2017 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 945 302 23.5 20.3-27.0 643 76.5 73.0-79.7
GENDER
Male 365 97 19.7 15.4-24.9 268 80.3 75.1-84.6
Female 580 205 26.6 22.3-31.5 375 73.4 68.5-77.7
AGE
18-34 198 15 5.9 3.3-10.1 183 94.1 89.9-96.7
35-44 136 23 16.5 10.1-25.7 113 83.5 74.3-89.9
45-54 159 45 25.1 17.5-34.7 114 74.9 65.3-82.5
55-64 203 87 38.3 30.1-47.2 116 61.7 52.8-69.9
65-74 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 299 94 21.1 16.2-27.0 205 78.9 73.0-83.8
Some Post-H.S. 254 85 21.9 16.6-28.3 169 78.1 71.7-83.4
College Graduate 267 59 15.2 10.9-20.6 208 84.8 79.4-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 202 86 34.2 26.5-42.9 116 65.8 57.1-73.5
$25,000- 34,999 92 20 11.0 6.2-18.8 72 89.0 81.2-93.8
$35,000- 49,999 118 28 17.7 11.3-26.5 90 82.3 73.5-88.7
$50,000- 74,999 94 17 10.9 6.0-19.1 77 89.1 80.9-94.0
$75,000+ 116 23 14.1 8.1-23.4 93 85.9 76.6-91.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 320 182 48.9 41.3-56.5 138 51.1 43.5-58.7
No 589 114 13.1 10.4-16.4 475 86.9 83.6-89.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 122 44 35.0 25.9-45.4 78 65.0 54.6-74.1
Non-Veteran 823 258 22.1 18.8-25.8 565 77.9 74.2-81.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 308 76 19.8 15.1-25.4 232 80.2 74.6-84.9
Regional City or Suburban County 181 53 22.2 16.0-30.0 128 77.8 70.0-84.0
Rural 456 173 29.2 24.0-35.0 283 70.8 65.0-76.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 483 75 10.8 8.1-14.1 408 89.2 85.9-91.9
Unemployed 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 227 117 45.0 36.5-53.7 110 55.0 46.3-63.5
Unable to Work 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 185 81 34.5 26.3-43.6 104 65.5 56.4-73.7
151% to 200% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 330 69 13.7 10.1-18.3 261 86.3 81.7-89.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 264 105 31.1 23.9-39.3 159 68.9 60.7-76.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 349 110 24.9 19.9-30.6 239 75.1 69.4-80.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 332 87 20.0 15.4-25.4 245 80.0 74.6-84.6

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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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