2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 619 175 26.9 23.1-31.2 444 73.1 68.8-76.9
GENDER
Male 281 63 21.4 16.2-27.9 218 78.6 72.1-83.8
Female 338 112 31.9 26.4-37.9 226 68.1 62.1-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 117 30.4 25.2-36.2 260 69.6 63.8-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 145 42 26.1 19.2-34.5 103 73.9 65.5-80.8
Other 97 16 10.7 5.9-18.7 81 89.3 81.3-94.1
AGE
18-44 252 19 8.4 5.2-13.2 233 91.6 86.8-94.8
45-64 193 61 32.7 25.1-41.3 132 67.3 58.7-74.9
65+ 165 90 57.1 48.0-65.7 75 42.9 34.3-52.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 53 30.1 22.7-38.7 126 69.9 61.3-77.3
Some Post-H.S. 157 48 27.4 20.3-35.8 109 72.6 64.2-79.7
College Graduate 280 73 23.0 18.3-28.5 207 77.0 71.5-81.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 70 29.5 23.3-36.6 140 70.5 63.4-76.7
$50,000+ 267 62 22.8 17.3-29.3 205 77.2 70.7-82.7
Don't know/Not Sure 134 40 31.8 22.4-42.9 94 68.2 57.1-77.6

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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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