2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 478 177 33.0 28.3-38.0 301 67.0 62.0-71.7
GENDER
Male 217 73 32.3 25.8-39.6 144 67.7 60.4-74.2
Female 261 104 33.6 27.0-40.9 157 66.4 59.1-73.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 369 147 37.0 31.7-42.6 222 63.0 57.4-68.3
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 23 11.9 7.7-18.1 133 88.1 81.9-92.3
45-64 173 69 41.5 33.5-50.0 104 58.5 50.0-66.5
65+ 141 81 55.7 45.8-65.1 60 44.3 34.9-54.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 63 36.9 29.1-45.4 94 63.1 54.6-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 151 64 32.5 24.8-41.3 87 67.5 58.7-75.2
College Graduate 170 50 26.6 19.6-34.9 120 73.4 65.1-80.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 79 40.5 31.9-49.8 87 59.5 50.2-68.1
$50,000+ 200 52 22.3 16.6-29.3 148 77.7 70.7-83.4
Don't know/Not Sure 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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