2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 808 194 22.7 19.6-26.3 614 77.3 73.7-80.4
GENDER
Male 374 79 21.9 17.3-27.3 295 78.1 72.7-82.7
Female 434 115 23.6 19.3-28.4 319 76.4 71.6-80.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 448 130 25.9 21.7-30.7 318 74.1 69.3-78.3
Non-Hispanic Black 160 48 27.0 19.9-35.6 112 73.0 64.4-80.1
Other 192 16 8.9 4.3-17.6 176 91.1 82.4-95.7
AGE
18-44 344 19 6.9 4.1-11.6 325 93.1 88.4-95.9
45-64 270 77 26.7 21.1-33.1 193 73.3 66.9-78.9
65+ 173 95 53.9 44.8-62.8 78 46.1 37.2-55.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 56 22.1 16.6-28.8 176 77.9 71.2-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 196 55 27.1 20.5-34.8 141 72.9 65.2-79.5
College Graduate 377 83 19.9 16.0-24.5 294 80.1 75.5-84.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 54 22.7 16.6-30.2 155 77.3 69.8-83.4
$50,000+ 392 88 22.4 17.9-27.6 304 77.6 72.4-82.1
Don't know/Not Sure 198 52 24.3 18.3-31.6 146 75.7 68.4-81.7

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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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