Hispanos con artritis en su estado
Artritis diagnosticada por un médico afecta a casi 47 millones de adultos en los Estados Unidos3. La artritis es una de las principales causas de discapacidad, limitando a casi 8 millones de personas en este país. La artritis le costó al país unos $128 billones de dólares en gastos médicos directos e indirectos en 2003.
| ESTADO | ADULTOS CON ARTRITIS | % CON ARTRITIS1,2 | % HISPANOS CON ARTRITIS |
| Alabama | 1,202,000 | 35% | 20% |
| Alaska | 109,000 | 25% | 19% |
| Arizona | 1,123,000 | 25% | 13% |
| Arkansas | 644,000 | 31% | 11% |
| California | 5,382,000 | 21% | 14% |
| Colorado | 819,000 | 24% | 18% |
| Connecticut | 679,000 | 26% | 12% |
| Delaware | 205,000 | 31% | 32% |
| District of Columbia | 105,000 | 24% | 9% |
| Florida | 3,3216,000 | 24% | 15% |
| Georgia | 1,863,000 | 27% | 15% |
| Hawaii | 236,000 | 24% | 18% |
| Idaho | 276,000 | 26% | 14% |
| Illinois | 2,553,000 | 27% | 13% |
| Indiana | 1,409,000 | 30% | 14% |
| Iowa | 611,000 | 27% | 11% |
| Kansas | 569,000 | 27% | 13% |
| Kentucky | 958,000 | 32% | 18% |
| Louisiana | 801,000 | 25% | 24% |
| Maine | 335,000 | 32% | 26% |
| Maryland | 1,156,000 | 28% | 16% |
| Massachusetts | 1,329,000 | 27% | 21% |
| Michigan | 2,364,000 | 31% | 22% |
| Minnesota | 904,000 | 23% | 7% |
| Mississippi | 662,000 | 31% | 17% |
| Missouri | 1,409,000 | 32% | 18% |
| Montana | 212,000 | 29% | 22% |
| Nebraska | 370,000 | 28% | 13% |
| Nevada | 461,000 | 25% | 9% |
| New Hampshire | 289,000 | 29% | 25% |
| New Jersey | 1,714,000 | 27% | 20% |
| New Mexico | 390,000 | 27% | 20% |
| New York | 4,038,000 | 28% | 21% |
| North Carolina | 1,927,000 | 29% | 8% |
| North Dakota | 133,000 | 27% | 24% |
| Ohio | 2,769,000 | 32% | 21% |
| Oklahoma | 812,000 | 30% | 14% |
| Oregon | 742,000 | 26% | 9% |
| Pennsylvania | 3,045,000 | 32% | 25% |
| Puerto Rico | 626,000 | 22% | 22% |
| Rhode Island | 240,000 | 29% | 13% |
| South Carolina | 956,000 | 30% | 18% |
| South Dakota | 156,000 | 27% | 23% |
| Tennessee | 1,541,000 | 34% | 43% |
| Texas | 3,924,000 | 24% | 16% |
| Utah | 383,000 | 22% | 9% |
| Vermont | 139,000 | 28% | 34% |
| Virginia | 1,540,000 | 27% | 12% |
| Washington | 1,321,000 | 27% | 14% |
| West Virginia | 508,000 | 36% | na |
| Wisconsin | 1,155,000 | 28% | 22% |
| Wyoming | 109,000 | 28% | 17% |
| 2005 Mediana por estado | _ | 27% | 15% |
1: Datos extraídos del 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
2: Artritis reportada por cuenta propia diagnosticada por un médico y otras condiciones reumáticas.
3: Cálculos basados en la encuesta 2003-2005 National Health Interview Survey.
N/A No aplica; <50 encuestados.
Cortesía de:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/arthritis