2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 741 263 31.2 27.4-35.4 478 68.8 64.6-72.6
GENDER
Male 312 101 29.5 24.1-35.7 211 70.5 64.3-75.9
Female 429 162 32.8 27.5-38.6 267 67.2 61.4-72.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 476 169 32.6 27.7-38.0 307 67.4 62.0-72.3
Non-Hispanic Black 210 85 33.6 26.2-41.9 125 66.4 58.1-73.8
Other 55 *** *** *** 46 90.2 79.5-95.6
AGE
18-44 213 29 14.1 9.4-20.4 184 85.9 79.6-90.6
45-64 262 100 39.0 32.1-46.3 162 61.0 53.7-67.9
65+ 256 131 52.5 44.8-60.0 125 47.5 40.0-55.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 112 33.6 27.5-40.3 185 66.4 59.7-72.5
Some College + 440 149 29.1 24.3-34.4 291 70.9 65.6-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 342 148 35.8 29.9-42.2 194 64.2 57.8-70.1
$50,000+ 252 65 22.8 17.4-29.3 187 77.2 70.7-82.6

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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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