2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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 4,255 1,311 27.0 25.5-28.5 2,944 73.0 71.5-74.5
-Eastern NC 1,396 500 30.5 27.8-33.4 896 69.5 66.6-72.2
GENDER
Male 631 179 24.0 20.6-27.9 452 76.0 72.1-79.4
Female 765 321 36.6 32.6-40.8 444 63.4 59.2-67.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 827 305 32.4 28.9-36.2 522 67.6 63.8-71.1
Non-Hispanic Black 342 135 31.7 26.2-37.6 207 68.3 62.4-73.8
Other 227 60 18.4 13.7-24.2 167 81.6 75.8-86.3
AGE
18-34 291 19 6.9 4.2-11.2 272 93.1 88.8-95.8
35-44 194 40 20.5 14.7-28.0 154 79.5 72.0-85.3
45-54 220 85 40.7 33.5-48.3 135 59.3 51.7-66.5
55-64 256 121 47.6 40.4-54.8 135 52.4 45.2-59.6
65-74 256 134 49.2 42.3-56.1 122 50.8 43.9-57.7
75+ 163 99 55.7 45.4-65.4 64 44.3 34.6-54.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 136 50 33.4 24.8-43.2 86 66.6 56.8-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 398 148 30.7 25.8-36.1 250 69.3 63.9-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 464 179 30.9 26.5-35.7 285 69.1 64.3-73.5
College Graduate 393 121 28.0 23.3-33.1 272 72.0 66.9-76.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 516 311 55.2 49.8-60.5 205 44.8 39.5-50.2
No 830 178 17.1 14.6-20.0 652 82.9 80.0-85.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 254 101 35.7 29.2-42.8 153 64.3 57.2-70.8
Non-Veteran 1,133 397 29.4 26.5-32.6 736 70.6 67.4-73.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 692 158 19.8 16.7-23.3 534 80.2 76.7-83.3
Unemployed 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 377 198 49.0 43.0-55.1 179 51.0 44.9-57.0
Unable to Work 164 115 68.7 59.3-76.7 49 31.3 23.3-40.7
Other not in Labor Force 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 61 40.0 30.8-49.9 78 60.0 50.1-69.2
$15,000- 24,999 193 77 33.8 26.5-42.0 116 66.2 58.0-73.5
$25,000- 34,999 117 43 29.6 20.9-40.0 74 70.4 60.0-79.1
$35,000- 49,999 178 67 33.5 26.3-41.5 111 66.5 58.5-73.7
$50,000- 74,999 155 50 28.4 21.2-37.0 105 71.6 63.0-78.8
$75,000+ 311 95 26.8 21.7-32.6 216 73.2 67.4-78.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 58 37.8 28.4-48.1 84 62.2 51.9-71.6
101% to 150% 143 55 32.7 24.7-41.8 88 67.3 58.2-75.3
151% to 200% 122 50 35.3 26.2-45.6 72 64.7 54.4-73.8
More than 200% 610 210 30.1 26.2-34.3 400 69.9 65.7-73.8
HOUSING
Own 869 349 35.7 32.1-39.5 520 64.3 60.5-67.9
Rent 413 122 23.4 19.3-28.1 291 76.6 71.9-80.7
Other arrangement 99 26 15.8 9.5-25.1 73 84.2 74.9-90.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 28 19.3 12.6-28.4 77 80.7 71.6-87.4
Regional City or Suburban County 437 142 25.6 21.3-30.3 295 74.4 69.7-78.7
Rural 854 330 34.7 31.0-38.6 524 65.3 61.4-69.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 779 290 32.1 28.3-36.1 489 67.9 63.9-71.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 333 121 30.8 25.7-36.5 212 69.2 63.5-74.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 284 89 26.4 20.9-32.6 195 73.6 67.4-79.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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