2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 797 303 29.5 25.7-33.5 494 70.5 66.5-74.3
GENDER
Male 333 100 23.8 18.9-29.5 233 76.2 70.5-81.1
Female 464 203 35.1 29.7-40.9 261 64.9 59.1-70.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 456 180 33.4 28.4-38.7 276 66.6 61.3-71.6
Non-Hispanic Black 148 57 26.3 18.4-36.1 91 73.7 63.9-81.6
Other 185 63 16.5 11.0-24.0 122 83.5 76.0-89.0
AGE
18-44 226 22 8.6 5.4-13.6 204 91.4 86.4-94.6
45-64 242 92 39.6 32.2-47.6 150 60.4 52.4-67.8
65+ 308 183 57.4 49.8-64.6 125 42.6 35.4-50.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 300 112 29.8 23.8-36.6 188 70.2 63.4-76.2
Some Post-H.S. 217 91 29.1 22.6-36.5 126 70.9 63.5-77.4
College Graduate 277 100 29.9 24.0-36.6 177 70.1 63.4-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 141 34.0 27.9-40.8 186 66.0 59.2-72.1
$50,000+ 286 88 23.8 18.5-30.0 198 76.2 70.0-81.5
Don't know/Not Sure 182 74 32.4 24.2-41.8 108 67.6 58.2-75.8

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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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