2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,913 1,520 27.3 25.8-28.9 3,393 72.7 71.1-74.2
Region 1 & 2 496 167 30.8 25.5-36.8 329 69.2 63.2-74.5
GENDER
Male 232 57 27.6 20.0-36.6 175 72.4 63.4-80.0
Female 264 110 33.9 26.6-42.1 154 66.1 57.9-73.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 391 143 33.4 27.2-40.2 248 66.6 59.8-72.8
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 13 11.2 5.3-22.1 62 88.8 77.9-94.7
AGE
18-44 142 12 10.4 5.6-18.4 130 89.6 81.6-94.4
45-64 175 60 39.1 29.5-49.6 115 60.9 50.4-70.5
65+ 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 56 32.5 23.1-43.6 120 67.5 56.4-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 132 57 35.5 26.4-45.7 75 64.5 54.3-73.6
College Graduate 186 54 22.1 16.7-28.7 132 77.9 71.3-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 66 31.8 22.4-42.9 130 68.2 57.1-77.6
$50,000+ 184 54 25.0 18.8-32.5 130 75.0 67.5-81.2
Don't know/Not Sure 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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