2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 4,913 1,520 27.3 25.8-28.9 3,393 72.7 71.1-74.2
Medicaid Region 5 1,184 446 31.6 28.5-34.9 738 68.4 65.1-71.5
GENDER
Male 525 171 28.1 23.8-32.8 354 71.9 67.2-76.2
Female 659 275 34.9 30.5-39.6 384 65.1 60.4-69.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 657 237 31.9 27.9-36.2 420 68.1 63.8-72.1
Non-Hispanic Black 270 123 39.8 32.9-47.2 147 60.2 52.8-67.1
Other 242 82 20.2 14.3-27.6 160 79.8 72.4-85.7
AGE
18-44 374 41 11.3 8.1-15.7 333 88.7 84.3-91.9
45-64 358 147 42.1 36.0-48.4 211 57.9 51.6-64.0
65+ 424 252 58.9 52.9-64.6 172 41.1 35.4-47.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 435 174 34.0 28.8-39.7 261 66.0 60.3-71.2
Some Post-H.S. 343 134 29.8 24.5-35.6 209 70.2 64.4-75.5
College Graduate 402 138 30.4 25.6-35.7 264 69.6 64.3-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 467 200 35.4 30.3-40.8 267 64.6 59.2-69.7
$50,000+ 443 134 25.6 21.1-30.7 309 74.4 69.3-78.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 271 111 36.0 29.0-43.6 160 64.0 56.4-71.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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