2023 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 4,066 1,303 27.2 25.4-29.1 2,763 72.8 70.9-74.6
Region 1 & 2 443 146 26.9 21.9-32.6 297 73.1 67.4-78.1
GENDER
Male 189 50 20.7 14.6-28.5 139 79.3 71.5-85.4
Female 254 96 32.8 25.3-41.3 158 67.2 58.7-74.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 364 126 30.0 24.3-36.5 238 70.0 63.5-75.7
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 13 7.7 3.4-16.9 47 92.3 83.1-96.6
AGE
18-44 108 *** *** *** 99 90.5 81.9-95.3
45-64 144 50 25.9 18.2-35.5 94 74.1 64.5-81.8
65+ 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 44 29.2 20.4-40.0 78 70.8 60.0-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 139 46 22.2 15.3-31.2 93 77.8 68.8-84.7
College Graduate 181 55 29.6 21.8-38.8 126 70.4 61.2-78.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 54 26.4 18.4-36.4 98 73.6 63.6-81.6
$50,000+ 184 49 23.5 16.7-32.0 135 76.5 68.0-83.3
Don't know/Not Sure 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 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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