2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 368 116 31.5 26.0-37.7 252 68.5 62.3-74.0
GENDER
Male 176 52 29.4 21.9-38.2 124 70.6 61.8-78.1
Female 192 64 33.5 25.7-42.3 128 66.5 57.7-74.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 275 96 35.8 29.2-43.0 179 64.2 57.0-70.8
Non-Hispanic Black 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 119 15 18.4 10.9-29.2 104 81.6 70.8-89.1
45-64 122 38 32.1 23.1-42.7 84 67.9 57.3-76.9
65+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 45 39.0 29.2-49.8 79 61.0 50.2-70.8
Some Post-H.S. 114 31 25.4 17.0-36.1 83 74.6 63.9-83.0
College Graduate 129 40 28.1 20.0-37.9 89 71.9 62.1-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 55 38.6 29.6-48.4 99 61.4 51.6-70.4
$50,000+ 125 25 16.8 10.7-25.5 100 83.2 74.5-89.3
Don't know/Not Sure 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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