2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,741 1,517 28.3 26.7-30.0 3,224 71.7 70.0-73.3
-Non-Hispanic Black 915 322 31.0 27.2-35.2 593 69.0 64.8-72.8
GENDER
Male 350 116 27.9 22.5-34.2 234 72.1 65.8-77.5
Female 565 206 33.6 28.4-39.3 359 66.4 60.7-71.6
AGE
18-34 185 33 18.9 12.5-27.4 152 81.1 72.6-87.5
35-44 134 23 22.5 14.1-33.8 111 77.5 66.2-85.9
45-54 152 55 37.3 27.8-47.9 97 62.7 52.1-72.2
55-64 198 95 45.9 37.0-55.0 103 54.1 45.0-63.0
65-74 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 245 84 30.2 23.2-38.2 161 69.8 61.8-76.8
College Graduate 259 51 14.6 10.4-20.2 208 85.4 79.8-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 201 84 37.9 29.6-46.9 117 62.1 53.1-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 92 20 15.1 8.5-25.3 72 84.9 74.7-91.5
$75,000+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 322 322 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 593 *** *** *** 593 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 798 271 30.0 25.9-34.5 527 70.0 65.5-74.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 292 83 27.0 21.3-33.5 209 73.0 66.5-78.7
Regional City or Suburban County 177 62 24.4 17.7-32.5 115 75.6 67.5-82.3
Rural 446 177 40.2 33.6-47.2 269 59.8 52.8-66.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 464 74 16.1 11.9-21.3 390 83.9 78.7-88.1
Unemployed 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 225 101 39.0 31.1-47.6 124 61.0 52.4-68.9
Unable to Work 135 117 87.3 78.4-92.9 18 12.7 7.1-21.6
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 183 79 36.7 28.1-46.1 104 63.3 53.9-71.9
151% to 200% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 327 74 20.9 15.3-27.9 253 79.1 72.1-84.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 258 102 38.9 30.5-48.1 156 61.1 51.9-69.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 338 125 33.7 27.5-40.5 213 66.3 59.5-72.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 319 95 26.3 20.7-32.7 224 73.7 67.3-79.3

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 2017 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 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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