2018 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 4,700 1,501 27.6 26.1-29.2 3,199 72.4 70.8-73.9
Region 4 711 184 25.8 22.2-29.8 527 74.2 70.2-77.8
GENDER
Male 331 81 24.4 19.5-30.0 250 75.6 70.0-80.5
Female 380 103 27.1 22.1-32.9 277 72.9 67.1-77.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 146 31.6 26.9-36.8 322 68.4 63.2-73.1
Non-Hispanic Black 132 28 19.6 12.9-28.7 104 80.4 71.3-87.1
Other 111 *** *** *** 101 91.2 83.3-95.6
AGE
18-44 284 25 9.1 6.1-13.6 259 90.9 86.4-93.9
45-64 232 70 33.1 26.5-40.4 162 66.9 59.6-73.5
65+ 180 89 57.7 48.5-66.4 91 42.3 33.6-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 245 74 30.4 24.1-37.6 171 69.6 62.4-75.9
Some Post-H.S. 217 56 25.1 19.1-32.2 161 74.9 67.8-80.9
College Graduate 244 53 19.6 14.7-25.6 191 80.4 74.4-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 75 27.2 21.5-33.9 196 72.8 66.1-78.5
$50,000+ 294 73 24.0 18.9-29.9 221 76.0 70.1-81.1
Don't know/Not Sure 137 36 28.7 19.8-39.7 101 71.3 60.3-80.2

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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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