Arthritis
Are you limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?
Denominator excludes respondents that have not had joint pain in the past 30 days, respondents that have not been told that they have some form of arthritis, 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 |
4905 |
27.3 |
25.8-28.7 |
72.7 |
71.2-74.2 |
Limited by joint symptoms by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
126 |
15.7 |
9.04-22.4 |
84.3 |
77.1-91.4 |
25-34 |
345 |
18.6 |
14.2-23.0 |
81.4 |
77.0-85.8 |
35-44 |
798 |
22.7 |
19.1-26.4 |
77.3 |
73.6-81.0 |
45-54 |
1078 |
28.9 |
25.7-32.1 |
71.1 |
67.9-74.3 |
55-64 |
973 |
30.0 |
26.6-33.5 |
70.0 |
66.5-73.4 |
65+ |
1518 |
32.1 |
29.4-34.8 |
67.9 |
65.2-70.6 |
Limited by joint symptoms by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Male |
1736 |
24.2 |
21.8-26.5 |
75.8 |
73.4-78.3 |
Female |
3169 |
29.5 |
27.7-31.4 |
70.5 |
68.6-72.3 |
Limited by joint symptoms by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
424 |
45.2 |
39.2-51.2 |
54.8 |
48.8-60.8 |
$15,000-24,999 |
723 |
30.9 |
26.7-35.1 |
69.1 |
64.7-73.4 |
$25,000-34,999 |
501 |
30.8 |
25.9-35.7 |
69.2 |
64.3-74.1 |
$35,000-49,999 |
631 |
24.4 |
20.6-28.2 |
75.6 |
71.8-79.4 |
$50,000-74,999 |
694 |
22.6 |
19.0-26.3 |
77.4 |
73.7-81.0 |
$75,000+ |
1238 |
20.8 |
18.1-23.4 |
79.2 |
76.6-81.9 |
Limited by joint symptoms by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
452 |
40.1 |
34.4-45.8 |
59.9 |
54.2-65.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
1480 |
28.5 |
25.8-31.2 |
71.5 |
68.8-74.2 |
Some Post-H.S. |
1218 |
26.1 |
23.2-29.1 |
73.8 |
70.9-76.8 |
College Graduate |
1742 |
22.5 |
20.3-24.7 |
77.5 |
75.3-79.7 |
Limited by joint symptoms by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
3942 |
26.4 |
24.9-28.0 |
73.5 |
72.0-75.1 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
418 |
26.5 |
21.7-31.4 |
73.5 |
68.6-78.3 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
132 |
27.8 |
18.0-37.5 |
72.3 |
62.1-82.4 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
23 |
66.9 |
43.5-90.2 |
33.1 |
9.78-56.5 |
Hispanic |
331 |
32.4 |
26.5-38.3 |
67.6 |
61.6-73.6 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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