2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 749 187 24.8 21.0-28.9 562 75.2 71.1-79.0
GENDER
Male 360 76 22.5 17.2-28.9 284 77.5 71.1-82.8
Female 389 111 26.8 21.7-32.7 278 73.2 67.3-78.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 458 133 28.3 23.3-33.9 325 71.7 66.1-76.7
Non-Hispanic Black 146 37 26.2 18.5-35.5 109 73.8 64.5-81.5
Other 130 16 11.9 5.7-23.3 114 88.1 76.7-94.3
AGE
18-44 319 17 5.7 3.3- 9.6 302 94.3 90.4-96.7
45-64 248 77 33.3 26.0-41.5 171 66.7 58.5-74.0
65+ 160 90 62.1 52.3-70.9 70 37.9 29.1-47.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 50 26.5 19.4-35.0 159 73.5 65.0-80.6
Some Post-H.S. 212 65 27.1 20.5-34.9 147 72.9 65.1-79.5
College Graduate 324 71 20.6 15.9-26.3 253 79.4 73.7-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 66 28.0 21.2-36.0 160 72.0 64.0-78.8
$50,000+ 330 73 21.6 16.7-27.4 257 78.4 72.6-83.3
Don't know/Not Sure 173 44 27.0 18.8-37.2 129 73.0 62.8-81.2

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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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