2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 426 150 28.3 23.9-33.2 276 71.7 66.8-76.1
GENDER
Male 181 45 20.3 14.7-27.4 136 79.7 72.6-85.3
Female 245 105 36.0 29.7-42.9 140 64.0 57.1-70.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 228 82 31.0 24.7-38.1 146 69.0 61.9-75.3
Non-Hispanic Black 126 50 26.9 19.6-35.8 76 73.1 64.2-80.4
Other 72 18 20.6 12.7-31.6 54 79.4 68.4-87.3
AGE
18-44 165 19 10.7 6.5-17.1 146 89.3 82.9-93.5
45-64 137 65 44.1 35.3-53.2 72 55.9 46.8-64.7
65+ 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 50 24.9 18.4-32.6 118 75.1 67.4-81.6
Some Post-H.S. 136 58 33.5 25.7-42.4 78 66.5 57.6-74.3
College Graduate 121 42 29.0 21.1-38.4 79 71.0 61.6-78.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 70 30.3 23.7-37.9 118 69.7 62.1-76.3
$50,000+ 141 52 30.0 22.3-39.1 89 70.0 60.9-77.7
Don't know/Not Sure 88 26 22.8 14.7-33.7 62 77.2 66.3-85.3

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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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