2019 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 4,255 1,311 27.0 25.5-28.5 2,944 73.0 71.5-74.5
GENDER
Male 1,988 508 22.4 20.4-24.6 1,480 77.6 75.4-79.6
Female 2,267 803 31.2 29.0-33.4 1,464 68.8 66.6-71.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,661 897 30.3 28.4-32.4 1,764 69.7 67.6-71.6
Non-Hispanic Black 852 281 26.5 23.3-29.9 571 73.5 70.1-76.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 110 49 40.0 30.1-50.7 61 60.0 49.3-69.9
Non-Hispanic Other 152 33 18.8 12.5-27.3 119 81.2 72.7-87.5
Hispanic 403 32 5.8 3.8- 8.7 371 94.2 91.3-96.2
AGE
18-34 924 57 6.8 5.1- 9.0 867 93.2 91.0-94.9
35-44 602 90 15.2 12.1-18.8 512 84.8 81.2-87.9
45-54 698 201 29.9 26.0-34.0 497 70.1 66.0-74.0
55-64 780 317 38.8 34.9-42.9 463 61.2 57.1-65.1
65-74 701 357 50.1 45.7-54.4 344 49.9 45.6-54.3
75+ 485 273 55.3 49.7-60.8 212 44.7 39.2-50.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 406 129 30.5 25.5-36.0 277 69.5 64.0-74.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 348 30.2 27.1-33.5 657 69.8 66.5-72.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,268 412 26.7 24.1-29.5 856 73.3 70.5-75.9
College Graduate 1,566 419 22.6 20.5-24.8 1,147 77.4 75.2-79.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,361 736 49.7 46.5-52.9 625 50.3 47.1-53.5
No 2,753 540 16.7 15.2-18.3 2,213 83.3 81.7-84.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 608 238 35.7 31.4-40.3 370 64.3 59.7-68.6
Non-Veteran 3,617 1,067 25.8 24.2-27.4 2,550 74.2 72.6-75.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,267 418 16.7 15.0-18.5 1,849 83.3 81.5-85.0
Unemployed 161 33 18.7 12.5-27.0 128 81.3 73.0-87.5
Retired 1,104 565 49.7 46.1-53.3 539 50.3 46.7-53.9
Unable to Work 380 251 64.8 58.7-70.4 129 35.2 29.6-41.3
Other not in Labor Force 276 35 10.6 7.3-15.2 241 89.4 84.8-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 360 163 41.1 35.5-47.0 197 58.9 53.0-64.5
$15,000- 24,999 536 188 31.6 27.1-36.4 348 68.4 63.6-72.9
$25,000- 34,999 355 108 24.1 19.6-29.3 247 75.9 70.7-80.4
$35,000- 49,999 477 154 29.2 24.6-34.1 323 70.8 65.9-75.4
$50,000-74,999 490 136 24.6 20.4-29.3 354 75.4 70.7-79.6
$75,000+ 1,135 264 20.6 18.1-23.3 871 79.4 76.7-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 902 298 28.1 24.7-31.7 604 71.9 68.3-75.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 121 43 32.0 23.6-41.8 78 68.0 58.2-76.4
50% to 100% 386 145 34.4 29.0-40.1 241 65.6 59.9-71.0
101% to 150% 427 143 29.3 24.6-34.5 284 70.7 65.5-75.4
151% to 200% 308 113 32.1 26.3-38.6 195 67.9 61.4-73.7
More than 200% 2,024 549 23.6 21.6-25.8 1,475 76.4 74.2-78.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 902 298 28.1 24.7-31.7 604 71.9 68.3-75.3
HOUSING
Own 2,691 939 31.1 29.2-33.2 1,752 68.9 66.8-70.8
Rent 1,225 290 18.7 16.4-21.2 935 81.3 78.8-83.6
Other arrangement 300 71 17.8 13.6-22.9 229 82.2 77.1-86.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,383 308 19.6 17.4-22.1 1,075 80.4 77.9-82.6
Regional City or Suburban County 1,163 358 26.3 23.6-29.3 805 73.7 70.7-76.4
Rural 1,709 645 34.2 31.6-36.9 1,064 65.8 63.1-68.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,014 376 32.2 29.0-35.7 638 67.8 64.3-71.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,405 477 31.8 29.0-34.8 928 68.2 65.2-71.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,836 458 20.9 19.0-23.0 1,378 79.1 77.0-81.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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