2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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,
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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,478 1,308 28.0 26.2-29.8 3,170 72.0 70.2-73.8
GENDER
Male 2,111 535 24.1 21.7-26.6 1,576 75.9 73.4-78.3
Female 2,367 773 31.6 29.0-34.2 1,594 68.4 65.8-71.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,779 910 32.2 29.9-34.6 1,869 67.8 65.4-70.1
Non-Hispanic Black 795 246 29.7 25.8-33.8 549 70.3 66.2-74.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 102 *** *** *** 96 95.2 89.1-98.0
Hispanic 458 37 8.6 5.0-14.5 421 91.4 85.5-95.0
AGE
18-34 1,020 59 5.2 3.7- 7.1 961 94.8 92.9-96.3
35-44 674 97 16.6 12.8-21.3 577 83.4 78.7-87.2
45-54 718 184 26.2 22.2-30.6 534 73.8 69.4-77.8
55-64 788 328 42.3 37.7-47.0 460 57.7 53.0-62.3
65-74 739 370 54.2 49.4-58.9 369 45.8 41.1-50.6
75+ 442 248 61.2 54.5-67.4 194 38.8 32.6-45.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 364 99 35.5 28.1-43.6 265 64.5 56.4-71.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,000 319 29.1 25.6-32.8 681 70.9 67.2-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,278 403 27.7 24.8-30.8 875 72.3 69.2-75.2
College Graduate 1,819 482 24.2 21.9-26.6 1,337 75.8 73.4-78.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,380 687 48.4 44.7-52.1 693 51.6 47.9-55.3
No 2,947 581 18.2 16.5-20.0 2,366 81.8 80.0-83.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 578 216 37.2 32.3-42.4 362 62.8 57.6-67.7
Non-Veteran 3,867 1,084 26.8 24.9-28.8 2,783 73.2 71.2-75.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,542 441 15.6 14.0-17.3 2,101 84.4 82.7-86.0
Unemployed 171 45 22.0 15.6-30.2 126 78.0 69.8-84.4
Retired 1,098 566 55.2 51.2-59.1 532 44.8 40.9-48.8
Unable to Work 319 205 66.7 58.9-73.7 114 33.3 26.3-41.1
Other not in Labor Force 276 38 11.8 8.1-16.8 238 88.2 83.2-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 273 102 35.4 27.2-44.5 171 64.6 55.5-72.8
$15,000- 24,999 379 154 42.1 35.1-49.5 225 57.9 50.5-64.9
$25,000- 34,999 440 140 27.9 22.8-33.6 300 72.1 66.4-77.2
$35,000- 49,999 464 141 28.2 23.2-33.9 323 71.8 66.1-76.8
$50,000-74,999 546 147 27.6 23.1-32.6 399 72.4 67.4-76.9
$75,000-100,000 472 122 22.1 17.9-26.9 350 77.9 73.1-82.1
$100,000-150,000 448 114 24.8 20.1-30.2 334 75.2 69.8-79.9
$150,000+ 466 91 18.0 14.3-22.4 375 82.0 77.6-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 990 297 28.8 24.9-33.0 693 71.2 67.0-75.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 372 136 37.2 30.3-44.8 236 62.8 55.2-69.7
101% to 150% 288 91 30.2 23.5-38.0 197 69.8 62.0-76.5
151% to 200% 348 123 32.0 26.1-38.6 225 68.0 61.4-73.9
More than 200% 2,292 616 25.1 22.9-27.3 1,676 74.9 72.7-77.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 990 297 28.8 24.9-33.0 693 71.2 67.0-75.1
HOUSING
Own 2,881 955 32.7 30.4-35.1 1,926 67.3 64.9-69.6
Rent 1,228 265 18.4 15.7-21.5 963 81.6 78.5-84.3
Other arrangement 313 73 15.3 11.3-20.3 240 84.7 79.7-88.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,516 336 21.5 19.1-24.2 1,180 78.5 75.8-80.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,177 356 28.5 25.1-32.2 821 71.5 67.8-74.9
Rural 1,785 616 33.9 30.8-37.2 1,169 66.1 62.8-69.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,121 388 35.8 31.5-40.4 733 64.2 59.6-68.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,397 433 27.9 25.0-31.1 964 72.1 68.9-75.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,960 487 24.3 21.9-26.8 1,473 75.7 73.2-78.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,403 397 28.1 25.1-31.2 1,006 71.9 68.8-74.9
2nd Quartile 1,244 326 23.6 20.8-26.7 918 76.4 73.3-79.2
3rd Quartile 1,118 336 30.0 26.3-34.0 782 70.0 66.0-73.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 713 249 36.4 30.9-42.3 464 63.6 57.7-69.1

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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.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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