2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 737 229 30.2 26.0-34.7 508 69.8 65.3-74.0
GENDER
Male 346 137 37.0 30.5-43.9 209 63.0 56.1-69.5
Female 391 92 23.9 18.8-29.9 299 76.1 70.1-81.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 646 211 32.1 27.5-37.0 435 67.9 63.0-72.5
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 155 54 33.7 24.9-43.8 101 66.3 56.2-75.1
65-74 169 42 20.4 14.0-28.9 127 79.6 71.1-86.0
75+ 104 18 18.0 10.8-28.6 86 82.0 71.4-89.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 182 54 32.7 24.8-41.6 128 67.3 58.4-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 229 68 30.5 23.3-38.8 161 69.5 61.2-76.7
College Graduate 251 87 31.2 24.6-38.7 164 68.8 61.3-75.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 169 46 23.2 16.3-31.8 123 76.8 68.2-83.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 260 103 36.0 28.7-44.0 157 64.0 56.0-71.3
No 474 123 26.7 21.7-32.4 351 73.3 67.6-78.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 640 189 29.1 24.7-34.0 451 70.9 66.0-75.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 188 58 33.1 25.2-42.0 130 66.9 58.0-74.8
Rural 550 171 28.9 24.1-34.2 379 71.1 65.8-75.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 334 106 30.1 24.1-36.9 228 69.9 63.1-75.9
Unemployed 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 263 63 22.0 16.5-28.7 200 78.0 71.3-83.5
Unable to Work 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 366 108 28.2 22.6-34.7 258 71.8 65.3-77.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 214 73 31.2 23.4-40.3 141 68.8 59.7-76.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 233 68 28.0 21.5-35.6 165 72.0 64.4-78.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 291 88 31.9 25.3-39.3 203 68.1 60.7-74.7

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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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