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%)
North Carolina 4,255 1,311 27.0 25.5-28.5 2,944 73.0 71.5-74.5
-FEMALES 2,267 803 31.2 29.0-33.4 1,464 68.8 66.6-71.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,391 528 34.3 31.5-37.3 863 65.7 62.7-68.5
Non-Hispanic Black 497 186 31.5 27.0-36.4 311 68.5 63.6-73.0
Other 345 79 15.5 11.6-20.3 266 84.5 79.7-88.4
AGE
18-34 449 32 7.7 5.3-11.2 417 92.3 88.8-94.7
35-44 329 58 19.3 14.6-25.1 271 80.7 74.9-85.4
45-54 371 122 32.5 27.3-38.2 249 67.5 61.8-72.7
55-64 443 198 42.8 37.4-48.4 245 57.2 51.6-62.6
65-74 372 216 56.4 50.4-62.3 156 43.6 37.7-49.6
75+ 271 166 59.1 51.6-66.2 105 40.9 33.8-48.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 197 73 37.7 30.0-46.1 124 62.3 53.9-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 492 212 37.0 32.3-42.1 280 63.0 57.9-67.7
Some Post-H.S. 715 267 30.6 26.9-34.5 448 69.4 65.5-73.1
College Graduate 860 249 24.4 21.4-27.6 611 75.6 72.4-78.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 110 49.0 41.2-56.8 96 51.0 43.2-58.8
$15,000- 24,999 301 120 37.1 30.7-43.9 181 62.9 56.1-69.3
$25,000- 34,999 184 71 30.1 23.2-38.0 113 69.9 62.0-76.8
$35,000- 49,999 239 91 34.9 28.1-42.4 148 65.1 57.6-71.9
$50,000- 74,999 265 83 26.8 21.2-33.2 182 73.2 66.8-78.8
$75,000+ 537 133 22.7 18.9-27.0 404 77.3 73.0-81.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 761 462 56.4 52.0-60.7 299 43.6 39.3-48.0
No 1,446 321 18.8 16.7-21.2 1,125 81.2 78.8-83.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,181 763 30.7 28.5-33.0 1,418 69.3 67.0-71.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 713 185 23.5 20.2-27.2 528 76.5 72.8-79.8
Regional City or Suburban County 605 213 29.3 25.3-33.7 392 70.7 66.3-74.7
Rural 949 405 39.3 35.6-43.1 544 60.7 56.9-64.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,087 227 19.1 16.6-21.9 860 80.9 78.1-83.4
Unemployed 87 23 23.0 14.9-33.9 64 77.0 66.1-85.1
Retired 604 348 55.9 51.1-60.7 256 44.1 39.3-48.9
Unable to Work 235 165 67.7 59.9-74.6 70 32.3 25.4-40.1
Other not in Labor Force 222 35 13.3 9.2-19.0 187 86.7 81.0-90.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 222 97 38.4 31.2-46.1 125 61.6 53.9-68.8
101% to 150% 230 92 37.8 30.7-45.6 138 62.2 54.4-69.3
151% to 200% 149 68 42.4 33.0-52.3 81 57.6 47.7-67.0
More than 200% 1,023 310 26.2 23.3-29.4 713 73.8 70.6-76.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 570 249 38.7 34.0-43.7 321 61.3 56.3-66.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 735 281 36.3 32.1-40.6 454 63.7 59.4-67.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 962 273 24.1 21.3-27.1 689 75.9 72.9-78.7

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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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