2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,002 479 21.1 19.2-23.3 1,523 78.9 76.7-80.8
GENDER
Male 906 178 18.1 15.4-21.0 728 81.9 79.0-84.6
Female 1,096 301 24.0 21.1-27.0 795 76.0 73.0-78.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,296 338 23.6 21.1-26.4 958 76.4 73.6-78.9
Non-Hispanic Black 402 94 18.6 14.7-23.3 308 81.4 76.7-85.3
Other 304 47 12.9 9.3-17.8 257 87.1 82.2-90.7
AGE
18-34 485 19 3.0 1.9- 4.9 466 97.0 95.1-98.1
35-44 306 33 12.3 8.3-17.9 273 87.7 82.1-91.7
45-54 352 75 23.6 18.6-29.5 277 76.4 70.5-81.4
55-64 363 115 31.4 26.1-37.3 248 68.6 62.7-73.9
65-74 283 130 42.8 36.2-49.7 153 57.2 50.3-63.8
75+ 185 101 53.7 44.9-62.2 84 46.3 37.8-55.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 50 29.9 22.4-38.7 112 70.1 61.3-77.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 456 134 23.5 19.6-27.9 322 76.5 72.1-80.4
Some Post-H.S. 502 140 23.5 19.7-27.7 362 76.5 72.3-80.3
College Graduate 876 154 13.5 11.4-16.0 722 86.5 84.0-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 171 67 36.3 28.4-45.1 104 63.7 54.9-71.6
$15,000- 24,999 251 95 30.2 24.2-37.0 156 69.8 63.0-75.8
$25,000- 34,999 167 41 19.7 13.9-27.1 126 80.3 72.9-86.1
$35,000- 49,999 217 52 22.6 16.7-29.8 165 77.4 70.2-83.3
$50,000- 74,999 273 56 17.0 12.6-22.5 217 83.0 77.5-87.4
$75,000+ 583 97 15.3 12.2-18.9 486 84.7 81.1-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 490 236 46.5 41.2-51.9 254 53.5 48.1-58.8
No 1,431 232 13.4 11.6-15.4 1,199 86.6 84.6-88.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 72 31.2 24.8-38.5 149 68.8 61.5-75.2
Non-Veteran 1,780 406 20.0 18.0-22.2 1,374 80.0 77.8-82.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,171 244 17.5 15.2-20.1 927 82.5 79.9-84.8
Regional City or Suburban County 446 123 25.2 20.8-30.1 323 74.8 69.9-79.2
Rural 385 112 26.9 22.1-32.4 273 73.1 67.6-77.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,157 142 10.8 8.9-12.9 1,015 89.2 87.1-91.1
Unemployed 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 442 209 45.2 39.7-50.8 233 54.8 49.2-60.3
Unable to Work 144 92 64.1 54.6-72.7 52 35.9 27.3-45.4
Other not in Labor Force 178 15 7.2 3.9-12.7 163 92.8 87.3-96.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 124 39 29.1 20.9-39.0 85 70.9 61.0-79.1
101% to 150% 220 90 35.4 28.3-43.2 130 64.6 56.8-71.7
151% to 200% 119 36 26.5 18.7-36.2 83 73.5 63.8-81.3
More than 200% 1,029 205 17.2 14.8-19.9 824 82.8 80.1-85.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 598 157 23.9 20.2-28.1 441 76.1 71.9-79.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,308 288 19.0 16.7-21.5 1,020 81.0 78.5-83.3

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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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