2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 732 182 25.2 21.6-29.3 550 74.8 70.7-78.4
GENDER
Male 353 72 20.5 15.7-26.3 281 79.5 73.7-84.3
Female 379 110 29.7 24.5-35.5 269 70.3 64.5-75.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 421 122 30.2 25.1-35.8 299 69.8 64.2-74.9
Non-Hispanic Black 157 44 26.8 19.4-35.9 113 73.2 64.1-80.6
Other 136 13 7.0 3.6-13.2 123 93.0 86.8-96.4
AGE
18-44 322 26 9.1 6.0-13.7 296 90.9 86.3-94.0
45-64 249 81 33.2 26.3-40.9 168 66.8 59.1-73.7
65+ 146 73 53.7 43.7-63.5 73 46.3 36.5-56.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 56 28.4 21.4-36.6 153 71.6 63.4-78.6
Some Post-H.S. 173 51 26.2 19.6-34.0 122 73.8 66.0-80.4
College Graduate 347 74 21.6 16.9-27.0 273 78.4 73.0-83.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 61 30.3 23.0-38.9 139 69.7 61.1-77.0
$50,000+ 358 77 22.0 17.3-27.5 281 78.0 72.5-82.7
Don't know/Not Sure 169 42 25.3 18.1-34.2 127 74.7 65.8-81.9

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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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