2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,708 427 8.1 7.2- 9.1 4,281 91.9 90.9-92.8
-Non-Hispanic White 3,129 318 9.2 8.0-10.6 2,811 90.8 89.4-92.0
GENDER
Male 1,472 118 7.0 5.5- 8.9 1,354 93.0 91.1-94.5
Female 1,657 200 11.2 9.4-13.3 1,457 88.8 86.7-90.6
AGE
18-34 585 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 362 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 478 45 8.2 5.5-12.0 433 91.8 88.0-94.5
55-64 572 82 15.3 11.9-19.4 490 84.7 80.6-88.1
65-74 651 94 16.5 12.6-21.4 557 83.5 78.6-87.4
75+ 439 65 13.2 9.8-17.5 374 86.8 82.5-90.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 63 25.5 18.7-33.8 148 74.5 66.2-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 730 110 11.6 9.2-14.5 620 88.4 85.5-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 919 91 8.4 6.5-10.7 828 91.6 89.3-93.5
College Graduate 1,268 54 2.7 1.9- 3.8 1,214 97.3 96.2-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 65 23.0 17.2-30.0 168 77.0 70.0-82.8
$15,000- 24,999 367 78 20.0 15.4-25.7 289 80.0 74.3-84.6
$25,000- 34,999 262 37 12.5 8.3-18.3 225 87.5 81.7-91.7
$35,000- 49,999 374 27 6.8 4.3-10.4 347 93.2 89.6-95.7
$50,000- 74,999 463 32 5.1 3.4- 7.6 431 94.9 92.4-96.6
$75,000+ 885 24 2.9 1.7- 4.8 861 97.1 95.2-98.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 966 208 20.7 17.6-24.3 758 79.3 75.7-82.4
No 2,094 104 4.7 3.6- 6.0 1,990 95.3 94.0-96.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 501 47 6.9 4.8- 9.8 454 93.1 90.2-95.2
Non-Veteran 2,628 270 9.5 8.2-11.1 2,358 90.5 88.9-91.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 718 48 6.3 4.5- 8.8 670 93.7 91.2-95.5
Regional City or Suburban County 803 72 9.3 7.0-12.4 731 90.7 87.6-93.0
Rural 1,612 198 10.9 9.1-13.0 1,414 89.1 87.0-90.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,557 68 3.8 2.8- 5.1 1,489 96.2 94.9-97.2
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,018 130 13.2 10.7-16.3 888 86.8 83.7-89.3
Unable to Work 248 103 43.7 35.4-52.3 145 56.3 47.7-64.6
Other not in Labor Force 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 65 16 18.3 10.3-30.4 49 81.7 69.6-89.7
50% to 100% 155 41 24.1 16.7-33.4 114 75.9 66.6-83.3
101% to 150% 357 74 18.3 14.0-23.6 283 81.7 76.4-86.0
151% to 200% 220 29 9.7 6.3-14.7 191 90.3 85.3-93.7
More than 200% 1,756 101 5.0 3.9- 6.4 1,655 95.0 93.6-96.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 543 73 10.0 7.3-13.4 470 90.0 86.6-92.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,329 160 11.7 9.6-14.1 1,169 88.3 85.9-90.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,261 85 6.4 4.9- 8.3 1,176 93.6 91.7-95.1

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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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