7-37.9 |
63.7 |
62.1-65.3 |
Joint pain by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8463 |
43.1 |
41.8-44.3 |
56.9 |
55.7-58.2 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1012 |
41.4 |
37.8-45.0 |
58.6 |
55.0-62.2 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
524 |
27.8 |
23.4-32.2 |
72.2 |
67.8-76.6 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
58 |
45.4 |
30.4-60.3 |
54.6 |
39.7-69.6 |
Hispanic |
993 |
32.9 |
29.5-36.4 |
67.1 |
63.6-70.5 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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