Share of adults with arthritis and severe joint pain U.S. by state 2017

This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. with arthritis who had arthritis-attributable severe joint pain in 2017, by state. As of this time, around 41.4 percent of adults in Alabama with arthritis had arthritis-attributable severe joint pain.

Percentage of adults with arthritis in the U.S. who had arthritis-attributable severe joint pain in 2017, by state

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
Alabama	41.1%
Alaska	23.8%
Arizona	31.7%
Arkansas	42.4%
California	29.7%
Colorado	20.8%
Connecticut	28.5%
Delaware	34.6%
District of Columbia	40.4%
Florida	42%
Georgia	29.2%
Hawaii	27.3%
Idaho	26.1%
Illinois	28.4%
Indiana	30.3%
Iowa	22.4%
Kansas	26.6%
Kentucky	39.2%
Louisiana	39%
Maine	22.2%
Maryland	31.8%
Massachusetts	25.9%
Michigan	34.8%
Minnesota	22.1%
Mississippi	45.2%
Missouri	30.8%
Montana	27.2%
Nebraska	22.9%
Nevada	31%
New Hampshire	24.7%
New Jersey	34%
New Mexico	38.7%
New York	32.8%
North Carolina	43.6%
North Dakota	21.7%
Ohio	32.4%
Oklahoma	32.9%
Oregon	23.7%
Pennsylvania	28.9%
Rhode Island	33.2%
South Carolina	38.5%
South Dakota	22.4%
Tennessee	36.7%
Texas	35.5%
Utah	22.4%
Vermont	22.5%
Virginia	30.7%
Washington	22.1%
West Virginia	37.5%
Wisconsin	26.9%
Wyoming	23.6%

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

435,331 adults

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Among adults aged ≥18 years with arthritis

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Doctor-diagnosed arthritis was defined as an affirmative response to the question “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?"
Age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. projected adult population, using three age groups: 18–44, 45–64, and ≥65 years.

Severe joint pain was defined as a response of 7–10 to “Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication. On a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be, during the past 30 days, how bad was your joint pain on average?” Overall, 141,744 (98.4%) respondents with arthritis had severe joint pain data available.

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