| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2009 |
| C17Q01 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? (Arthritis diagnoses include: rheumatism, polymyalgia rheumatica; joint infection, etc. [See Questionnaire for Complete List] (HAVARTH2) |
| Denominator is all respondents to the question. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | 4.1 | 95.9 | 281 |
| 18-24 | |||
| 25-34 | 11.1 | 88.9 | 815 |
| 35-44 | 20.4 | 79.6 | 1,169 |
| 45-54 | 32.8 | 67.2 | 1,881 |
| 55-64 | 45.5 | 54.5 | 1,974 |
| 65-74 | 55.4 | 44.6 | 1,532 |
| 75 + | 61.9 | 38.1 | 1,182 |
| Unk/Ref | 30.9 | 69.1 | 79 |
| Sex: | 24.4 | 75.6 | 3,347 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 33.9 | 66.1 | 5,566 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 30.7 | 69.3 | 7,249 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 22.5 | 77.5 | 1,091 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 29.6 | 70.4 | 195 |
| Hispanic | 13.1 | 86.9 | 274 |
| Unk/Ref | 52.4 | 47.6 | 104 |
| Income Group: | 36.7 | 63.3 | 1,011 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 38.5 | 61.5 | 1,541 |
| $25-$49,999 | 31.3 | 68.7 | 2,257 |
| $50-$74,999 | 25.7 | 74.3 | 1,242 |
| >=$75,000 | 22.2 | 77.8 | 1,609 |
| Unk/Ref | 27.4 | 72.6 | 1,253 |
| Education Level: | 30.0 | 70.0 | 876 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 33.1 | 66.9 | 3,392 |
| Some college/Tech school | 29.6 | 70.4 | 2,231 |
| College graduate | 24.0 | 76.0 | 2,400 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 14 |
| Marital Status: | 30.1 | 69.9 | 4,716 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 28.1 | 71.9 | 4,170 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 27 |
| Employment Status: | 21.5 | 78.5 | 4,327 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 24.5 | 75.5 | 657 |
| Student/Homemaker | 19.7 | 80.3 | 856 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 59.0 | 41.0 | 3,042 |
| Unk/Ref | *** | *** | 31 |
| Grand Totals | 29.3 | 70.7 | 8,913 |
| SOURCE: 2009 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. |
| Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses |