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
-MALES 2,117 639 27.5 25.1-29.9 1,478 72.5 70.1-74.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,407 428 27.6 24.8-30.6 979 72.4 69.4-75.2
Non-Hispanic Black 350 116 27.9 22.5-34.2 234 72.1 65.8-77.5
Other 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 480 88 17.6 13.9-22.1 392 82.4 77.9-86.1
35-44 285 46 17.0 12.2-23.3 239 83.0 76.7-87.8
45-54 372 93 27.8 22.0-34.3 279 72.2 65.7-78.0
55-64 399 146 34.5 28.9-40.6 253 65.5 59.4-71.1
65-74 358 147 39.7 33.3-46.4 211 60.3 53.6-66.7
75+ 207 118 59.3 50.2-67.8 89 40.7 32.2-49.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 227 108 46.4 38.3-54.7 119 53.6 45.3-61.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 589 208 30.3 25.9-35.0 381 69.7 65.0-74.1
Some Post-H.S. 529 177 27.1 22.9-31.8 352 72.9 68.2-77.1
College Graduate 769 144 13.9 11.4-16.8 625 86.1 83.2-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 165 89 53.9 44.0-63.6 76 46.1 36.4-56.0
$15,000- 24,999 307 121 35.4 28.9-42.5 186 64.6 57.5-71.1
$25,000- 34,999 194 70 34.0 26.0-43.0 124 66.0 57.0-74.0
$35,000- 49,999 262 73 26.4 20.2-33.7 189 73.6 66.3-79.8
$50,000- 74,999 309 83 23.9 18.5-30.3 226 76.1 69.7-81.5
$75,000+ 591 101 15.5 12.1-19.6 490 84.5 80.4-87.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 639 639 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,478 *** *** *** 1,478 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 620 233 35.8 31.2-40.6 387 64.2 59.4-68.8
Non-Veteran 1,493 405 24.9 22.3-27.8 1,088 75.1 72.2-77.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 583 134 22.5 18.7-26.8 449 77.5 73.2-81.3
Regional City or Suburban County 433 123 26.3 21.7-31.6 310 73.7 68.4-78.3
Rural 1,101 382 32.7 29.1-36.6 719 67.3 63.4-70.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,292 218 17.1 14.6-19.9 1,074 82.9 80.1-85.4
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 505 246 49.0 43.3-54.7 259 51.0 45.3-56.7
Unable to Work 163 130 76.6 66.7-84.3 33 23.4 15.7-33.3
Other not in Labor Force 70 13 13.5 6.7-25.3 57 86.5 74.7-93.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 59 41.1 31.3-51.6 78 58.9 48.4-68.7
101% to 150% 291 126 38.7 31.8-46.1 165 61.3 53.9-68.2
151% to 200% 141 *** *** *** 89 66.1 55.0-75.6
More than 200% 1,125 254 19.8 17.0-22.9 871 80.2 77.1-83.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 423 157 37.6 31.0-44.6 266 62.4 55.4-69.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 752 230 30.1 26.2-34.4 522 69.9 65.6-73.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 942 252 23.5 20.4-26.8 690 76.5 73.2-79.6

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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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