2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 389 134 30.3 25.5-35.7 255 69.7 64.3-74.5
GENDER
Male 187 59 27.3 20.8-34.9 128 72.7 65.1-79.2
Female 202 75 33.4 26.4-41.1 127 66.6 58.9-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 258 95 31.8 25.9-38.3 163 68.2 61.7-74.1
Non-Hispanic Black 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 17 10.3 6.0-17.0 126 89.7 83.0-94.0
45-64 127 58 47.1 37.6-56.8 69 52.9 43.2-62.4
65+ 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 46 30.0 22.2-39.0 95 70.0 61.0-77.8
Some Post-H.S. 101 36 29.9 21.1-40.4 65 70.1 59.6-78.9
College Graduate 146 52 32.1 24.5-40.9 94 67.9 59.1-75.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 120 41 25.6 18.1-35.0 79 74.4 65.0-81.9
$50,000+ 173 58 30.5 23.7-38.3 115 69.5 61.7-76.3
Don't know/Not Sure 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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