2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 443 12 2.0 1.1- 3.7 431 98.0 96.3-98.9
GENDER
Male 190 *** *** *** 187 98.5 95.4-99.5
Female 253 *** *** *** 244 97.4 95.1-98.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 236 *** *** *** 229 97.7 95.1-99.0
Non-Hispanic Black 143 *** *** *** 141 99.0 95.9-99.8
Other 59 *** *** *** 56 96.5 89.5-98.9
AGE
18-44 147 *** *** *** 145 99.2 96.8-99.8
45-64 152 *** *** *** 144 95.9 91.6-98.0
65+ 140 *** *** *** 138 98.5 94.1-99.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 *** *** *** 185 99.1 96.4-99.8
Some College + 254 *** *** *** 244 96.9 94.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 *** *** *** 230 97.7 95.0-98.9
$50,000+ 125 *** *** *** 123 98.7 94.9-99.7

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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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