2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,478 1,308 28.0 26.2-29.8 3,170 72.0 70.2-73.8
Region 1 & 2 420 158 32.7 27.4-38.4 262 67.3 61.6-72.6
GENDER
Male 188 65 30.2 22.9-38.6 123 69.8 61.4-77.1
Female 232 93 35.0 27.8-43.0 139 65.0 57.0-72.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 358 143 36.3 30.4-42.6 215 63.7 57.4-69.6
Non-Hispanic Black 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 112 17 15.9 9.4-25.7 95 84.1 74.3-90.6
45-64 148 57 37.6 28.2-48.0 91 62.4 52.0-71.8
65+ 149 81 53.1 43.0-62.8 68 46.9 37.2-57.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 48 32.0 23.1-42.4 74 68.0 57.6-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 122 47 34.7 25.5-45.2 75 65.3 54.8-74.5
College Graduate 176 63 31.0 23.5-39.6 113 69.0 60.4-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 75 36.1 27.7-45.6 94 63.9 54.4-72.3
$50,000+ 176 54 28.4 21.2-37.0 122 71.6 63.0-78.8
Don't know/Not Sure 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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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