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
-MALES 1,609 527 31.1 28.4-34.0 1,082 68.9 66.0-71.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,093 401 35.0 31.5-38.6 692 65.0 61.4-68.5
Non-Hispanic Black 264 63 23.3 17.7-30.0 201 76.7 70.0-82.3
Other 229 53 23.8 17.7-31.3 176 76.2 68.7-82.3
AGE
18-34 298 103 33.1 27.1-39.6 195 66.9 60.4-72.9
35-44 195 59 29.0 22.1-37.1 136 71.0 62.9-77.9
45-54 289 99 30.8 24.8-37.6 190 69.2 62.4-75.2
55-64 303 114 36.8 30.2-43.9 189 63.2 56.1-69.8
65-74 320 104 29.8 23.9-36.5 216 70.2 63.5-76.1
75+ 184 41 19.1 13.0-27.1 143 80.9 72.9-87.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 201 53 26.4 19.3-34.9 148 73.6 65.1-80.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 415 130 29.8 24.7-35.4 285 70.2 64.6-75.3
Some Post-H.S. 451 154 33.5 28.4-39.1 297 66.5 60.9-71.6
College Graduate 536 188 32.2 27.7-37.1 348 67.8 62.9-72.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 42 33.5 24.0-44.7 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 220 67 29.1 22.2-37.1 153 70.9 62.9-77.8
$25,000- 34,999 134 39 26.2 18.7-35.5 95 73.8 64.5-81.3
$35,000- 49,999 195 62 28.8 21.9-36.9 133 71.2 63.1-78.1
$50,000- 74,999 242 93 40.2 32.2-48.8 149 59.8 51.2-67.8
$75,000+ 432 149 31.2 26.3-36.6 283 68.8 63.4-73.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 507 209 39.9 34.6-45.5 298 60.1 54.5-65.4
No 1,092 311 27.2 24.0-30.6 781 72.8 69.4-76.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 422 151 35.5 29.7-41.9 271 64.5 58.1-70.3
Non-Veteran 1,186 376 30.0 26.9-33.3 810 70.0 66.7-73.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 385 102 25.6 20.8-31.1 283 74.4 68.9-79.2
Regional City or Suburban County 376 137 34.7 29.0-40.8 239 65.3 59.2-71.0
Rural 848 288 32.6 28.7-36.8 560 67.4 63.2-71.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 906 291 30.3 26.8-34.0 615 69.7 66.0-73.2
Unemployed 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 469 142 27.1 22.3-32.4 327 72.9 67.6-77.7
Unable to Work 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 101 24 22.7 14.6-33.6 77 77.3 66.4-85.4
101% to 150% 213 75 32.5 25.3-40.7 138 67.5 59.3-74.7
151% to 200% 107 37 31.1 21.9-41.9 70 68.9 58.1-78.1
More than 200% 876 302 32.6 28.8-36.6 574 67.4 63.4-71.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 346 125 33.6 27.3-40.6 221 66.4 59.4-72.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 670 226 32.2 28.1-36.7 444 67.8 63.3-71.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 593 176 29.0 24.7-33.7 417 71.0 66.3-75.3

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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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