2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 557 160 23.3 19.7-27.4 397 76.7 72.6-80.3
GENDER
Male 239 59 19.4 14.6-25.2 180 80.6 74.8-85.4
Female 318 101 26.8 21.7-32.7 217 73.2 67.3-78.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 106 25.8 21.0-31.2 236 74.2 68.8-79.0
Non-Hispanic Black 145 41 22.3 15.8-30.5 104 77.7 69.5-84.2
Other 70 13 12.8 7.1-22.1 57 87.2 77.9-92.9
AGE
18-44 209 12 5.3 2.9- 9.4 197 94.7 90.6-97.1
45-64 182 60 29.8 23.1-37.5 122 70.2 62.5-76.9
65+ 155 *** *** *** 71 50.2 40.0-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 66 29.8 23.0-37.7 117 70.2 62.3-77.0
Some Post-H.S. 149 45 21.6 15.6-29.1 104 78.4 70.9-84.4
College Graduate 223 48 16.8 12.3-22.6 175 83.2 77.4-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 80 29.6 23.3-36.7 149 70.4 63.3-76.7
$50,000+ 223 43 16.3 11.6-22.5 180 83.7 77.5-88.4
Don't know/Not Sure 102 36 25.2 17.4-35.0 66 74.8 65.0-82.6

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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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