2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,304 625 24.0 22.1-26.0 1,679 76.0 74.0-77.9
GENDER
Male 1,074 248 20.3 17.8-23.2 826 79.7 76.8-82.2
Female 1,230 377 27.4 24.6-30.3 853 72.6 69.7-75.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,455 443 27.1 24.6-29.7 1,012 72.9 70.3-75.4
Non-Hispanic Black 477 134 22.9 19.1-27.1 343 77.1 72.9-80.9
Other 372 48 11.2 7.8-15.9 324 88.8 84.1-92.2
AGE
18-34 521 27 5.8 3.8- 8.7 494 94.2 91.3-96.2
35-44 344 36 10.6 7.6-14.8 308 89.4 85.2-92.4
45-54 384 91 25.2 20.4-30.8 293 74.8 69.2-79.6
55-64 434 158 35.7 30.7-41.1 276 64.3 58.9-69.3
65-74 335 168 49.4 43.4-55.4 167 50.6 44.6-56.6
75+ 246 133 56.2 48.4-63.8 113 43.8 36.2-51.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 56 26.8 20.4-34.3 157 73.2 65.7-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 485 156 28.6 24.3-33.3 329 71.4 66.7-75.7
Some Post-H.S. 637 183 24.0 20.6-27.8 454 76.0 72.2-79.4
College Graduate 964 229 19.4 17.0-22.1 735 80.6 77.9-83.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 653 322 45.5 41.0-50.1 331 54.5 49.9-59.0
No 1,572 283 15.7 13.8-17.8 1,289 84.3 82.2-86.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 271 100 33.7 27.6-40.4 171 66.3 59.6-72.4
Non-Veteran 2,013 522 23.0 21.0-25.2 1,491 77.0 74.8-79.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,296 214 15.2 13.1-17.5 1,082 84.8 82.5-86.9
Unemployed 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 554 277 50.1 45.2-55.0 277 49.9 45.0-54.8
Unable to Work 168 101 59.2 50.4-67.5 67 40.8 32.5-49.6
Other not in Labor Force 161 15 8.3 4.6-14.6 146 91.7 85.4-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 75 38.9 30.9-47.4 92 61.1 52.6-69.1
$15,000- 24,999 258 78 27.6 21.8-34.2 180 72.4 65.8-78.2
$25,000- 34,999 197 47 18.3 13.4-24.5 150 81.7 75.5-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 233 73 26.9 21.1-33.6 160 73.1 66.4-78.9
$50,000- 74,999 265 62 22.2 16.8-28.8 203 77.8 71.2-83.2
$75,000+ 702 141 18.4 15.4-21.7 561 81.6 78.3-84.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 189 66 30.1 23.4-37.8 123 69.9 62.2-76.6
101% to 150% 224 66 25.9 20.0-33.0 158 74.1 67.0-80.0
151% to 200% 133 39 24.6 17.5-33.4 94 75.4 66.6-82.5
More than 200% 1,173 274 20.9 18.4-23.6 899 79.1 76.4-81.6
HOUSING
Own 1,428 449 28.4 25.9-31.2 979 71.6 68.8-74.1
Rent 697 135 14.7 12.2-17.6 562 85.3 82.4-87.8
Other arrangement 156 34 17.3 12.0-24.3 122 82.7 75.7-88.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,278 280 19.5 17.1-22.0 998 80.5 78.0-82.9
Regional City or Suburban County 569 176 27.7 23.7-32.1 393 72.3 67.9-76.3
Rural 457 169 32.3 27.6-37.3 288 67.7 62.7-72.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 133 53 36.4 27.9-46.0 80 63.6 54.0-72.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 834 262 29.5 25.9-33.4 572 70.5 66.6-74.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,337 310 19.4 17.3-21.7 1,027 80.6 78.3-82.7

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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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