2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,700 1,501 27.6 26.1-29.2 3,199 72.4 70.8-73.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 768 297 35.5 31.0-40.3 471 64.5 59.7-69.0
Region 3 398 126 28.7 23.9-34.1 272 71.3 65.9-76.1
Region 4 711 184 25.8 22.2-29.8 527 74.2 70.2-77.8
Region 5 557 160 23.3 19.7-27.4 397 76.7 72.6-80.3
Region 6 423 132 27.5 22.7-33.0 291 72.5 67.0-77.3
Region 7 619 151 22.3 18.9-26.2 468 77.7 73.8-81.1
Region 8 530 190 31.3 26.7-36.3 340 68.7 63.7-73.3
Region 9 & 10 700 261 35.4 31.0-40.1 439 64.6 59.9-69.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,690 591 31.3 28.6-34.2 1,099 68.7 65.8-71.4
Piedmont 2,125 572 24.1 22.1-26.3 1,553 75.9 73.7-77.9
Western NC 891 338 35.3 31.2-39.6 553 64.7 60.4-68.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 680 260 34.0 29.4-39.0 420 66.0 61.0-70.6
Northwest 645 209 29.3 25.3-33.7 436 70.7 66.3-74.7
Charlotte 562 142 25.4 21.5-29.8 420 74.6 70.2-78.5
Greensboro 449 139 25.2 21.1-29.9 310 74.8 70.1-78.9
Southern Regional 528 173 29.6 25.0-34.7 355 70.4 65.3-75.0
Southeast 268 99 29.7 24.0-36.1 169 70.3 63.9-76.0
Wake 679 159 20.4 17.3-24.0 520 79.6 76.0-82.7
Area L & Eastern 895 320 33.0 29.2-37.1 575 67.0 62.9-70.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 768 297 35.5 31.0-40.3 471 64.5 59.7-69.0
Region 2 658 205 27.0 23.4-30.9 453 73.0 69.1-76.6
Region 3 721 188 25.9 22.4-29.8 533 74.1 70.2-77.6
Region 4 882 221 22.0 19.1-25.2 661 78.0 74.8-80.9
Region 5 814 279 29.4 25.8-33.3 535 70.6 66.7-74.2
Region 6 863 311 33.0 29.1-37.1 552 67.0 62.9-70.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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