2023 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 4,066 1,303 27.2 25.4-29.1 2,763 72.8 70.9-74.6
Region 8 696 261 31.3 26.0-37.0 435 68.7 63.0-74.0
GENDER
Male 289 85 28.2 21.0-36.8 204 71.8 63.2-79.0
Female 407 176 34.3 27.2-42.2 231 65.7 57.8-72.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 112 35.9 29.2-43.2 179 64.1 56.8-70.8
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 313 110 13.9 7.8-23.3 203 86.1 76.7-92.2
AGE
18-44 211 24 9.9 5.5-17.1 187 90.1 82.9-94.5
45-64 255 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 222 129 60.7 50.3-70.2 93 39.3 29.8-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 101 30.9 22.3-41.1 148 69.1 58.9-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 209 83 29.2 20.9-39.1 126 70.8 60.9-79.1
College Graduate 235 75 34.5 25.7-44.4 160 65.5 55.6-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 111 31.9 22.9-42.4 154 68.1 57.6-77.1
$50,000+ 268 86 34.4 26.3-43.6 182 65.6 56.4-73.7
Don't know/Not Sure 156 61 25.7 17.0-36.9 95 74.3 63.1-83.0

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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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