2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,280 570 13.1 12.0-14.3 3,710 86.9 85.7-88.0
-Eastern NC 1,406 202 14.2 12.2-16.5 1,204 85.8 83.5-87.8
GENDER
Male 633 68 12.7 9.8-16.2 565 87.3 83.8-90.2
Female 773 134 15.7 12.9-18.8 639 84.3 81.2-87.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 837 115 14.9 12.2-18.0 722 85.1 82.0-87.8
Non-Hispanic Black 343 61 13.8 10.4-18.1 282 86.2 81.9-89.6
Other 226 26 11.5 6.8-18.6 200 88.5 81.4-93.2
AGE
18-34 293 46 15.0 11.1-20.0 247 85.0 80.0-88.9
35-44 195 27 11.6 7.5-17.5 168 88.4 82.5-92.5
45-54 221 34 17.6 12.5-24.3 187 82.4 75.7-87.5
55-64 259 38 15.6 10.9-21.8 221 84.4 78.2-89.1
65-74 256 39 13.6 9.5-19.1 217 86.4 80.9-90.5
75+ 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 137 21 16.1 9.9-25.0 116 83.9 75.0-90.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 402 61 14.4 10.9-18.8 341 85.6 81.2-89.1
Some Post-H.S. 467 70 14.5 11.3-18.4 397 85.5 81.6-88.7
College Graduate 396 50 12.5 9.2-16.7 346 87.5 83.3-90.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 524 117 22.9 18.8-27.6 407 77.1 72.4-81.2
No 832 78 9.3 7.2-11.8 754 90.7 88.2-92.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 254 25 10.3 6.6-15.7 229 89.7 84.3-93.4
Non-Veteran 1,142 175 15.0 12.7-17.7 967 85.0 82.3-87.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 696 86 12.8 10.2-15.9 610 87.2 84.1-89.8
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 379 39 9.0 6.1-13.0 340 91.0 87.0-93.9
Unable to Work 167 49 29.1 21.4-38.3 118 70.9 61.7-78.6
Other not in Labor Force 88 14 14.8 8.4-24.7 74 85.2 75.3-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 29 20.5 13.6-29.6 113 79.5 70.4-86.4
$15,000- 24,999 195 31 15.0 10.2-21.6 164 85.0 78.4-89.8
$25,000- 34,999 118 18 15.8 9.4-25.4 100 84.2 74.6-90.6
$35,000- 49,999 178 22 11.4 7.1-17.6 156 88.6 82.4-92.9
$50,000- 74,999 156 19 15.4 9.6-23.7 137 84.6 76.3-90.4
$75,000+ 312 34 10.7 7.4-15.3 278 89.3 84.7-92.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 28 19.7 12.8-28.9 114 80.3 71.1-87.2
101% to 150% 145 26 17.6 11.6-25.9 119 82.4 74.1-88.4
151% to 200% 124 17 13.5 8.1-21.7 107 86.5 78.3-91.9
More than 200% 612 70 11.8 9.1-15.2 542 88.2 84.8-90.9
HOUSING
Own 875 94 10.9 8.7-13.5 781 89.1 86.5-91.3
Rent 415 85 20.7 16.5-25.7 330 79.3 74.3-83.5
Other arrangement 101 21 21.3 13.0-32.7 80 78.7 67.3-87.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 16 17.1 9.9-27.8 89 82.9 72.2-90.1
Regional City or Suburban County 442 68 13.6 10.5-17.5 374 86.4 82.5-89.5
Rural 859 118 14.2 11.6-17.3 741 85.8 82.7-88.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 783 118 15.3 12.5-18.7 665 84.7 81.3-87.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 337 44 12.7 9.2-17.2 293 87.3 82.8-90.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 286 40 13.3 9.4-18.5 246 86.7 81.5-90.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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