2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 704 172 24.9 21.3-28.8 532 75.1 71.2-78.7
GENDER
Male 349 74 22.9 18.0-28.6 275 77.1 71.4-82.0
Female 355 98 26.7 21.8-32.4 257 73.3 67.6-78.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 107 26.2 21.6-31.4 299 73.8 68.6-78.4
Non-Hispanic Black 149 53 35.1 26.9-44.2 96 64.9 55.8-73.1
Other 134 *** *** *** 124 93.8 87.9-96.9
AGE
18-44 310 25 7.7 5.1-11.5 285 92.3 88.5-94.9
45-64 241 75 34.8 28.1-42.2 166 65.2 57.8-71.9
65+ 138 70 52.1 42.3-61.7 68 47.9 38.3-57.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 44 26.5 19.7-34.6 146 73.5 65.4-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 146 38 24.1 17.4-32.3 108 75.9 67.7-82.6
College Graduate 362 88 24.0 19.5-29.1 274 76.0 70.9-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 65 31.8 24.9-39.6 148 68.2 60.4-75.1
$50,000+ 350 73 21.3 16.8-26.8 277 78.7 73.2-83.2
Don't know/Not Sure 138 34 23.5 16.3-32.7 104 76.5 67.3-83.7

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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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