2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,222 98 1.7 1.3- 2.1 5,124 98.3 97.9-98.7
Region 4 782 12 1.8 0.9- 3.4 770 98.2 96.6-99.1
GENDER
Male 367 *** *** *** 366 99.2 94.4-99.9
Female 415 11 2.7 1.4- 5.0 404 97.3 95.0-98.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 511 *** *** *** 501 97.6 95.2-98.8
Non-Hispanic Black 156 *** *** *** 154 98.8 94.3-99.8
Other 106 *** *** *** 106 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 270 *** *** *** 266 98.5 94.6-99.6
45-64 288 *** *** *** 283 97.8 94.6-99.1
65+ 217 *** *** *** 214 98.3 94.8-99.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 *** *** *** 274 97.0 93.1-98.7
Some College + 497 *** *** *** 492 99.0 97.5-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 *** *** *** 317 96.3 92.2-98.2
$50,000+ 323 *** *** *** 321 99.6 98.4-99.9

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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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