2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 10 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus,
or fibromyalgia?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,505 2,011 26.1 24.9-27.3 4,494 73.9 72.7-75.1
Region 10 624 205 30.0 26.1-34.2 419 70.0 65.8-73.9
GENDER
Male 301 89 27.8 22.3-34.1 212 72.2 65.9-77.7
Female 323 116 32.0 26.6-37.9 207 68.0 62.1-73.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 400 138 31.5 26.6-36.9 262 68.5 63.1-73.4
Non-Hispanic Black 153 51 31.3 23.5-40.3 102 68.7 59.7-76.5
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 212 27 10.4 6.8-15.6 185 89.6 84.4-93.2
45-64 231 90 43.0 35.9-50.5 141 57.0 49.5-64.1
65+ 176 86 52.5 43.8-60.9 90 47.5 39.1-56.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 78 29.4 23.4-36.2 170 70.6 63.8-76.6
Some College + 374 126 30.3 25.3-35.9 248 69.7 64.1-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 115 32.4 26.8-38.6 198 67.6 61.4-73.2
$50,000+ 196 48 23.9 17.7-31.4 148 76.1 68.6-82.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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