2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 809 292 30.8 26.5-35.4 517 69.2 64.6-73.5
GENDER
Male 357 98 22.1 16.7-28.7 259 77.9 71.3-83.3
Female 452 194 38.7 32.5-45.2 258 61.3 54.8-67.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 709 275 32.8 28.2-37.7 434 67.2 62.3-71.8
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** 60 93.7 85.7-97.3
AGE
18-44 201 24 13.0 7.7-21.2 177 87.0 78.8-92.3
45-64 278 103 34.8 27.2-43.2 175 65.2 56.8-72.8
65+ 321 164 52.7 45.2-60.1 157 47.3 39.9-54.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 286 115 34.3 27.1-42.3 171 65.7 57.7-72.9
Some College + 520 176 27.6 22.8-33.0 344 72.4 67.0-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 382 162 36.9 30.2-44.2 220 63.1 55.8-69.8
$50,000+ 271 70 18.8 13.7-25.3 201 81.2 74.7-86.3

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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.

^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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