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%)
North Carolina 3,769 907 24.4 22.6-26.2 2,862 75.6 73.8-77.4
-MALES 1,647 497 29.3 26.6-32.2 1,150 70.7 67.8-73.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,100 372 33.1 29.6-36.7 728 66.9 63.3-70.4
Non-Hispanic Black 292 72 23.1 17.5-29.9 220 76.9 70.1-82.5
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 283 84 30.6 24.4-37.7 199 69.4 62.3-75.6
35-44 204 59 28.8 21.7-37.2 145 71.2 62.8-78.3
45-54 315 99 29.9 24.1-36.4 216 70.1 63.6-75.9
55-64 350 101 26.5 21.1-32.7 249 73.5 67.3-78.9
65-74 305 111 34.6 28.1-41.8 194 65.4 58.2-71.9
75+ 179 40 23.6 16.3-32.9 139 76.4 67.1-83.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 40 21.2 14.7-29.5 152 78.8 70.5-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 459 122 24.5 20.0-29.6 337 75.5 70.4-80.0
Some Post-H.S. 437 164 37.4 31.9-43.3 273 62.6 56.7-68.1
College Graduate 557 171 30.2 25.8-35.1 386 69.8 64.9-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 130 37 21.4 14.3-30.6 93 78.6 69.4-85.7
$15,000- 24,999 237 68 30.6 23.2-39.0 169 69.4 61.0-76.8
$25,000- 34,999 149 43 23.5 16.1-32.8 106 76.5 67.2-83.9
$35,000- 49,999 202 61 32.8 24.7-42.1 141 67.2 57.9-75.3
$50,000- 74,999 244 89 37.8 30.3-45.8 155 62.2 54.2-69.7
$75,000+ 455 139 31.7 26.5-37.4 316 68.3 62.6-73.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 530 196 34.3 29.3-39.7 334 65.7 60.3-70.7
No 1,110 299 27.2 24.0-30.7 811 72.8 69.3-76.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 468 160 34.9 29.5-40.6 308 65.1 59.4-70.5
Non-Veteran 1,177 336 27.7 24.5-31.0 841 72.3 69.0-75.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 388 113 27.7 22.9-33.0 275 72.3 67.0-77.1
Regional City or Suburban County 320 81 26.4 20.8-32.9 239 73.6 67.1-79.2
Rural 939 303 31.9 28.0-36.1 636 68.1 63.9-72.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 959 282 29.4 25.9-33.2 677 70.6 66.8-74.1
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 428 123 27.6 22.6-33.3 305 72.4 66.7-77.4
Unable to Work 145 65 40.0 30.1-50.7 80 60.0 49.3-69.9
Other not in Labor Force 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 114 28 22.0 14.1-32.6 86 78.0 67.4-85.9
101% to 150% 237 66 29.6 22.4-38.0 171 70.4 62.0-77.6
151% to 200% 111 37 26.2 17.5-37.1 74 73.8 62.9-82.5
More than 200% 911 291 33.0 29.1-37.1 620 67.0 62.9-70.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 374 113 26.5 20.8-33.1 261 73.5 66.9-79.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 591 187 31.3 26.8-36.2 404 68.7 63.8-73.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 682 197 28.5 24.6-32.9 485 71.5 67.1-75.4

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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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