2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 700 261 35.4 31.0-40.1 439 64.6 59.9-69.0
GENDER
Male 308 102 33.6 27.3-40.5 206 66.4 59.5-72.7
Female 392 159 37.1 31.1-43.6 233 62.9 56.4-68.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 433 172 38.9 33.1-44.9 261 61.1 55.1-66.9
Non-Hispanic Black 206 79 34.9 27.2-43.5 127 65.1 56.5-72.8
Other 61 *** *** *** 51 92.3 84.6-96.3
AGE
18-44 197 27 17.1 11.5-24.6 170 82.9 75.4-88.5
45-64 260 100 39.6 32.1-47.5 160 60.4 52.5-67.9
65+ 232 129 62.5 54.6-69.8 103 37.5 30.2-45.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 285 114 38.5 31.5-45.9 171 61.5 54.1-68.5
Some Post-H.S. 202 84 38.5 30.5-47.1 118 61.5 52.9-69.5
College Graduate 212 63 24.2 18.4-31.0 149 75.8 69.0-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 346 140 37.5 31.2-44.2 206 62.5 55.8-68.8
$50,000+ 225 78 32.9 25.7-41.0 147 67.1 59.0-74.3
Don't know/Not Sure 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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