2023 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 4,066 1,303 27.2 25.4-29.1 2,763 72.8 70.9-74.6
Region 4 581 170 25.4 21.2-30.1 411 74.6 69.9-78.8
GENDER
Male 270 60 21.0 15.1-28.3 210 79.0 71.7-84.9
Female 311 110 29.5 23.8-35.9 201 70.5 64.1-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 119 31.3 25.4-37.9 227 68.7 62.1-74.6
Non-Hispanic Black 122 36 23.1 15.3-33.4 86 76.9 66.6-84.7
Other 102 13 9.5 4.3-19.9 89 90.5 80.1-95.7
AGE
18-44 225 21 9.2 5.6-15.0 204 90.8 85.0-94.4
45-64 187 63 35.9 27.3-45.6 124 64.1 54.4-72.7
65+ 157 *** *** *** 75 52.2 42.0-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 45 24.8 17.5-33.9 123 75.2 66.1-82.5
Some Post-H.S. 156 54 25.6 18.6-34.1 102 74.4 65.9-81.4
College Graduate 252 69 25.9 19.5-33.5 183 74.1 66.5-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 53 29.2 20.9-39.2 121 70.8 60.8-79.1
$50,000+ 264 66 20.1 15.1-26.4 198 79.9 73.6-84.9
Don't know/Not Sure 135 47 30.6 21.9-40.8 88 69.4 59.2-78.1

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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 2023 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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