2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,309 1,304 27.9 26.4-29.6 3,005 72.1 70.4-73.6
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 609 235 35.5 30.9-40.4 374 64.5 59.6-69.1
Region 3 344 117 27.3 22.2-33.0 227 72.7 67.0-77.8
Region 4 873 226 25.1 21.9-28.7 647 74.9 71.3-78.1
Region 5 633 170 26.6 22.7-30.9 463 73.4 69.1-77.3
Region 6 306 104 34.6 28.6-41.2 202 65.4 58.8-71.4
Region 7 808 194 22.7 19.6-26.3 614 77.3 73.7-80.4
Region 8 389 134 30.3 25.5-35.7 255 69.7 64.3-74.5
Region 9 & 10 347 124 30.9 25.5-36.8 223 69.1 63.2-74.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,165 397 30.2 27.2-33.3 768 69.8 66.7-72.8
Piedmont 2,400 610 25.0 23.0-27.1 1,790 75.0 72.9-77.0
Western NC 744 297 36.1 31.9-40.6 447 63.9 59.4-68.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 523 198 34.6 29.9-39.7 325 65.4 60.3-70.1
Northwest 605 220 31.5 27.2-36.2 385 68.5 63.8-72.8
Charlotte 707 163 22.3 18.9-26.0 544 77.7 74.0-81.1
Greensboro 482 133 27.0 22.6-32.0 349 73.0 68.0-77.4
Southern Regional 354 121 33.2 27.6-39.3 233 66.8 60.7-72.4
Southeast 217 77 32.1 25.6-39.5 140 67.9 60.5-74.4
Wake 879 207 22.5 19.5-25.9 672 77.5 74.1-80.5
Area L & Eastern 542 185 29.8 25.6-34.4 357 70.2 65.6-74.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 609 235 35.5 30.9-40.4 374 64.5 59.6-69.1
Region 2 613 191 26.7 22.8-31.0 422 73.3 69.0-77.2
Region 3 882 229 25.1 21.9-28.7 653 74.9 71.3-78.1
Region 4 1,142 278 23.3 20.5-26.4 864 76.7 73.6-79.5
Region 5 582 202 33.4 29.1-38.0 380 66.6 62.0-70.9
Region 6 481 169 31.0 26.4-36.0 312 69.0 64.0-73.6

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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.

^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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