2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 729 237 30.8 26.4-35.6 492 69.2 64.4-73.6
GENDER
Male 345 105 30.1 23.8-37.2 240 69.9 62.8-76.2
Female 384 132 31.6 25.5-38.4 252 68.4 61.6-74.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 389 144 35.1 29.3-41.4 245 64.9 58.6-70.7
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 214 58 19.0 12.8-27.2 156 81.0 72.8-87.2
AGE
18-44 252 33 11.7 7.7-17.4 219 88.3 82.6-92.3
45-64 254 99 40.9 32.6-49.8 155 59.1 50.2-67.4
65+ 215 105 56.3 46.8-65.3 110 43.7 34.7-53.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 285 95 33.2 26.0-41.2 190 66.8 58.8-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 233 80 29.9 22.8-38.2 153 70.1 61.8-77.2
College Graduate 211 62 27.3 20.4-35.4 149 72.7 64.6-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 292 110 38.7 30.9-47.1 182 61.3 52.9-69.1
$50,000+ 266 78 27.2 20.7-34.9 188 72.8 65.1-79.3
Don't know/Not Sure 164 48 24.4 16.8-34.0 116 75.6 66.0-83.2

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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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