2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 793 211 26.2 22.0-30.9 582 73.8 69.1-78.0
GENDER
Male 356 107 26.2 20.2-33.3 249 73.8 66.7-79.8
Female 437 104 26.3 20.7-32.7 333 73.7 67.3-79.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 707 195 26.7 22.3-31.7 512 73.3 68.3-77.7
Non-Hispanic Black 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 156 44 23.2 15.9-32.5 112 76.8 67.5-84.1
65-74 182 56 26.4 19.1-35.1 126 73.6 64.9-80.9
75+ 138 25 14.9 8.8-24.2 113 85.1 75.8-91.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 199 48 27.7 19.7-37.5 151 72.3 62.5-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 235 73 29.0 21.7-37.7 162 71.0 62.3-78.3
College Graduate 281 77 29.3 22.6-37.0 204 70.7 63.0-77.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 165 35 22.3 13.8-33.8 130 77.7 66.2-86.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 304 96 28.0 21.5-35.6 208 72.0 64.4-78.5
No 484 114 25.3 20.1-31.4 370 74.7 68.6-79.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 678 171 25.7 21.2-30.8 507 74.3 69.2-78.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 174 41 25.0 17.6-34.3 133 75.0 65.7-82.4
Rural 619 170 26.7 21.8-32.3 449 73.3 67.7-78.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 342 87 27.6 21.2-35.1 255 72.4 64.9-78.8
Unemployed 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 286 66 18.5 13.7-24.6 220 81.5 75.4-86.3
Unable to Work 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 385 94 24.4 18.6-31.3 291 75.6 68.7-81.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 268 62 16.4 11.0-23.7 206 83.6 76.3-89.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 226 67 32.2 24.5-41.1 159 67.8 58.9-75.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 299 82 28.1 21.4-35.8 217 71.9 64.2-78.6

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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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