2018 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?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,714 184 3.2 2.6- 3.9 4,530 96.8 96.1-97.4
-FEMALES 2,519 91 2.8 2.1- 3.6 2,428 97.2 96.4-97.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,659 60 3.0 2.1- 4.1 1,599 97.0 95.9-97.9
Non-Hispanic Black 522 20 2.5 1.3- 4.7 502 97.5 95.3-98.7
Other 302 *** *** *** 295 98.7 97.0-99.4
AGE
18-34 482 *** *** *** 476 98.8 97.0-99.6
35-44 336 *** *** *** 330 98.5 96.4-99.4
45-54 398 *** *** *** 388 98.5 97.0-99.2
55-64 457 13 2.4 1.3- 4.5 444 97.6 95.5-98.7
65-74 471 27 6.2 3.5-10.6 444 93.8 89.4-96.5
75+ 314 25 7.4 4.5-12.0 289 92.6 88.0-95.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 258 15 3.8 1.9- 7.2 243 96.2 92.8-98.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 593 25 2.5 1.6- 4.0 568 97.5 96.0-98.4
Some Post-H.S. 761 27 3.3 2.0- 5.3 734 96.7 94.7-98.0
College Graduate 903 24 2.0 1.2- 3.1 879 98.0 96.9-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 265 17 4.9 2.6- 9.1 248 95.1 90.9-97.4
$15,000- 24,999 396 22 4.0 2.4- 6.5 374 96.0 93.5-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 233 *** *** *** 229 98.5 95.5-99.5
$35,000- 49,999 294 *** *** *** 284 96.5 91.8-98.5
$50,000- 74,999 298 *** *** *** 292 98.8 97.1-99.5
$75,000+ 502 *** *** *** 495 98.6 96.4-99.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 829 63 6.8 4.9- 9.3 766 93.2 90.7-95.1
No 1,632 27 1.0 0.7- 1.6 1,605 99.0 98.4-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 88 *** *** *** 85 93.3 78.5-98.2
Non-Veteran 2,429 88 2.7 2.0- 3.5 2,341 97.3 96.5-98.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 671 18 1.7 1.0- 2.9 653 98.3 97.1-99.0
Regional City or Suburban County 586 19 2.9 1.7- 5.2 567 97.1 94.8-98.3
Rural 1,262 54 3.5 2.5- 5.1 1,208 96.5 94.9-97.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,122 16 1.1 0.6- 2.1 1,106 98.9 97.9-99.4
Unemployed 93 *** *** *** 89 97.7 93.2-99.3
Retired 749 38 5.2 3.4- 7.8 711 94.8 92.2-96.6
Unable to Work 259 30 9.7 6.0-15.1 229 90.3 84.9-94.0
Other not in Labor Force 273 *** *** *** 270 99.4 98.1-99.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 94 *** *** *** 89 96.2 90.3-98.6
50% to 100% 211 *** *** *** 202 96.4 91.7-98.5
101% to 150% 367 21 4.0 2.4- 6.7 346 96.0 93.3-97.6
151% to 200% 175 *** *** *** 169 97.6 94.2-99.0
More than 200% 1,112 24 2.0 1.1- 3.3 1,088 98.0 96.7-98.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 491 26 4.6 2.6- 8.0 465 95.4 92.0-97.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,059 45 3.7 2.6- 5.3 1,014 96.3 94.7-97.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 969 20 1.4 0.8- 2.3 949 98.6 97.7-99.2

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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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