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The 2003 survey, the latest data available, found that 33 percent of US workers ages 18 to 64 with arthritis experienced limitations in doing their jobs, the Associated Press reported.

Rates ranged from a high of 51.3 percent in Kentucky to a low of 25.1 percent in Nevada.

The survey, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, is the first to give a state-by-state overview of the problem, the AP reported.

Large numbers of people affected
"These findings show that large numbers of workers in every state are affected by arthritis," Janet Collins, director of CDC's National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said in a prepared statement.

"With the increasing number of older Americans in the nation's workforce, it is important that employers, health departments and others take steps that help people with arthritis stay employed or become employed.

Arthritis is the most frequent cause of disability in the United States. – (Healthday)

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