Arthritis
Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus or fibromyalgia?
Denominator excludes respondents that have not had joint symptoms in the last 30 days, 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 |
11173 |
25.0 |
24.1-25.9 |
75.0 |
74.1-75.9 |
Arthritis diagnosis by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
556 |
5.0 |
2.99-7.07 |
95.0 |
92.8-97.1 |
25-34 |
1541 |
7.7 |
6.28-9.14 |
92.3 |
90.8-93.8 |
35-44 |
2419 |
13.8 |
12.3-15.3 |
86.2 |
84.7-87.7 |
45-54 |
2334 |
27.6 |
25.5-29.8 |
72.3 |
70.2-74.5 |
55-64 |
1687 |
40.9 |
38.2-43.7 |
59.1 |
56.3-61.8 |
65+ |
2449 |
52.5 |
50.2-54.8 |
47.5 |
45.2-49.8 |
Arthritis diagnosis by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4458 |
19.4 |
18.2-20.7 |
80.5 |
79.3-81.8 |
Female |
6715 |
30.1 |
28.8-31.3 |
69.9 |
68.7-71.2 |
Arthritis diagnosis by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
705 |
36.7 |
32.3-41.1 |
63.3 |
58.9-67.7 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1416 |
29.1 |
26.4-31.8 |
70.9 |
68.2-73.7 |
$25,000-34,999 |
991 |
30.8 |
27.5-34.2 |
69.2 |
65.8-72.5 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1448 |
25.3 |
22.8-27.9 |
74.6 |
72.1-77.2 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1639 |
22.6 |
20.4-24.8 |
77.4 |
75.2-79.6 |
$75,000+ |
3375 |
19.2 |
17.7-20.7 |
80.8 |
79.3-82.3 |
Arthritis diagnosis by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
880 |
29.7 |
26.3-33.2 |
70.3 |
66.8-73.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3045 |
29.2 |
27.4-31.0 |
70.8 |
68.9-72.6 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2614 |
26.5 |
24.6-28.5 |
73.5 |
71.5-75.4 |
College Graduate |
4595 |
19.6 |
18.4-20.9 |
80.4 |
79.1-81.6 |
Arthritis diagnosis by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8439 |
28.9 |
27.8-30.0 |
71.1 |
70.0-72.2 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1011 |
23.8 |
20.8-26.8 |
76.2 |
73.2-79.2 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
524 |
10.7 |
7.84-13.5 |
89.3 |
86.4-92.3 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
58 |
18.3 |
7.65-29.0 |
81.7 |
71.0-92.4 |
Hispanic |
990 |
15.0 |
12.6-17.5 |
85.0 |
82.5-87.4 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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