2018 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 3,569 911 24.8 23.1-26.6 2,658 75.2 73.4-76.9
-Non-Hispanic Black 682 123 17.9 14.6-21.7 559 82.1 78.3-85.4
GENDER
Male 264 63 23.3 17.7-30.0 201 76.7 70.0-82.3
Female 418 60 13.7 10.2-18.2 358 86.3 81.8-89.8
AGE
18-34 121 27 21.9 14.7-31.4 94 78.1 68.6-85.3
35-44 90 22 23.0 14.6-34.2 68 77.0 65.8-85.4
45-54 136 22 15.1 9.3-23.5 114 84.9 76.5-90.7
55-64 134 18 12.7 7.2-21.4 116 87.3 78.6-92.8
65-74 128 26 20.6 13.3-30.7 102 79.4 69.3-86.7
75+ 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 203 41 19.8 14.0-27.2 162 80.2 72.8-86.0
Some Post-H.S. 216 44 19.9 14.2-27.1 172 80.1 72.9-85.8
College Graduate 165 26 14.9 9.3-22.8 139 85.1 77.2-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 137 22 19.3 12.3-29.1 115 80.7 70.9-87.7
$25,000- 34,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 85 18 16.8 10.1-26.7 67 83.2 73.3-89.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 243 57 26.0 19.5-33.7 186 74.0 66.3-80.5
No 438 65 14.0 10.5-18.5 373 86.0 81.5-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 580 103 17.5 14.1-21.5 477 82.5 78.5-85.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 214 40 17.6 12.7-24.0 174 82.4 76.0-87.3
Regional City or Suburban County 138 22 17.1 10.4-27.0 116 82.9 73.0-89.6
Rural 330 61 18.6 13.8-24.6 269 81.4 75.4-86.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 325 56 16.9 12.5-22.4 269 83.1 77.6-87.5
Unemployed 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 190 26 12.2 7.9-18.4 164 87.8 81.6-92.1
Unable to Work 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 137 25 18.1 11.6-27.3 112 81.9 72.7-88.4
151% to 200% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 258 41 15.3 10.5-21.6 217 84.7 78.4-89.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 193 37 20.7 14.0-29.4 156 79.3 70.6-86.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 298 45 15.1 10.7-20.9 253 84.9 79.1-89.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 191 41 20.2 14.5-27.4 150 79.8 72.6-85.5

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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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