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
-FEMALES 1,960 384 19.4 17.3-21.6 1,576 80.6 78.4-82.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,286 278 21.8 19.1-24.9 1,008 78.2 75.1-80.9
Non-Hispanic Black 418 60 13.7 10.2-18.2 358 86.3 81.8-89.8
Other 235 40 15.7 11.0-21.9 195 84.3 78.1-89.0
AGE
18-34 319 67 20.6 16.1-25.9 252 79.4 74.1-83.9
35-44 253 56 18.8 14.0-24.7 197 81.2 75.3-86.0
45-54 330 74 19.9 15.1-25.7 256 80.1 74.3-84.9
55-64 377 80 22.4 17.4-28.2 297 77.6 71.8-82.6
65-74 394 61 15.7 11.3-21.4 333 84.3 78.6-88.7
75+ 256 36 12.7 8.7-18.2 220 87.3 81.8-91.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 34 14.4 9.7-20.8 177 85.6 79.2-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 458 76 15.2 11.6-19.6 382 84.8 80.4-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 618 151 25.7 21.6-30.2 467 74.3 69.8-78.4
College Graduate 672 122 17.1 14.0-20.7 550 82.9 79.3-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 205 56 25.2 18.4-33.5 149 74.8 66.5-81.6
$15,000- 24,999 333 61 18.6 13.9-24.3 272 81.4 75.7-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 177 36 21.0 14.1-30.0 141 79.0 70.0-85.9
$35,000- 49,999 227 47 19.4 14.1-26.2 180 80.6 73.8-85.9
$50,000- 74,999 231 50 21.5 15.7-28.7 181 78.5 71.3-84.3
$75,000+ 379 63 16.1 12.2-21.0 316 83.9 79.0-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 690 201 29.1 24.9-33.8 489 70.9 66.2-75.1
No 1,266 181 14.6 12.4-17.1 1,085 85.4 82.9-87.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,896 364 19.1 17.0-21.4 1,532 80.9 78.6-83.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 467 82 16.2 12.8-20.4 385 83.8 79.6-87.2
Regional City or Suburban County 452 89 18.0 14.4-22.3 363 82.0 77.7-85.6
Rural 1,041 213 22.5 19.2-26.2 828 77.5 73.8-80.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 847 148 16.7 14.0-19.9 699 83.3 80.1-86.0
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 618 97 16.0 12.7-20.0 521 84.0 80.0-87.3
Unable to Work 225 79 35.3 27.4-44.2 146 64.7 55.8-72.6
Other not in Labor Force 198 40 20.5 14.5-28.1 158 79.5 71.9-85.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 171 42 20.7 14.3-29.1 129 79.3 70.9-85.7
101% to 150% 311 73 24.2 18.8-30.6 238 75.8 69.4-81.2
151% to 200% 138 24 18.9 11.7-29.1 114 81.1 70.9-88.3
More than 200% 856 158 17.7 14.8-21.0 698 82.3 79.0-85.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 414 84 22.1 17.1-28.0 330 77.9 72.0-82.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 850 170 20.3 17.1-23.9 680 79.7 76.1-82.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 696 130 17.4 14.3-20.9 566 82.6 79.1-85.7

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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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