2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 682 165 21.9 18.6-25.6 517 78.1 74.4-81.4
GENDER
Male 327 64 18.0 13.9-23.0 263 82.0 77.0-86.1
Female 355 101 25.4 20.4-31.0 254 74.6 69.0-79.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 456 120 24.7 20.5-29.5 336 75.3 70.5-79.5
Non-Hispanic Black 111 25 17.8 11.3-26.7 86 82.2 73.3-88.7
Other 115 20 15.5 9.5-24.3 95 84.5 75.7-90.5
AGE
18-44 283 17 6.6 3.8-11.3 266 93.4 88.7-96.2
45-64 226 66 29.1 22.8-36.4 160 70.9 63.6-77.2
65+ 158 79 49.5 40.2-58.9 79 50.5 41.1-59.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 74 29.1 22.8-36.3 141 70.9 63.7-77.2
Some College + 466 91 17.4 13.9-21.5 375 82.6 78.5-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 91 28.5 22.9-34.9 183 71.5 65.1-77.1
$50,000+ 289 46 15.0 11.0-20.2 243 85.0 79.8-89.0

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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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