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
-Non-Hispanic White 2,661 897 30.3 28.4-32.4 1,764 69.7 67.6-71.6
GENDER
Male 1,270 369 26.0 23.4-28.9 901 74.0 71.1-76.6
Female 1,391 528 34.3 31.5-37.3 863 65.7 62.7-68.5
AGE
18-34 486 38 8.4 6.0-11.8 448 91.6 88.2-94.0
35-44 319 64 20.5 15.9-26.0 255 79.5 74.0-84.1
45-54 415 113 29.9 24.9-35.3 302 70.1 64.7-75.1
55-64 521 195 35.9 31.3-40.8 326 64.1 59.2-68.7
65-74 520 259 49.8 44.8-54.8 261 50.2 45.2-55.2
75+ 372 219 57.7 51.4-63.8 153 42.3 36.2-48.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 61 42.0 32.9-51.7 70 58.0 48.3-67.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 570 228 35.7 31.4-40.2 342 64.3 59.8-68.6
Some Post-H.S. 823 289 29.5 26.1-33.0 534 70.5 67.0-73.9
College Graduate 1,131 316 23.7 21.2-26.5 815 76.3 73.5-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 84 52.0 43.0-60.8 70 48.0 39.2-57.0
$15,000- 24,999 253 119 43.5 36.5-50.8 134 56.5 49.2-63.5
$25,000- 34,999 209 70 28.8 22.5-36.0 139 71.2 64.0-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 308 115 35.2 29.2-41.7 193 64.8 58.3-70.8
$50,000- 74,999 353 108 26.4 21.5-32.1 245 73.6 67.9-78.5
$75,000+ 861 198 20.2 17.5-23.3 663 79.8 76.7-82.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 840 473 52.7 48.6-56.7 367 47.3 43.3-51.4
No 1,751 400 19.9 17.9-22.1 1,351 80.1 77.9-82.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 429 175 37.7 32.5-43.3 254 62.3 56.7-67.5
Non-Veteran 2,221 718 29.1 27.0-31.3 1,503 70.9 68.7-73.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 760 198 23.8 20.4-27.5 562 76.2 72.5-79.6
Regional City or Suburban County 775 247 28.4 24.9-32.1 528 71.6 67.9-75.1
Rural 1,126 452 36.4 33.2-39.8 674 63.6 60.2-66.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,387 284 18.7 16.5-21.1 1,103 81.3 78.9-83.5
Unemployed 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 818 424 50.7 46.6-54.8 394 49.3 45.2-53.4
Unable to Work 200 139 70.7 62.7-77.6 61 29.3 22.4-37.3
Other not in Labor Force 153 23 13.8 8.8-20.9 130 86.2 79.1-91.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 160 73 43.5 34.8-52.6 87 56.5 47.4-65.2
101% to 150% 215 88 38.9 31.7-46.6 127 61.1 53.4-68.3
151% to 200% 188 82 40.0 31.9-48.6 106 60.0 51.4-68.1
More than 200% 1,501 416 24.0 21.7-26.4 1,085 76.0 73.6-78.3
HOUSING
Own 1,937 706 33.0 30.7-35.5 1,231 67.0 64.5-69.3
Rent 550 139 20.9 17.3-25.0 411 79.1 75.0-82.7
Other arrangement 158 44 22.8 16.4-30.6 114 77.2 69.4-83.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 516 196 33.7 29.2-38.5 320 66.3 61.5-70.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 971 369 36.5 33.0-40.3 602 63.5 59.7-67.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,174 332 23.8 21.3-26.5 842 76.2 73.5-78.7

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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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