2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

For these next questions, please think about injuries you have had during your entire lifetime, especially those that affected your head or neck.
It might help to remember times you went to the hospital or emergency room.
Think about injuries you may have received from a car or motorcycle wreck, bicycle crash, being hit by something, falling down, being hit by someone, playing sports or an injury during military service.
Thinking about any injuries you have had in your lifetime, were you ever knocked out or did you lose consciousness?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,769 907 24.4 22.6-26.2 2,862 75.6 73.8-77.4
GENDER
Male 1,647 497 29.3 26.6-32.2 1,150 70.7 67.8-73.4
Female 2,122 410 19.9 17.7-22.4 1,712 80.1 77.6-82.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,486 660 26.7 24.5-29.0 1,826 73.3 71.0-75.5
Non-Hispanic Black 755 141 19.3 15.7-23.6 614 80.7 76.4-84.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 126 27 18.5 10.9-29.5 99 81.5 70.5-89.1
Non-Hispanic Other 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 247 39 15.6 10.6-22.3 208 84.4 77.7-89.4
AGE
18-34 594 147 25.4 21.2-30.1 447 74.6 69.9-78.8
35-44 450 111 27.2 22.2-32.9 339 72.8 67.1-77.8
45-54 667 192 26.6 22.6-30.9 475 73.4 69.1-77.4
55-64 798 186 23.1 19.5-27.2 612 76.9 72.8-80.5
65-74 718 184 25.5 21.4-30.0 534 74.5 70.0-78.6
75+ 510 84 15.6 11.9-20.3 426 84.4 79.7-88.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 418 74 19.0 14.3-24.6 344 81.0 75.4-85.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 953 216 22.7 19.5-26.3 737 77.3 73.7-80.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,095 318 28.6 25.2-32.2 777 71.4 67.8-74.8
College Graduate 1,299 300 23.7 20.9-26.7 999 76.3 73.3-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 355 97 24.4 18.9-30.9 258 75.6 69.1-81.1
$15,000- 24,999 574 142 25.5 20.9-30.8 432 74.5 69.2-79.1
$25,000- 34,999 380 87 20.2 15.6-25.9 293 79.8 74.1-84.4
$35,000- 49,999 430 109 29.6 23.8-36.2 321 70.4 63.8-76.2
$50,000-74,999 489 137 28.7 23.8-34.1 352 71.3 65.9-76.2
$75,000+ 868 198 24.2 20.7-28.1 670 75.8 71.9-79.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 675 138 19.2 15.7-23.3 537 80.8 76.7-84.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,285 398 30.7 27.3-34.3 887 69.3 65.7-72.7
No 2,467 506 21.6 19.5-23.8 1,961 78.4 76.2-80.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 519 174 34.3 29.3-39.7 345 65.7 60.3-70.7
Non-Veteran 3,250 733 23.0 21.1-25.0 2,517 77.0 75.0-78.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 871 202 22.5 19.4-25.9 669 77.5 74.1-80.6
Regional City or Suburban County 731 151 22.3 18.6-26.4 580 77.7 73.6-81.4
Rural 2,169 555 26.8 24.2-29.5 1,614 73.2 70.5-75.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,862 448 25.1 22.6-27.8 1,414 74.9 72.2-77.4
Unemployed 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,120 230 19.9 17.1-23.1 890 80.1 76.9-82.9
Unable to Work 403 149 34.4 28.3-41.2 254 65.6 58.8-71.7
Other not in Labor Force 234 42 17.7 12.5-24.4 192 82.3 75.6-87.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 305 74 21.4 16.0-28.0 231 78.6 72.0-84.0
101% to 150% 567 137 27.3 22.3-32.8 430 72.7 67.2-77.7
151% to 200% 258 69 19.2 14.2-25.5 189 80.8 74.5-85.8
More than 200% 1,846 454 26.1 23.5-28.9 1,392 73.9 71.1-76.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 675 138 19.2 15.7-23.3 537 80.8 76.7-84.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 938 210 22.2 18.5-26.4 728 77.8 73.6-81.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,396 341 24.7 21.9-27.7 1,055 75.3 72.3-78.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,437 357 24.7 22.0-27.7 1,080 75.3 72.3-78.0

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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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