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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
M16.4 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?

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES YES NO UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
6.6 93.3 0.1 447
      25-34 11.0 89.0 0 944
      35-44 22.5 77.1 0.4 1,166
      45-54 37.0 62.8 0.2 1,112
      55-64 52.2 47.4 0.4 763
      65-74 56.6 43.2 0.3 552
      75 + 58.4 41.2 0.4 498
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 42
SEX

      MALE
25.1 74.8 0.1 2,166
      FEMALE 35.2 64.5 0.3 3,358
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
31.2 68.6 0.2 4,837
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 30.0 70.0 0 260
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 30.4 68.8 0.8 193
      HISPANIC 11.5 87.8 0.6 174
      REFUSED 42.9 56.4 0.7 60
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
38.6 61.1 0.3 525
      $15-$24,999 36.0 63.8 0.2 873
      $25-$49,999 30.0 69.8 0.2 1,666
      $50-$74,999 27.7 72.2 0.0 921
      >=$75,000 21.5 78.4 0.1 849
      UNK/REF 34.0 65.3 0.8 690
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
34.5 65.4 0.1 613
      H S GRAD OR GED 34.0 65.6 0.3 2,022
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 29.8 70.0 0.2 1,393
      COLLEGE GRAD 24.0 75.9 0.1 1,488
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 8
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
31.5 68.2 0.2 3,091
      UNMARRIED 28.6 71.2 0.2 2,423
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 10
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
23.8 76.0 0.2 3,392
      NOT EMPLOYED 21.0 78.8 0.2 239
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 23.8 76.1 0.1 666
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 59.2 40.4 0.4 1,216
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 11

--- ALL ---
30.4 69.4 0.2 5,524

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002

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