2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 502 146 24.8 20.9-29.2 356 75.2 70.8-79.1
GENDER
Male 224 52 18.3 13.6-24.3 172 81.7 75.7-86.4
Female 278 94 30.9 25.2-37.3 184 69.1 62.7-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 97 25.8 20.9-31.3 223 74.2 68.7-79.1
Non-Hispanic Black 111 38 27.5 19.4-37.6 73 72.5 62.4-80.6
Other 60 *** *** *** 51 87.0 74.8-93.8
AGE
18-44 159 14 6.5 3.7-11.4 145 93.5 88.6-96.3
45-64 163 56 35.3 27.5-44.0 107 64.7 56.0-72.5
65+ 165 74 42.9 34.5-51.8 91 57.1 48.2-65.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 51 22.4 16.7-29.4 123 77.6 70.6-83.3
Some Post-H.S. 135 45 28.3 20.6-37.4 90 71.7 62.6-79.4
College Graduate 188 50 24.8 18.6-32.1 138 75.2 67.9-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 62 28.4 21.6-36.4 122 71.6 63.6-78.4
$50,000+ 187 44 19.7 14.3-26.6 143 80.3 73.4-85.7
Don't know/Not Sure 129 40 26.7 19.2-35.8 89 73.3 64.2-80.8

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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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