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 White 3,185 1,032 27.1 25.2-29.0 2,153 72.9 71.0-74.8
GENDER
Male 1,440 388 22.7 20.2-25.4 1,052 77.3 74.6-79.8
Female 1,745 644 31.1 28.4-33.9 1,101 68.9 66.1-71.6
AGE
18-34 558 31 4.5 3.0- 6.6 527 95.5 93.4-97.0
35-44 356 59 16.1 11.7-21.8 297 83.9 78.2-88.3
45-54 525 145 27.7 22.9-33.0 380 72.3 67.0-77.1
55-64 628 231 34.4 29.9-39.2 397 65.6 60.8-70.1
65-74 628 305 48.0 42.9-53.2 323 52.0 46.8-57.1
75+ 463 257 55.8 49.6-61.8 206 44.2 38.2-50.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 116 46.4 37.8-55.1 89 53.6 44.9-62.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 750 274 29.3 25.6-33.3 476 70.7 66.7-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 913 318 27.6 24.3-31.1 595 72.4 68.9-75.7
College Graduate 1,314 321 17.9 15.7-20.3 993 82.1 79.7-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 248 124 45.9 37.8-54.2 124 54.1 45.8-62.2
$15,000- 24,999 372 167 37.0 30.9-43.4 205 63.0 56.6-69.1
$25,000- 34,999 303 115 32.2 25.9-39.2 188 67.8 60.8-74.1
$35,000- 49,999 365 125 27.7 22.3-33.9 240 72.3 66.1-77.7
$50,000- 74,999 477 121 21.1 17.0-25.8 356 78.9 74.2-83.0
$75,000+ 919 200 17.8 15.0-20.9 719 82.2 79.1-85.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 974 584 55.1 50.8-59.3 390 44.9 40.7-49.2
No 2,121 426 16.2 14.4-18.2 1,695 83.8 81.8-85.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 169 30.8 26.1-35.9 331 69.2 64.1-73.9
Non-Veteran 2,683 862 26.5 24.4-28.6 1,821 73.5 71.4-75.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 737 168 19.2 16.2-22.6 569 80.8 77.4-83.8
Regional City or Suburban County 671 207 27.1 23.2-31.4 464 72.9 68.6-76.8
Rural 1,778 657 32.6 29.8-35.5 1,121 67.4 64.5-70.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,613 288 15.2 13.2-17.4 1,325 84.8 82.6-86.8
Unemployed 98 29 22.1 13.9-33.1 69 77.9 66.9-86.1
Retired 998 487 48.2 44.1-52.3 511 51.8 47.7-55.9
Unable to Work 262 193 72.3 64.4-79.1 69 27.7 20.9-35.6
Other not in Labor Force 207 34 10.0 6.5-15.1 173 90.0 84.9-93.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 156 76 43.4 33.6-53.7 80 56.6 46.3-66.4
101% to 150% 381 176 39.1 32.8-45.6 205 60.9 54.4-67.2
151% to 200% 231 85 32.4 25.2-40.4 146 67.6 59.6-74.8
More than 200% 1,725 469 21.6 19.4-24.0 1,256 78.4 76.0-80.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 613 241 38.6 33.1-44.4 372 61.4 55.6-66.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,207 395 29.1 26.0-32.3 812 70.9 67.7-74.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,366 396 22.8 20.3-25.6 970 77.2 74.4-79.7

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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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