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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2007
 
M13.01 Thinking about your arthritis or joint symptoms, which of the following best describes you TODAY? (ARTTODAY)
Denominator is respondents who have been told by a health professional that they have some form of arthritis or have had joint pain, aching, or stiffness in the past 30 days that began more than 3 months ago.

Categories I can do everything
I would like
to do
I can do most
things I would
like to do
I can do some
things I would
like to do
I can hardly
do anything
I would like
to do
Unk/Ref



Total
% % % % % N
Age Group: *** *** *** *** *** 43
      18-24
      25-34 40.5 47.4 11.8 0.4 0.0 152
      35-44 40.1 40.6 15.9 3.4 0.0 319
      45-54 31.4 45.4 15.4 7.3 0.4 630
      55-64 24.9 48.1 18.5 8.3 0.2 764
      65-74 23.0 50.3 21.0 5.5 0.2 524
      75 + 17.1 47.3 28.3 6.7 0.6 440
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 23
Sex: 37.8 42.2 15.4 4.3 0.2 986
      Male
      Female 26.6 47.0 19.2 7.0 0.2 1,909
Race/Ethnicity: 32.1 46.0 16.7 5.1 0.2 2,384
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 29.4 33.7 24.7 12.2 0.0 355
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       25.5 34.0 25.9 12.4 2.2 72
      Hispanic 32.0 40.1 20.8 6.9 0.2 57
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 27
Income Group: 14.4 37.4 31.1 16.0 1.1 364
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 18.2 40.9 31.1 9.5 0.3 539
      $25-$49,999 34.6 45.9 15.7 3.8 0.1 746
      $50-$74,999 41.6 45.9 10.0 2.5 0.0 390
      >=$75,000 44.4 49.3 5.0 1.4 0.0 443
      Unk/Ref 23.8 44.4 22.6 8.6 0.5 413
Education Level: 27.3 32.9 26.6 12.5 0.7 341
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 27.3 45.2 20.2 7.1 0.2 1,176
      Some college/Tech school 33.4 45.0 17.0 4.5 0.1 698
      College graduate 39.6 50.2 8.6 1.3 0.3 675
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 5
Marital Status: 32.5 47.2 15.8 4.5 0.1 1,491
      Married
      Unmarried 30.6 41.2 20.1 7.8 0.4 1,392
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 12
Employment Status: 41.2 47.9 9.7 1.0 0.2 1,247
      Employed
      Not employed 35.6 34.0 24.8 4.7 0.9 155
      Student/Homemaker 34.6 48.1 13.9 3.2 0.2 262
      Retired/Unable to work 16.5 41.6 28.1 13.6 0.2 1,218
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** 13
Grand Totals 31.7 44.8 17.5 5.8 0.2 2,895

SOURCE: 2007 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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