Arthritis
Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?
Denominator excludes respondents that have not had joint symptoms in the last 30 days, respondents that had first symptoms in the past 3 months, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
3804 |
71.7 |
69.9-73.5 |
28.3 |
26.5-30.1 |
Visited Doctor
by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
120 |
59.0 |
49.0-68.9 |
41.0 |
31.1-51.0 |
25-34 |
285 |
57.1 |
50.4-63.9 |
42.9 |
36.1-49.6 |
35-44 |
683 |
65.1 |
60.6-69.6 |
34.9 |
30.4-39.4 |
45-54 |
874 |
72.3 |
68.7-75.9 |
27.7 |
24.1-31.3 |
55-64 |
744 |
76.1 |
72.6-79.6 |
23.9 |
20.4-27.4 |
65+ |
1047 |
82.3 |
79.4-85.1 |
17.7 |
14.9-20.6 |
Visited Doctor
by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Male |
1325 |
67.8 |
64.6-70.9 |
32.3 |
29.1-35.4 |
Female |
2479 |
74.6 |
72.5-76.7 |
25.4 |
23.3-27.5 |
Visited Doctor
by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
316 |
71.0 |
63.6-78.4 |
29.0 |
21.6-36.4 |
$15,000-24,999 |
564 |
74.4 |
69.2-79.7 |
25.6 |
20.3-30.8 |
$25,000-34,999 |
388 |
74.8 |
69.7-80.0 |
25.2 |
20.0-30.3 |
$35,000-49,999 |
493 |
71.3 |
66.4-76.2 |
28.7 |
23.8-33.6 |
$50,000-74,999 |
556 |
72.0 |
67.6-76.4 |
28.0 |
23.7-32.3 |
$75,000+ |
989 |
67.5 |
64.0-71.0 |
32.5 |
29.0-36.0 |
Visited Doctor
by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
335 |
72.0 |
64.8-79.1 |
28.0 |
20.9-35.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
1119 |
71.7 |
68.4-75.0 |
28.3 |
25.0-31.6 |
Some Post-H.S. |
964 |
72.1 |
68.5-75.6 |
27.9 |
24.4-31.5 |
College Graduate |
1380 |
71.3 |
68.5-74.1 |
28.7 |
25.9-31.5 |
Visited Doctor
by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
3028 |
73.3 |
71.4-75.2 |
26.7 |
24.8-28.6 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
336 |
68.1 |
62.0-74.2 |
31.9 |
25.8-38.0 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
110 |
65.4 |
54.2-76.6 |
34.6 |
23.4-45.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
23 |
70.3 |
48.2-92.5 |
29.7 |
7.54-51.8 |
Hispanic |
267 |
66.9 |
59.6-74.2 |
33.1 |
25.8-40.4 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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