2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4,309 1,304 27.9 26.4-29.6 3,005 72.1 70.4-73.6
Region 4 873 226 25.1 21.9-28.7 647 74.9 71.3-78.1
GENDER
Male 408 83 19.6 15.5-24.5 325 80.4 75.5-84.5
Female 465 143 30.2 25.4-35.4 322 69.8 64.6-74.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 491 155 30.3 25.7-35.3 336 69.7 64.7-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 176 49 24.2 17.9-31.8 127 75.8 68.2-82.1
Other 198 22 11.3 7.0-17.7 176 88.7 82.3-93.0
AGE
18-44 364 23 6.7 4.2-10.6 341 93.3 89.4-95.8
45-64 281 84 32.4 26.3-39.1 197 67.6 60.9-73.7
65+ 206 117 60.2 51.5-68.2 89 39.8 31.8-48.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 73 29.5 23.2-36.8 177 70.5 63.2-76.8
Some Post-H.S. 220 63 28.6 22.4-35.8 157 71.4 64.2-77.6
College Graduate 397 90 18.3 14.7-22.6 307 81.7 77.4-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 83 35.8 28.7-43.7 158 64.2 56.3-71.3
$50,000+ 423 93 20.8 16.8-25.5 330 79.2 74.5-83.2
Don't know/Not Sure 200 50 23.2 16.8-31.0 150 76.8 69.0-83.2

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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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