2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 423 132 27.5 22.7-33.0 291 72.5 67.0-77.3
GENDER
Male 203 58 26.3 19.4-34.7 145 73.7 65.3-80.6
Female 220 74 28.7 22.1-36.3 146 71.3 63.7-77.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 74 27.1 21.2-34.1 171 72.9 65.9-78.8
Non-Hispanic Black 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 177 16 8.5 5.0-14.1 161 91.5 85.9-95.0
45-64 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 62 37.1 28.1-47.1 89 62.9 52.9-71.9
Some Post-H.S. 133 43 26.3 18.8-35.5 90 73.7 64.5-81.2
College Graduate 139 27 13.8 9.1-20.2 112 86.2 79.8-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 81 33.7 26.7-41.4 130 66.3 58.6-73.3
$50,000+ 134 21 11.9 7.2-19.1 113 88.1 80.9-92.8
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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