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
-MALES 2,186 550 20.7 18.7-22.8 1,636 79.3 77.2-81.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,440 388 22.7 20.2-25.4 1,052 77.3 74.6-79.8
Non-Hispanic Black 365 97 19.7 15.4-24.9 268 80.3 75.1-84.6
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 501 21 2.6 1.6- 4.1 480 97.4 95.9-98.4
35-44 297 33 11.5 7.6-16.9 264 88.5 83.1-92.4
45-54 387 87 24.3 19.1-30.5 300 75.7 69.5-80.9
55-64 404 156 36.3 30.7-42.4 248 63.7 57.6-69.3
65-74 368 154 40.2 33.9-46.9 214 59.8 53.1-66.1
75+ 211 97 46.5 37.8-55.4 114 53.5 44.6-62.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 234 70 23.3 17.4-30.5 164 76.7 69.5-82.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 611 157 20.0 16.6-23.8 454 80.0 76.2-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 542 158 24.9 20.8-29.4 384 75.1 70.6-79.2
College Graduate 794 164 15.4 12.9-18.3 630 84.6 81.7-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 193 63 32.4 24.4-41.5 130 67.6 58.5-75.6
$15,000- 24,999 308 97 25.8 20.3-32.2 211 74.2 67.8-79.7
$25,000- 34,999 196 47 15.6 10.8-21.9 149 84.4 78.1-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 267 71 20.5 15.5-26.5 196 79.5 73.5-84.5
$50,000- 74,999 312 74 20.2 15.2-26.2 238 79.8 73.8-84.8
$75,000+ 600 123 17.0 13.8-20.8 477 83.0 79.2-86.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 631 307 43.0 38.1-48.1 324 57.0 51.9-61.9
No 1,471 230 12.4 10.6-14.5 1,241 87.6 85.5-89.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 636 211 31.4 27.2-35.9 425 68.6 64.1-72.8
Non-Veteran 1,546 338 17.4 15.2-19.8 1,208 82.6 80.2-84.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 609 99 14.1 11.3-17.5 510 85.9 82.5-88.7
Regional City or Suburban County 443 104 20.4 16.4-25.0 339 79.6 75.0-83.6
Rural 1,134 347 26.9 23.7-30.4 787 73.1 69.6-76.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,347 195 11.8 9.9-13.8 1,152 88.2 86.2-90.1
Unemployed 80 12 13.0 6.3-25.1 68 87.0 74.9-93.7
Retired 512 227 43.9 38.5-49.6 285 56.1 50.4-61.5
Unable to Work 163 113 66.4 56.1-75.4 50 33.6 24.6-43.9
Other not in Labor Force 72 *** *** *** 69 96.0 81.1-99.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 45 30.2 21.6-40.5 93 69.8 59.5-78.4
101% to 150% 295 100 26.6 20.9-33.1 195 73.4 66.9-79.1
151% to 200% 142 39 20.2 13.5-29.1 103 79.8 70.9-86.5
More than 200% 1,142 267 18.8 16.3-21.6 875 81.2 78.4-83.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 438 136 28.9 23.4-35.1 302 71.1 64.9-76.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 775 204 24.4 20.9-28.3 571 75.6 71.7-79.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 973 210 16.3 13.8-19.1 763 83.7 80.9-86.2

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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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