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%)
North Carolina 4,478 1,308 28.0 26.2-29.8 3,170 72.0 70.2-73.8
MALES 2,111 535 24.1 21.7-26.6 1,576 75.9 73.4-78.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,321 372 27.5 24.5-30.7 949 72.5 69.3-75.5
Non-Hispanic Black 310 90 27.0 21.3-33.6 220 73.0 66.4-78.7
Other 424 62 10.8 6.7-17.1 362 89.2 82.9-93.3
AGE
18-34 542 24 3.7 2.3- 5.9 518 96.3 94.1-97.7
35-44 313 40 12.7 9.0-17.6 273 87.3 82.4-91.0
45-54 339 84 24.2 19.0-30.4 255 75.8 69.6-81.0
55-64 352 131 39.1 32.4-46.3 221 60.9 53.7-67.6
65-74 342 155 49.6 42.8-56.4 187 50.4 43.6-57.2
75+ 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 51 29.4 21.3-38.9 162 70.6 61.1-78.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 522 134 22.2 17.9-27.2 388 77.8 72.8-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 568 155 25.5 21.5-30.1 413 74.5 69.9-78.5
College Graduate 797 193 21.9 18.7-25.5 604 78.1 74.5-81.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 38 30.5 21.2-41.7 81 69.5 58.3-78.8
$15,000- 24,999 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 179 48 26.8 18.9-36.4 131 73.2 63.6-81.1
$35,000- 49,999 215 47 19.2 13.4-26.6 168 80.8 73.4-86.6
$50,000- 74,999 266 72 29.2 22.7-36.7 194 70.8 63.3-77.3
$75,000+ 742 164 19.3 16.1-22.9 578 80.7 77.1-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 613 277 43.5 38.3-48.9 336 56.5 51.1-61.7
No 1,414 240 15.9 13.7-18.5 1,174 84.1 81.5-86.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 493 186 38.2 32.8-44.0 307 61.8 56.0-67.2
Non-Veteran 1,596 343 20.3 17.8-23.1 1,253 79.7 76.9-82.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 744 134 17.2 14.2-20.7 610 82.8 79.3-85.8
Regional City or Suburban County 552 152 26.1 21.4-31.3 400 73.9 68.7-78.6
Rural 815 249 29.4 25.2-33.9 566 70.6 66.1-74.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,358 212 13.9 11.8-16.1 1,146 86.1 83.9-88.2
Unemployed 76 18 17.4 9.7-29.1 58 82.6 70.9-90.3
Retired 460 220 52.9 46.8-58.9 240 47.1 41.1-53.2
Unable to Work 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** 50 94.6 82.8-98.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 118 29 21.5 14.2-31.1 89 78.5 68.9-85.8
151% to 200% 148 47 27.0 19.0-36.8 101 73.0 63.2-81.0
More than 200% 1,171 280 22.5 19.6-25.6 891 77.5 74.4-80.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 508 149 30.0 24.3-36.4 359 70.0 63.6-75.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 662 184 24.5 20.8-28.6 478 75.5 71.4-79.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 941 202 21.0 17.7-24.7 739 79.0 75.3-82.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 688 175 25.7 21.6-30.4 513 74.3 69.6-78.4
2nd Quartile 577 123 18.8 15.4-22.8 454 81.2 77.2-84.6
3rd Quartile 534 139 25.5 20.9-30.7 395 74.5 69.3-79.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 312 98 33.5 25.7-42.2 214 66.5 57.8-74.3

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

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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