2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 830 225 22.3 19.4-25.5 605 77.7 74.5-80.6
GENDER
Male 412 97 19.6 15.9-24.0 315 80.4 76.0-84.1
Female 418 128 24.7 20.5-29.5 290 75.3 70.5-79.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 537 165 25.0 21.4-29.1 372 75.0 70.9-78.6
Non-Hispanic Black 155 37 17.6 12.3-24.5 118 82.4 75.5-87.7
Other 138 23 17.7 10.8-27.7 115 82.3 72.3-89.2
AGE
18-44 285 19 6.9 4.3-11.0 266 93.1 89.0-95.7
45-64 318 98 31.4 26.0-37.5 220 68.6 62.5-74.0
65+ 210 107 46.3 38.7-54.0 103 53.7 46.0-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 81 25.5 20.4-31.3 188 74.5 68.7-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 243 72 23.3 18.1-29.5 171 76.7 70.5-81.9
College Graduate 318 72 17.1 13.3-21.7 246 82.9 78.3-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 310 102 26.0 21.2-31.4 208 74.0 68.6-78.8
$50,000+ 332 68 18.9 14.6-24.1 264 81.1 75.9-85.4
Don't know/Not Sure 175 54 23.8 17.7-31.1 121 76.2 68.9-82.3

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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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