2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,866 263 4.3 3.6- 5.0 4,603 95.7 95.0-96.4
-Non-Hispanic White 3,170 197 5.3 4.5- 6.4 2,973 94.7 93.6-95.5
GENDER
Male 1,438 104 6.9 5.4- 8.7 1,334 93.1 91.3-94.6
Female 1,732 93 3.9 3.0- 5.2 1,639 96.1 94.8-97.0
AGE
18-34 559 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 528 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 622 48 7.7 5.4-10.8 574 92.3 89.2-94.6
65-74 621 74 13.9 10.4-18.2 547 86.1 81.8-89.6
75+ 459 59 14.0 10.3-18.7 400 86.0 81.3-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 200 25 10.3 6.0-17.1 175 89.7 82.9-94.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 745 59 6.3 4.7- 8.5 686 93.7 91.5-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 908 66 6.0 4.5- 8.0 842 94.0 92.0-95.5
College Graduate 1,314 47 2.2 1.5- 3.0 1,267 97.8 97.0-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 245 29 11.1 6.6-18.1 216 88.9 81.9-93.4
$15,000- 24,999 371 34 7.2 4.8-10.8 337 92.8 89.2-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 300 26 8.6 5.3-13.6 274 91.4 86.4-94.7
$35,000- 49,999 362 19 4.0 2.3- 6.8 343 96.0 93.2-97.7
$50,000- 74,999 475 24 4.2 2.6- 6.7 451 95.8 93.3-97.4
$75,000+ 919 30 2.6 1.6- 4.1 889 97.4 95.9-98.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 961 127 11.5 9.3-14.2 834 88.5 85.8-90.7
No 2,120 66 2.8 2.0- 3.8 2,054 97.2 96.2-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 499 49 10.0 7.3-13.6 450 90.0 86.4-92.7
Non-Veteran 2,669 148 4.6 3.7- 5.7 2,521 95.4 94.3-96.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 735 28 3.3 2.1- 4.9 707 96.7 95.1-97.9
Regional City or Suburban County 673 26 3.4 2.1- 5.4 647 96.6 94.6-97.9
Rural 1,763 143 8.0 6.4-10.0 1,620 92.0 90.0-93.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,615 40 2.1 1.4- 3.1 1,575 97.9 96.9-98.6
Unemployed 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 988 107 11.6 9.2-14.5 881 88.4 85.5-90.8
Unable to Work 254 40 14.7 9.2-22.6 214 85.3 77.4-90.8
Other not in Labor Force 206 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 376 43 10.3 7.0-15.0 333 89.7 85.0-93.0
151% to 200% 229 20 8.7 5.0-14.7 209 91.3 85.3-95.0
More than 200% 1,721 78 3.6 2.7- 4.8 1,643 96.4 95.2-97.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 612 54 7.8 5.4-11.1 558 92.2 88.9-94.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,195 79 6.3 4.8- 8.4 1,116 93.7 91.6-95.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,364 64 4.0 3.0- 5.4 1,300 96.0 94.6-97.0

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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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