2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4,478 1,308 28.0 26.2-29.8 3,170 72.0 70.2-73.8
Medicaid Region 4 1,089 262 25.4 22.3-28.8 827 74.6 71.2-77.7
GENDER
Male 518 107 20.8 16.8-25.6 411 79.2 74.4-83.2
Female 571 155 29.6 25.2-34.6 416 70.4 65.4-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 641 182 30.4 26.1-35.1 459 69.6 64.9-73.9
Non-Hispanic Black 216 57 25.6 19.4-33.1 159 74.4 66.9-80.6
Other 207 17 5.7 3.1-10.4 190 94.3 89.6-96.9
AGE
18-44 495 42 9.7 6.8-13.7 453 90.3 86.3-93.2
45-64 363 108 31.1 25.4-37.3 255 68.9 62.7-74.6
65+ 210 108 55.7 47.3-63.8 102 44.3 36.2-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 70 29.8 23.4-37.1 213 70.2 62.9-76.6
Some Post-H.S. 258 67 23.8 18.4-30.1 191 76.2 69.9-81.6
College Graduate 542 123 22.8 18.8-27.2 419 77.2 72.8-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 295 86 32.0 25.4-39.3 209 68.0 60.7-74.6
$50,000+ 555 112 20.9 17.1-25.4 443 79.1 74.6-82.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 231 62 26.5 20.1-34.0 169 73.5 66.0-79.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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