2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 688 162 22.4 19.1-26.0 526 77.6 74.0-80.9
GENDER
Male 311 54 16.1 12.1-21.1 257 83.9 78.9-87.9
Female 377 108 28.1 23.4-33.5 269 71.9 66.5-76.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 399 102 24.2 19.9-29.0 297 75.8 71.0-80.1
Non-Hispanic Black 168 51 27.9 20.9-36.1 117 72.1 63.9-79.1
Other 121 *** *** *** 112 95.9 91.9-98.0
AGE
18-44 277 21 7.0 4.3-11.2 256 93.0 88.8-95.7
45-64 257 72 31.1 24.9-38.1 185 68.9 61.9-75.1
65+ 143 66 45.6 37.0-54.4 77 54.4 45.6-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 54 24.8 18.7-32.1 139 75.2 67.9-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 195 46 22.0 16.4-29.0 149 78.0 71.0-83.6
College Graduate 299 62 20.2 15.9-25.3 237 79.8 74.7-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 66 29.0 22.6-36.3 157 71.0 63.7-77.4
$50,000+ 306 57 18.3 14.1-23.4 249 81.7 76.6-85.9
Don't know/Not Sure 142 36 21.1 14.6-29.5 106 78.9 70.5-85.4

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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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