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,
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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,309 1,304 27.9 26.4-29.6 3,005 72.1 70.4-73.6
-MALES 1,971 514 24.5 22.3-26.8 1,457 75.5 73.2-77.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,264 399 29.0 26.2-31.9 865 71.0 68.1-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 282 68 20.7 16.0-26.2 214 79.3 73.8-84.0
Other 405 41 13.1 9.1-18.5 364 86.9 81.5-90.9
AGE
18-34 512 24 5.6 3.5- 8.7 488 94.4 91.3-96.5
35-44 297 42 13.1 9.5-17.7 255 86.9 82.3-90.5
45-54 288 67 25.7 20.2-32.1 221 74.3 67.9-79.8
55-64 315 129 38.1 32.2-44.5 186 61.9 55.5-67.8
65-74 285 139 50.1 43.4-56.9 146 49.9 43.1-56.6
75+ 235 106 44.7 36.5-53.1 129 55.3 46.9-63.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 207 50 29.3 22.1-37.8 157 70.7 62.2-77.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 474 122 23.4 19.5-27.9 352 76.6 72.1-80.5
Some Post-H.S. 464 133 26.1 22.0-30.8 331 73.9 69.2-78.0
College Graduate 815 207 22.0 19.0-25.3 608 78.0 74.7-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 118 30 26.5 17.9-37.4 88 73.5 62.6-82.1
$25,000- 34,999 137 27 16.7 10.4-25.9 110 83.3 74.1-89.6
$35,000- 49,999 239 57 22.2 16.6-29.0 182 77.8 71.0-83.4
$50,000- 74,999 221 65 27.1 20.9-34.4 156 72.9 65.6-79.1
$75,000+ 748 197 25.0 21.6-28.7 551 75.0 71.3-78.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 576 261 44.2 39.4-49.2 315 55.8 50.8-60.6
No 1,328 241 16.3 14.2-18.7 1,087 83.7 81.3-85.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 421 157 33.3 28.4-38.5 264 66.7 61.5-71.6
Non-Veteran 1,545 357 22.2 19.9-24.8 1,188 77.8 75.2-80.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 711 114 15.4 12.5-18.9 597 84.6 81.1-87.5
Regional City or Suburban County 591 152 23.7 19.9-27.9 439 76.3 72.1-80.1
Rural 669 248 34.9 30.8-39.2 421 65.1 60.8-69.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,209 198 15.7 13.5-18.2 1,011 84.3 81.8-86.5
Unemployed 100 22 17.9 11.4-27.0 78 82.1 73.0-88.6
Retired 462 226 50.2 44.5-55.9 236 49.8 44.1-55.5
Unable to Work 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 113 32 29.1 20.3-39.9 81 70.9 60.1-79.7
101% to 150% 177 45 22.3 15.9-30.4 132 77.7 69.6-84.1
151% to 200% 93 19 12.2 7.2-20.0 74 87.8 80.0-92.8
More than 200% 1,080 292 26.2 23.3-29.4 788 73.8 70.6-76.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 404 127 29.0 24.2-34.3 277 71.0 65.7-75.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 606 184 27.9 23.9-32.2 422 72.1 67.8-76.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 961 203 20.0 17.1-23.1 758 80.0 76.9-82.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 699 185 24.8 21.2-28.8 514 75.2 71.2-78.8
2nd Quartile 643 148 20.8 17.4-24.7 495 79.2 75.3-82.6
3rd Quartile 468 125 25.1 21.0-29.8 343 74.9 70.2-79.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 161 56 35.7 27.6-44.9 105 64.3 55.1-72.4

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

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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