2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 371 138 30.2 24.7-36.2 233 69.8 63.8-75.3
GENDER
Male 156 48 27.7 19.7-37.5 108 72.3 62.5-80.3
Female 215 90 32.5 25.4-40.4 125 67.5 59.6-74.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 236 91 33.4 26.2-41.4 145 66.6 58.6-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 102 12 10.1 4.6-20.7 90 89.9 79.3-95.4
45-64 132 45 32.4 23.6-42.5 87 67.6 57.5-76.4
65+ 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 43 29.7 20.6-40.8 61 70.3 59.2-79.4
Some Post-H.S. 128 59 36.9 27.4-47.6 69 63.1 52.4-72.6
College Graduate 137 36 19.7 13.3-28.3 101 80.3 71.7-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 164 53 28.9 20.9-38.4 111 71.1 61.6-79.1
Don't know/Not Sure 70 24 21.0 12.6-32.8 46 79.0 67.2-87.4

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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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