Arthritis (%)
Arthritis is a prevalent chronic health condition and the leading cause of acquired disability in the United States. Women are disproportionately affected by arthritis—in 2006, 24 % of women reported arthritis compared to 18 % of men.1
What percentage of women have arthritis?
Research did not reveal any benchmark for arthritis prevalence, so the states are ranked and not graded on this indicator.
| State | State Overall Data | State Grade | State Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 37.8 | 51 | |
| Alaska | 26.2 | 7 | |
| Arizona | 28.5 | 16 | |
| Arkansas | 35.9 | 48 | |
| California | 24.1 | 2 | |
| Colorado | 26.7 | 8 | |
| Connecticut | 29.5 | 22 | |
| Delaware | 31.1 | 34 | |
| District of Columbia | 24.8 | 4 | |
| Florida | 30.1 | 27 | |
| Georgia | 27.3 | 10 | |
| Hawaii | 22.9 | 1 | |
| Idaho | 28.2 | 14 | |
| Illinois | 30.6 | 30 | |
| Indiana | 33.9 | 38 | |
| Iowa | 28.7 | 18 | |
| Kansas | 27.4 | 11 | |
| Kentucky | 37.7 | 50 | |
| Louisiana | 30.2 | 29 | |
| Maine | 34.1 | 40 | |
| Maryland | 29.6 | 24 | |
| Massachusetts | 29.5 | 22 | |
| Michigan | 35.4 | 47 | |
| Minnesota | 24.6 | 3 | |
| Mississippi | 35.1 | 44 | |
| Missouri | 35.3 | 46 | |
| Montana | 30.1 | 27 | |
| Nebraska | 28.9 | 20 | |
| Nevada | 26.1 | 6 | |
| New Hampshire | 30.9 | 32 | |
| New Jersey | 27.4 | 11 | |
| New Mexico | 28.8 | 19 | |
| New York | 29.7 | 25 | |
| North Carolina | 32.4 | 37 | |
| North Dakota | 31.0 | 33 | |
| Ohio | 35.1 | 44 | |
| Oklahoma | 34.5 | 41 | |
| Oregon | 31.6 | 36 | |
| Pennsylvania | 34.8 | 42 | |
| Rhode Island | 34.0 | 39 | |
| South Carolina | 34.8 | 42 | |
| South Dakota | 28.5 | 16 | |
| Tennessee | 28.4 | 15 | |
| Texas | 27.1 | 9 | |
| Utah | 25.4 | 5 | |
| Vermont | 31.4 | 35 | |
| Virginia | 28.9 | 20 | |
| Washington | 30.6 | 30 | |
| West Virginia | 37.4 | 49 | |
| Wisconsin | 28.1 | 13 | |
| Wyoming | 29.8 | 26 |
Data Source: Arthritis (%), 2008.
EXPLANATION: This measure includes women age 18 and older in the non-institutionalized civilian population with either doctor- or other health professional-diagnosed arthritis or chronic joint symptoms (arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia).
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2008, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office on Women’s Health. Quick Health Data Online, 2010, Washington, DC, 2010, available at http://www.womenshealth.gov/quickhealthdata. The national overall number and national data by age are the median of 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for race/ethnicity and age are single-year data from 2008 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
Footnotes
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Arthritis Prevalence in Women and Men,” (Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 28, 2009), available at http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/data_statistics/national_nhis.htm#gender_sp..., accessed July 28, 2010.
