2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 716 253 27.4 23.7-31.4 463 72.6 68.6-76.3
GENDER
Male 313 87 21.5 16.9-27.0 226 78.5 73.0-83.1
Female 403 166 33.1 27.6-39.2 237 66.9 60.8-72.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 144 27.6 23.0-32.7 260 72.4 67.3-77.0
Non-Hispanic Black 137 57 35.0 25.8-45.4 80 65.0 54.6-74.2
Other 175 52 17.5 11.9-25.0 123 82.5 75.0-88.1
AGE
18-44 231 25 9.1 5.8-14.1 206 90.9 85.9-94.2
45-64 251 93 33.9 27.0-41.5 158 66.1 58.5-73.0
65+ 231 133 56.4 48.0-64.5 98 43.6 35.5-52.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 119 27.9 22.4-34.1 189 72.1 65.9-77.6
Some College + 407 133 27.0 22.2-32.4 274 73.0 67.6-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 131 28.0 22.9-33.8 241 72.0 66.2-77.1
$50,000+ 204 60 24.5 18.4-31.8 144 75.5 68.2-81.6

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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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