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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2005
 
RF16.01 Respondents that have had a doctor diagnose them as having some form of arthritis.
Denominator is all respondents to the question.

Categories Diagnosed
with arthritis
Not diagnosed
with arthritis
Total
% % N
Age Group: 6.4 93.6 328
      18-24
      25-34 12.7 87.3 864
      35-44 20.0 80.0 1,087
      45-54 33.9 66.1 1,123
      55-64 48.1 51.9 919
      65-74 55.0 45.0 669
      75 + 57.9 42.1 501
      Unk/Ref *** *** 42
Sex: 25.8 74.2 2,104
      Male
      Female 32.6 67.4 3,429
Race/Ethnicity: 29.9 70.1 4,848
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 28.5 71.5 300
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       35.1 64.9 165
      Hispanic 14.4 85.6 183
      Unk/Ref *** *** 37
Income Group: 36.2 63.8 550
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 36.9 63.1 844
      $25-$49,999 28.5 71.5 1,529
      $50-$74,999 25.8 74.2 902
      >=$75,000 22.1 77.9 989
      Unk/Ref 32.8 67.2 719
Education Level: 33.8 66.2 534
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 33.5 66.5 2,025
      Some college/Tech school 30.0 70.0 1,404
      College graduate 21.1 78.9 1,564
      Unk/Ref *** *** 6
Marital Status: 31.3 68.7 3,154
      Married
      Unmarried 26.0 74.0 2,359
      Unk/Ref *** *** 20
Employment Status: 21.4 78.6 3,326
      Employed
      Not employed 24.2 75.8 211
      Student/Homemaker 23.1 76.9 648
      Retired/Unable to work 58.6 41.4 1,337
      Unk/Ref *** *** 11
Grand Totals 29.3 70.7 5,533

SOURCE: 2005 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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