2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 738 198 25.7 22.4-29.4 540 74.3 70.6-77.6
GENDER
Male 359 81 21.2 16.9-26.3 278 78.8 73.7-83.1
Female 379 117 29.9 25.0-35.3 262 70.1 64.7-75.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 140 29.6 25.2-34.5 328 70.4 65.5-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 131 41 27.3 19.8-36.2 90 72.7 63.8-80.2
Other 121 15 11.3 6.1-19.8 106 88.7 80.2-93.9
AGE
18-44 298 24 8.0 5.1-12.2 274 92.0 87.8-94.9
45-64 230 74 32.9 26.5-40.0 156 67.1 60.0-73.5
65+ 185 96 59.4 51.1-67.1 89 40.6 32.9-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 69 25.6 20.0-32.2 154 74.4 67.8-80.0
Some Post-H.S. 198 66 33.6 26.8-41.1 132 66.4 58.9-73.2
College Graduate 313 62 17.3 13.4-21.9 251 82.7 78.1-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 68 28.1 22.0-35.2 157 71.9 64.8-78.0
$50,000+ 355 84 22.5 18.0-27.7 271 77.5 72.3-82.0
Don't know/Not Sure 153 44 29.0 21.7-37.6 109 71.0 62.4-78.3

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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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