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%)
TOTAL 4,883 1,490 24.3 22.9-25.9 3,393 75.7 74.1-77.1
GENDER
Male 2,186 550 20.7 18.7-22.8 1,636 79.3 77.2-81.3
Female 2,697 940 27.7 25.6-29.9 1,757 72.3 70.1-74.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,186 1,032 27.1 25.2-29.0 2,154 72.9 71.0-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 945 302 23.5 20.3-27.0 643 76.5 73.0-79.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 152 55 26.4 17.8-37.1 97 73.6 62.9-82.2
Non-Hispanic Other 185 55 21.9 15.7-29.7 130 78.1 70.3-84.3
Hispanic 354 30 6.5 4.2- 9.8 324 93.5 90.2-95.8
AGE
18-34 996 56 4.5 3.4- 6.0 940 95.5 94.0-96.6
35-44 653 101 15.3 12.0-19.3 552 84.7 80.7-88.0
45-54 816 221 26.8 22.9-31.0 595 73.2 69.0-77.1
55-64 931 362 35.7 31.9-39.8 569 64.3 60.2-68.1
65-74 853 415 45.9 41.4-50.4 438 54.1 49.6-58.6
75+ 582 322 54.2 48.6-59.7 260 45.8 40.3-51.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 507 205 32.9 27.8-38.4 302 67.1 61.6-72.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,250 416 25.5 22.7-28.4 834 74.5 71.6-77.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,340 451 25.9 23.3-28.8 889 74.1 71.2-76.7
College Graduate 1,772 413 16.7 14.9-18.7 1,359 83.3 81.3-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 487 213 38.5 32.9-44.5 274 61.5 55.5-67.1
$15,000- 24,999 736 288 31.6 27.4-36.1 448 68.4 63.9-72.6
$25,000- 34,999 477 149 23.3 19.1-28.2 328 76.7 71.8-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 556 170 24.4 20.3-29.2 386 75.6 70.8-79.7
$50,000-74,999 629 152 19.6 16.2-23.6 477 80.4 76.4-83.8
$75,000+ 1,140 243 17.2 14.7-20.0 897 82.8 80.0-85.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 860 276 24.4 20.9-28.1 584 75.6 71.9-79.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,505 861 50.6 47.1-54.0 644 49.4 46.0-52.9
No 3,211 598 14.5 13.1-16.0 2,613 85.5 84.0-86.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 716 234 30.3 26.3-34.5 482 69.7 65.5-73.7
Non-Veteran 4,165 1,256 23.5 22.0-25.2 2,909 76.5 74.8-78.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,302 279 17.7 15.5-20.1 1,023 82.3 79.9-84.5
Regional City or Suburban County 982 284 24.9 21.8-28.4 698 75.1 71.6-78.2
Rural 2,601 928 30.1 27.8-32.5 1,673 69.9 67.5-72.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,540 422 13.5 12.1-15.2 2,118 86.5 84.8-87.9
Unemployed 189 44 19.2 13.2-27.0 145 80.8 73.0-86.8
Retired 1,318 644 46.8 43.2-50.5 674 53.2 49.5-56.8
Unable to Work 464 332 68.8 62.8-74.2 132 31.2 25.8-37.2
Other not in Labor Force 342 43 7.7 5.1-11.4 299 92.3 88.6-94.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 142 46 28.1 19.4-38.7 96 71.9 61.3-80.6
50% to 100% 368 141 32.8 26.8-39.5 227 67.2 60.5-73.2
101% to 150% 697 294 35.2 30.8-40.0 403 64.8 60.0-69.2
151% to 200% 330 112 27.2 21.6-33.6 218 72.8 66.4-78.4
More than 200% 2,276 587 20.0 18.1-22.0 1,689 80.0 78.0-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 860 276 24.4 20.9-28.1 584 75.6 71.9-79.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,068 408 34.4 30.3-38.8 660 65.6 61.2-69.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,795 550 26.5 24.1-29.1 1,245 73.5 70.9-75.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,022 533 20.3 18.4-22.5 1,489 79.7 77.5-81.6

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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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