2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 401 137 32.7 26.3-39.8 264 67.3 60.2-73.7
GENDER
Male 183 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 218 85 35.6 27.8-44.2 133 64.4 55.8-72.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 199 77 34.9 27.0-43.8 122 65.1 56.2-73.0
Non-Hispanic Black 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 171 27 16.0 8.8-27.4 144 84.0 72.6-91.2
45-64 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 150 49 32.2 23.3-42.6 101 67.8 57.4-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 178 59 29.5 21.9-38.4 119 70.5 61.6-78.1
Don't know/Not Sure 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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