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
-Non-Hispanic White 3,112 984 28.3 26.3-30.4 2,128 71.7 69.6-73.7
GENDER
Male 1,407 428 27.6 24.8-30.6 979 72.4 69.4-75.2
Female 1,705 556 29.0 26.2-31.9 1,149 71.0 68.1-73.8
AGE
18-34 546 87 16.5 13.1-20.6 459 83.5 79.4-86.9
35-44 343 62 17.6 12.9-23.5 281 82.4 76.5-87.1
45-54 514 140 25.8 21.3-30.9 374 74.2 69.1-78.7
55-64 615 202 30.9 26.4-35.8 413 69.1 64.2-73.6
65-74 616 232 37.7 32.8-42.9 384 62.3 57.1-67.2
75+ 452 256 60.4 54.2-66.2 196 39.6 33.8-45.8
Some Post-H.S. 896 308 26.5 23.3-30.1 588 73.5 69.9-76.7
College Graduate 1,284 255 14.4 12.4-16.6 1,029 85.6 83.4-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 225 141 61.5 52.7-69.7 84 38.5 30.3-47.3
$15,000- 24,999 366 170 36.1 30.1-42.5 196 63.9 57.5-69.9
$25,000- 34,999 301 122 38.2 31.2-45.8 179 61.8 54.2-68.8
$35,000- 49,999 361 108 29.1 23.3-35.7 253 70.9 64.3-76.7
$50,000- 74,999 472 98 18.6 14.7-23.3 374 81.4 76.7-85.3
$75,000+ 912 148 14.0 11.5-17.1 764 86.0 82.9-88.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 984 984 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,129 *** *** *** 2,129 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 489 170 32.2 27.2-37.6 319 67.8 62.4-72.8
Non-Veteran 2,621 813 27.7 25.6-29.9 1,808 72.3 70.1-74.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 717 164 21.4 18.1-25.1 553 78.6 74.9-81.9
Regional City or Suburban County 662 182 25.3 21.4-29.6 480 74.7 70.4-78.6
Rural 1,734 638 35.1 32.1-38.2 1,096 64.9 61.8-67.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,570 239 14.7 12.6-17.0 1,331 85.3 83.0-87.4
Unemployed 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 981 436 45.0 40.8-49.2 545 55.0 50.8-59.2
Unable to Work 258 227 85.8 78.5-90.8 31 14.2 9.2-21.5
Other not in Labor Force 202 45 15.4 10.7-21.7 157 84.6 78.3-89.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 154 79 42.5 32.9-52.7 75 57.5 47.3-67.1
101% to 150% 376 191 46.3 39.6-53.2 185 53.7 46.8-60.4
151% to 200% 231 95 35.8 28.4-44.1 136 64.2 55.9-71.6
More than 200% 1,708 366 18.1 16.0-20.4 1,342 81.9 79.6-84.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 593 239 41.1 35.4-47.0 354 58.9 53.0-64.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,183 360 29.2 26.1-32.6 823 70.8 67.4-73.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,337 385 24.7 21.9-27.6 952 75.3 72.4-78.1

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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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