2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 4,883 1,490 24.3 22.9-25.9 3,393 75.7 74.1-77.1
-Eastern NC 1,941 677 28.6 26.1-31.2 1,264 71.4 68.8-73.9
GENDER
Male 853 251 24.9 21.6-28.6 602 75.1 71.4-78.4
Female 1,088 426 32.1 28.5-35.9 662 67.9 64.1-71.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,124 396 30.0 26.8-33.5 728 70.0 66.5-73.2
Non-Hispanic Black 510 200 31.5 26.6-36.9 310 68.5 63.1-73.4
Other 307 81 14.7 10.8-19.6 226 85.3 80.4-89.2
AGE
18-34 375 29 7.5 5.0-11.1 346 92.5 88.9-95.0
35-44 250 50 20.2 14.7-27.0 200 79.8 73.0-85.3
45-54 311 102 32.9 26.2-40.3 209 67.1 59.7-73.8
55-64 393 171 42.5 36.3-48.9 222 57.5 51.1-63.7
65-74 362 186 49.3 41.9-56.7 176 50.7 43.3-58.1
75+ 233 132 55.1 46.3-63.5 101 44.9 36.5-53.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 248 108 35.5 27.9-43.8 140 64.5 56.2-72.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 552 194 27.3 23.1-31.9 358 72.7 68.1-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 570 211 28.6 24.4-33.2 359 71.4 66.8-75.6
College Graduate 564 160 24.4 20.5-28.7 404 75.6 71.3-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 218 101 40.8 32.4-49.8 117 59.2 50.2-67.6
$15,000- 24,999 325 132 33.4 26.8-40.7 193 66.6 59.3-73.2
$25,000- 34,999 203 67 26.0 19.2-34.1 136 74.0 65.9-80.8
$35,000- 49,999 239 75 24.8 18.9-31.9 164 75.2 68.1-81.1
$50,000- 74,999 231 61 23.1 17.1-30.4 170 76.9 69.6-82.9
$75,000+ 367 99 23.2 18.5-28.8 268 76.8 71.2-81.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 672 421 54.0 48.6-59.3 251 46.0 40.7-51.4
No 1,210 244 16.9 14.4-19.8 966 83.1 80.2-85.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 357 114 28.2 23.1-33.9 243 71.8 66.1-76.9
Non-Veteran 1,582 563 28.8 26.0-31.8 1,019 71.2 68.2-74.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 131 35 23.1 16.0-32.1 96 76.9 67.9-84.0
Regional City or Suburban County 314 95 24.4 19.6-30.0 219 75.6 70.0-80.4
Rural 1,496 547 30.2 27.2-33.3 949 69.8 66.7-72.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 965 206 19.0 16.1-22.3 759 81.0 77.7-83.9
Unemployed 94 22 17.4 10.3-27.9 72 82.6 72.1-89.7
Retired 547 276 48.6 43.0-54.2 271 51.4 45.8-57.0
Unable to Work 213 155 71.5 62.9-78.7 58 28.5 21.3-37.1
Other not in Labor Force 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 173 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 328 141 33.3 27.1-40.2 187 66.7 59.8-72.9
151% to 200% 138 48 29.8 21.0-40.3 90 70.2 59.7-79.0
More than 200% 820 246 24.7 21.3-28.4 574 75.3 71.6-78.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 660 271 35.1 29.9-40.8 389 64.9 59.2-70.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 934 292 27.2 23.9-30.7 642 72.8 69.3-76.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 347 114 25.7 20.7-31.4 233 74.3 68.6-79.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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