2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 4,700 1,501 27.6 26.1-29.2 3,199 72.4 70.8-73.9
Region 3 398 126 28.7 23.9-34.1 272 71.3 65.9-76.1
GENDER
Male 192 55 23.2 17.1-30.7 137 76.8 69.3-82.9
Female 206 71 33.7 26.8-41.5 135 66.3 58.5-73.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 107 30.9 25.4-37.1 213 69.1 62.9-74.6
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 126 12 9.9 5.3-17.5 114 90.1 82.5-94.7
45-64 138 48 37.4 28.7-47.0 90 62.6 53.0-71.3
65+ 130 64 50.0 40.1-59.9 66 50.0 40.1-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 50 28.1 20.8-36.8 95 71.9 63.2-79.2
Some Post-H.S. 116 42 35.1 25.9-45.5 74 64.9 54.5-74.1
College Graduate 136 33 20.8 14.1-29.5 103 79.2 70.5-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 65 37.4 29.2-46.5 100 62.6 53.5-70.8
$50,000+ 149 34 18.9 12.9-26.9 115 81.1 73.1-87.1
Don't know/Not Sure 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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