2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,309 1,304 27.9 26.4-29.6 3,005 72.1 70.4-73.6
GENDER
Male 1,971 514 24.5 22.3-26.8 1,457 75.5 73.2-77.7
Female 2,338 790 31.2 28.9-33.5 1,548 68.8 66.5-71.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,719 967 32.3 30.2-34.4 1,752 67.7 65.6-69.8
Non-Hispanic Black 732 211 26.1 22.6-29.9 521 73.9 70.1-77.4
Non-Hispanic Other 234 50 22.6 16.5-30.2 184 77.4 69.8-83.5
Hispanic 580 60 9.4 7.1-12.3 520 90.6 87.7-92.9
AGE
18-34 965 58 6.6 4.9- 8.8 907 93.4 91.2-95.1
35-44 659 96 14.2 11.5-17.4 563 85.8 82.6-88.5
45-54 680 176 26.5 22.8-30.6 504 73.5 69.4-77.2
55-64 710 305 42.8 38.5-47.2 405 57.2 52.8-61.5
65-74 656 349 54.7 50.2-59.2 307 45.3 40.8-49.8
75+ 563 304 53.4 47.7-59.1 259 46.6 40.9-52.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 402 118 33.0 27.5-39.1 284 67.0 60.9-72.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 933 292 28.0 24.7-31.4 641 72.0 68.6-75.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,137 387 30.6 27.7-33.8 750 69.4 66.2-72.3
College Graduate 1,814 504 23.8 21.7-26.0 1,310 76.2 74.0-78.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,308 660 47.4 44.1-50.8 648 52.6 49.2-55.9
No 2,858 617 19.7 18.1-21.5 2,241 80.3 78.5-81.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 499 186 32.3 27.8-37.0 313 67.7 63.0-72.2
Non-Veteran 3,800 1,118 27.4 25.8-29.2 2,682 72.6 70.8-74.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,324 424 17.3 15.6-19.2 1,900 82.7 80.8-84.4
Unemployed 206 49 22.4 16.1-30.3 157 77.6 69.7-83.9
Retired 1,152 615 53.1 49.4-56.7 537 46.9 43.3-50.6
Unable to Work 261 158 59.5 52.4-66.3 103 40.5 33.7-47.6
Other not in Labor Force 299 46 13.2 9.5-18.0 253 86.8 82.0-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 197 66 33.4 25.5-42.4 131 66.6 57.6-74.5
$15,000- 24,999 282 108 35.5 29.0-42.6 174 64.5 57.4-71.0
$25,000- 34,999 354 104 22.6 18.0-28.0 250 77.4 72.0-82.0
$35,000- 49,999 518 171 32.0 27.4-37.1 347 68.0 62.9-72.6
$50,000-74,999 502 160 28.6 24.3-33.4 342 71.4 66.6-75.7
$75,000-100,000 466 135 28.2 23.6-33.2 331 71.8 66.8-76.4
$100,000-150,000 451 126 25.8 21.5-30.6 325 74.2 69.4-78.5
$150,000+ 509 105 18.5 15.1-22.5 404 81.5 77.5-84.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,030 329 29.9 26.5-33.5 701 70.1 66.5-73.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 30 25.3 16.4-36.9 82 74.7 63.1-83.6
50% to 100% 266 80 27.3 21.5-33.9 186 72.7 66.1-78.5
101% to 150% 433 159 31.0 26.0-36.5 274 69.0 63.5-74.0
151% to 200% 212 68 25.0 19.0-32.1 144 75.0 67.9-81.0
More than 200% 2,182 630 27.2 25.1-29.4 1,552 72.8 70.6-74.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,030 329 29.9 26.5-33.5 701 70.1 66.5-73.5
HOUSING
Own 2,633 931 32.3 30.2-34.4 1,702 67.7 65.6-69.8
Rent 1,350 299 18.6 16.5-21.0 1,051 81.4 79.0-83.5
Other arrangement 292 65 17.1 12.6-22.7 227 82.9 77.3-87.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,510 322 20.2 17.9-22.7 1,188 79.8 77.3-82.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,247 386 28.1 25.2-31.1 861 71.9 68.9-74.8
Rural 1,552 596 35.6 32.7-38.6 956 64.4 61.4-67.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 887 315 32.6 29.0-36.4 572 67.4 63.6-71.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,368 469 30.4 27.6-33.4 899 69.6 66.6-72.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,054 520 24.0 21.9-26.2 1,534 76.0 73.8-78.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,512 435 27.1 24.5-29.9 1,077 72.9 70.1-75.5
2nd Quartile 1,374 382 25.2 22.6-28.0 992 74.8 72.0-77.4
3rd Quartile 1,040 352 30.7 27.5-34.0 688 69.3 66.0-72.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 383 135 33.6 28.1-39.6 248 66.4 60.4-71.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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