2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 684 176 27.3 23.0-32.2 508 72.7 67.8-77.0
GENDER
Male 319 70 22.4 17.2-28.5 249 77.6 71.5-82.8
Female 365 106 31.8 25.2-39.3 259 68.2 60.7-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 421 119 30.8 25.0-37.4 302 69.2 62.6-75.0
Non-Hispanic Black 133 44 29.8 21.3-40.0 89 70.2 60.0-78.7
Other 116 *** *** *** 107 95.2 89.1-98.0
AGE
18-44 282 26 9.5 5.7-15.5 256 90.5 84.5-94.3
45-64 231 67 31.2 24.4-39.0 164 68.8 61.0-75.6
65+ 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 47 34.1 24.8-44.8 132 65.9 55.2-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 175 48 24.5 18.0-32.4 127 75.5 67.6-82.0
College Graduate 325 79 22.8 17.8-28.7 246 77.2 71.3-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 72 38.6 29.4-48.7 135 61.4 51.3-70.6
$50,000+ 317 57 17.9 13.4-23.4 260 82.1 76.6-86.6
Don't know/Not Sure 153 46 28.0 20.0-37.6 107 72.0 62.4-80.0

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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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