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
-FEMALES 2,624 878 29.1 26.9-31.5 1,746 70.9 68.5-73.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,705 556 29.0 26.2-31.9 1,149 71.0 68.1-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 565 206 33.6 28.4-39.3 359 66.4 60.7-71.6
Other 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 476 77 18.0 14.0-22.8 399 82.0 77.2-86.0
35-44 339 67 21.7 16.2-28.6 272 78.3 71.4-83.8
45-54 419 135 27.4 22.4-33.1 284 72.6 66.9-77.6
55-64 513 201 34.5 29.3-40.2 312 65.5 59.8-70.7
65-74 480 188 38.1 32.1-44.4 292 61.9 55.6-67.9
75+ 363 203 57.1 49.9-64.0 160 42.9 36.0-50.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 262 155 53.2 44.6-61.7 107 46.8 38.3-55.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 621 251 34.5 29.9-39.5 370 65.5 60.5-70.1
Some Post-H.S. 780 275 27.3 23.6-31.4 505 72.7 68.6-76.4
College Graduate 953 194 14.3 11.9-16.9 759 85.7 83.1-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 267 169 61.1 52.8-68.8 98 38.9 31.2-47.2
$15,000- 24,999 418 194 38.4 32.2-45.1 224 61.6 54.9-67.8
$25,000- 34,999 279 93 30.2 23.2-38.3 186 69.8 61.7-76.8
$35,000- 49,999 286 82 28.7 21.6-36.9 204 71.3 63.1-78.4
$50,000- 74,999 313 55 13.8 9.9-18.9 258 86.2 81.1-90.1
$75,000+ 538 78 12.2 9.1-16.0 460 87.8 84.0-90.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 878 878 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,746 *** *** *** 1,746 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,548 859 29.3 27.0-31.8 1,689 70.7 68.2-73.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 671 172 24.3 20.5-28.4 499 75.7 71.6-79.5
Regional City or Suburban County 527 155 24.8 20.4-29.7 372 75.2 70.3-79.6
Rural 1,426 551 36.1 32.5-39.8 875 63.9 60.2-67.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,162 174 14.0 11.6-16.9 988 86.0 83.1-88.4
Unemployed 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 792 341 41.5 36.8-46.4 451 58.5 53.6-63.2
Unable to Work 290 263 89.9 83.7-93.9 27 10.1 6.1-16.3
Other not in Labor Force 261 53 15.4 10.9-21.4 208 84.6 78.6-89.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 224 108 42.8 33.8-52.3 116 57.2 47.7-66.2
101% to 150% 397 198 45.1 38.4-52.0 199 54.9 48.0-61.6
151% to 200% 186 69 30.9 23.0-40.1 117 69.1 59.9-77.0
More than 200% 1,126 233 17.1 14.4-20.2 893 82.9 79.8-85.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 613 260 41.1 35.3-47.2 353 58.9 52.8-64.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 993 313 28.9 25.4-32.6 680 71.1 67.4-74.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,018 305 26.2 22.9-29.9 713 73.8 70.1-77.1

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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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