2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 427 146 33.1 28.0-38.5 281 66.9 61.5-72.0
GENDER
Male 219 67 30.3 23.6-37.9 152 69.7 62.1-76.4
Female 208 79 35.6 28.2-43.8 129 64.4 56.2-71.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 132 35.9 30.2-41.9 218 64.1 58.1-69.8
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** 45 94.5 86.7-97.8
AGE
18-44 133 17 13.4 8.2-21.2 116 86.6 78.8-91.8
45-64 143 55 36.3 27.5-46.0 88 63.7 54.0-72.5
65+ 145 73 55.6 45.8-65.0 72 44.4 35.0-54.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 52 41.2 31.6-51.4 83 58.8 48.6-68.4
Some Post-H.S. 124 41 29.2 21.0-39.1 83 70.8 60.9-79.0
College Graduate 168 53 27.2 20.6-34.9 115 72.8 65.1-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 68 39.1 30.9-48.1 114 60.9 51.9-69.1
$50,000+ 152 45 25.5 18.8-33.6 107 74.5 66.4-81.2
Don't know/Not Sure 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

^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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