2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 534 190 31.0 26.8-35.7 344 69.0 64.3-73.2
GENDER
Male 260 85 28.5 22.7-35.0 175 71.5 65.0-77.3
Female 274 105 33.5 27.4-40.2 169 66.5 59.8-72.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 93 28.3 22.8-34.6 198 71.7 65.4-77.2
Non-Hispanic Black 148 71 42.6 33.8-51.9 77 57.4 48.1-66.2
Other 86 24 21.2 12.9-32.8 62 78.8 67.2-87.1
AGE
18-44 206 25 13.6 9.0-20.2 181 86.4 79.8-91.0
45-64 160 68 41.1 32.7-50.0 92 58.9 50.0-67.3
65+ 159 97 62.6 53.8-70.6 62 37.4 29.4-46.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 80 34.3 27.3-42.1 118 65.7 57.9-72.7
Some Post-H.S. 168 61 30.1 23.0-38.3 107 69.9 61.7-77.0
College Graduate 166 49 26.6 20.1-34.4 117 73.4 65.6-79.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 80 33.7 26.9-41.2 120 66.3 58.8-73.1
$50,000+ 215 64 27.6 21.3-35.0 151 72.4 65.0-78.7
Don't know/Not Sure 117 45 32.7 23.7-43.2 72 67.3 56.8-76.3

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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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