2018 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 4,590 1,461 28.8 27.2-30.5 3,129 71.2 69.5-72.8
-Non-Hispanic Black 851 289 28.7 25.1-32.6 562 71.3 67.4-74.9
GENDER
Male 343 106 27.6 22.4-33.6 237 72.4 66.4-77.6
Female 508 183 29.6 24.9-34.9 325 70.4 65.1-75.1
AGE
18-34 172 28 20.1 13.9-28.1 144 79.9 71.9-86.1
35-44 116 18 15.5 9.1-25.3 98 84.5 74.7-90.9
45-54 164 54 26.9 19.9-35.2 110 73.1 64.8-80.1
55-64 169 75 37.4 28.7-47.0 94 62.6 53.0-71.3
65-74 148 66 46.3 36.2-56.7 82 53.7 43.3-63.8
75+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 259 111 34.7 27.9-42.3 148 65.3 57.7-72.1
Some Post-H.S. 263 76 23.6 18.2-30.0 187 76.4 70.0-81.8
College Graduate 224 41 13.7 9.1-20.0 183 86.3 80.0-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 156 69 46.3 36.9-55.9 87 53.7 44.1-63.1
$25,000- 34,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 113 24 18.6 11.5-28.8 89 81.4 71.2-88.5
$50,000- 74,999 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 121 16 13.8 8.0-22.8 105 86.2 77.2-92.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 289 289 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 562 *** *** *** 562 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 130 48 31.6 23.3-41.3 82 68.4 58.7-76.7
Regional City or Suburban County 175 63 32.9 25.2-41.7 112 67.1 58.3-74.8
Rural 392 162 36.6 30.5-43.1 230 63.4 56.9-69.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 421 65 14.6 10.9-19.3 356 85.4 80.7-89.1
Unemployed 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 221 103 45.0 36.6-53.7 118 55.0 46.3-63.4
Unable to Work 107 85 76.8 65.2-85.5 22 23.2 14.5-34.8
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 157 72 44.2 35.0-53.8 85 55.8 46.2-65.0
151% to 200% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 336 64 16.7 12.4-22.0 272 83.3 78.0-87.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 223 96 33.1 25.3-42.1 127 66.9 57.9-74.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 359 126 33.7 28.0-39.9 233 66.3 60.1-72.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 269 67 21.5 16.4-27.7 202 78.5 72.3-83.6

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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 2018 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 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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