2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 664 167 24.4 20.6-28.6 497 75.6 71.4-79.4
GENDER
Male 318 63 19.2 14.7-24.8 255 80.8 75.2-85.3
Female 346 104 29.2 23.4-35.7 242 70.8 64.3-76.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 118 30.9 25.6-36.9 291 69.1 63.1-74.4
Non-Hispanic Black 140 29 14.0 9.4-20.2 111 86.0 79.8-90.6
Other 102 16 9.0 5.2-15.1 86 91.0 84.9-94.8
AGE
18-44 265 17 5.3 3.1- 8.8 248 94.7 91.2-96.9
45-64 213 65 33.7 25.8-42.7 148 66.3 57.3-74.2
65+ 169 82 50.7 41.4-59.9 87 49.3 40.1-58.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 47 29.5 21.7-38.7 132 70.5 61.3-78.3
Some Post-H.S. 160 45 24.1 17.9-31.7 115 75.9 68.3-82.1
College Graduate 323 73 19.2 15.2-24.0 250 80.8 76.0-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 73 28.9 22.8-35.9 162 71.1 64.1-77.2
$50,000+ 288 61 18.7 14.2-24.2 227 81.3 75.8-85.8
Don't know/Not Sure 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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