2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,913 1,520 27.3 25.8-28.9 3,393 72.7 71.1-74.2
GENDER
Male 2,292 585 23.4 21.3-25.5 1,707 76.6 74.5-78.7
Female 2,621 935 31.0 28.8-33.2 1,686 69.0 66.8-71.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,110 1,025 30.8 28.8-32.8 2,085 69.2 67.2-71.2
Non-Hispanic Black 906 318 28.3 25.0-31.9 588 71.7 68.1-75.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 110 11 8.9 4.0-18.9 99 91.1 81.1-96.0
Hispanic 473 41 5.1 3.6- 7.3 432 94.9 92.7-96.4
AGE
18-34 1,024 53 4.4 3.2- 5.9 971 95.6 94.1-96.8
35-44 738 109 15.8 12.9-19.3 629 84.2 80.7-87.1
45-54 773 208 25.7 22.2-29.5 565 74.3 70.5-77.8
55-64 824 351 45.0 40.7-49.4 473 55.0 50.6-59.3
65-74 883 467 55.0 50.6-59.3 416 45.0 40.7-49.4
75+ 552 309 52.1 46.6-57.5 243 47.9 42.5-53.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 452 150 31.7 26.4-37.5 302 68.3 62.5-73.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 372 27.8 24.8-31.0 773 72.2 69.0-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,307 467 29.7 26.9-32.7 840 70.3 67.3-73.1
College Graduate 1,985 526 22.3 20.4-24.4 1,459 77.7 75.6-79.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,507 813 49.6 46.3-52.8 694 50.4 47.2-53.7
No 3,301 676 17.7 16.2-19.3 2,625 82.3 80.7-83.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 643 221 32.6 28.4-37.1 422 67.4 62.9-71.6
Non-Veteran 4,245 1,294 26.5 24.9-28.2 2,951 73.5 71.8-75.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,651 500 16.6 15.1-18.3 2,151 83.4 81.7-84.9
Unemployed 248 73 22.2 17.1-28.3 175 77.8 71.7-82.9
Retired 1,302 683 52.9 49.3-56.4 619 47.1 43.6-50.7
Unable to Work 342 217 64.7 58.2-70.7 125 35.3 29.3-41.8
Other not in Labor Force 311 36 10.7 6.7-16.6 275 89.3 83.4-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 285 122 35.3 28.4-43.0 163 64.7 57.0-71.6
$15,000- 24,999 453 184 34.0 28.7-39.6 269 66.0 60.4-71.3
$25,000- 34,999 505 175 32.4 27.5-37.7 330 67.6 62.3-72.5
$35,000- 49,999 521 157 26.7 22.4-31.5 364 73.3 68.5-77.6
$50,000-74,999 609 171 24.4 20.6-28.7 438 75.6 71.3-79.4
$75,000-100,000 495 140 24.9 20.7-29.8 355 75.1 70.2-79.3
$100,000-150,000 532 130 23.3 19.4-27.8 402 76.7 72.2-80.6
$150,000+ 429 79 15.1 11.7-19.2 350 84.9 80.8-88.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 362 30.0 26.6-33.6 722 70.0 66.4-73.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 111 31 19.6 12.8-28.9 80 80.4 71.1-87.2
50% to 100% 390 153 34.8 28.8-41.3 237 65.2 58.7-71.2
101% to 150% 404 135 27.9 22.9-33.5 269 72.1 66.5-77.1
151% to 200% 407 145 33.1 27.8-38.9 262 66.9 61.1-72.2
More than 200% 2,470 686 24.4 22.4-26.4 1,784 75.6 73.6-77.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 362 30.0 26.6-33.6 722 70.0 66.4-73.4
HOUSING
Own 3,184 1,123 31.8 29.8-33.9 2,061 68.2 66.1-70.2
Rent 1,330 308 18.7 16.5-21.2 1,022 81.3 78.8-83.5
Other arrangement 338 75 15.3 11.5-20.0 263 84.7 80.0-88.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,515 373 21.6 19.3-24.1 1,142 78.4 75.9-80.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,313 409 29.4 26.5-32.4 904 70.6 67.6-73.5
Rural 2,085 738 30.9 28.4-33.6 1,347 69.1 66.4-71.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,340 504 34.1 30.6-37.7 836 65.9 62.3-69.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,950 634 27.7 25.5-30.2 1,316 72.3 69.8-74.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,623 382 22.9 20.6-25.4 1,241 77.1 74.6-79.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,499 411 25.9 23.3-28.8 1,088 74.1 71.2-76.7
2nd Quartile 1,293 371 25.7 23.0-28.6 922 74.3 71.4-77.0
3rd Quartile 1,392 445 29.4 26.5-32.4 947 70.6 67.6-73.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 729 293 31.5 27.2-36.2 436 68.5 63.8-72.8

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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.

1Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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