2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 496 167 30.8 25.5-36.8 329 69.2 63.2-74.5
Region 3 478 177 33.0 28.3-38.0 301 67.0 62.0-71.7
Region 4 738 198 25.7 22.4-29.4 540 74.3 70.6-77.6
Region 5 664 167 24.4 20.6-28.6 497 75.6 71.4-79.4
Region 6 534 190 31.0 26.8-35.7 344 69.0 64.3-73.2
Region 7 704 172 24.9 21.3-28.8 532 75.1 71.2-78.7
Region 8 797 303 29.5 25.7-33.5 494 70.5 66.5-74.3
Region 9 & 10 502 146 24.8 20.9-29.2 356 75.2 70.8-79.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,847 639 28.1 25.7-30.6 1,208 71.9 69.4-74.3
Piedmont 2,448 660 25.5 23.5-27.6 1,788 74.5 72.4-76.5
Western NC 618 221 32.5 27.8-37.6 397 67.5 62.4-72.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 409 132 29.4 23.4-36.1 277 70.6 63.9-76.6
Northwest 722 273 33.9 30.0-38.1 449 66.1 61.9-70.0
Charlotte 595 144 23.3 19.7-27.3 451 76.7 72.7-80.3
Greensboro 513 142 26.1 21.8-30.9 371 73.9 69.1-78.2
Southern Regional 785 304 31.5 27.6-35.6 481 68.5 64.4-72.4
Southeast 370 132 30.9 25.8-36.5 238 69.1 63.5-74.2
Wake 818 182 22.9 19.6-26.4 636 77.1 73.6-80.4
Area L & Eastern 701 211 25.4 21.9-29.4 490 74.6 70.6-78.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 521 176 31.0 25.8-36.7 345 69.0 63.3-74.2
Region 2 742 251 30.1 26.4-34.1 491 69.9 65.9-73.6
Region 3 752 205 25.6 22.3-29.2 547 74.4 70.8-77.7
Region 4 1,049 241 23.3 20.4-26.4 808 76.7 73.6-79.6
Region 5 1,184 446 31.6 28.5-34.9 738 68.4 65.1-71.5
Region 6 665 201 24.8 21.3-28.8 464 75.2 71.2-78.7

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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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