2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,143 1,377 31.7 30.0-33.4 2,766 68.3 66.6-70.0
-Eastern NC 1,359 526 36.8 33.8-39.9 833 63.2 60.1-66.2
GENDER
Male 605 224 36.1 31.7-40.7 381 63.9 59.3-68.3
Female 754 302 37.4 33.3-41.7 452 62.6 58.3-66.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 811 296 36.0 32.2-40.0 515 64.0 60.0-67.8
Non-Hispanic Black 331 144 38.8 32.7-45.2 187 61.2 54.8-67.3
Other 217 86 36.4 28.7-44.8 131 63.6 55.2-71.3
AGE
18-34 279 68 26.2 20.7-32.6 211 73.8 67.4-79.3
35-44 190 56 30.1 22.9-38.4 134 69.9 61.6-77.1
45-54 212 72 34.9 27.9-42.7 140 65.1 57.3-72.1
55-64 253 117 49.4 42.2-56.6 136 50.6 43.4-57.8
65-74 251 111 42.3 35.5-49.4 140 57.7 50.6-64.5
75+ 160 98 56.9 46.7-66.6 62 43.1 33.4-53.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 68 50.5 40.1-60.9 61 49.5 39.1-59.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 392 166 37.2 31.9-43.0 226 62.8 57.0-68.1
Some Post-H.S. 447 193 38.6 33.6-43.9 254 61.4 56.1-66.4
College Graduate 386 95 22.1 17.8-27.1 291 77.9 72.9-82.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 526 526 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 833 *** *** *** 833 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 246 109 41.5 34.5-48.8 137 58.5 51.2-65.5
Non-Veteran 1,112 417 35.8 32.4-39.2 695 64.2 60.8-67.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 674 152 22.6 19.1-26.6 522 77.4 73.4-80.9
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 370 173 44.5 38.5-50.7 197 55.5 49.3-61.5
Unable to Work 163 144 88.0 80.9-92.8 19 12.0 7.2-19.1
Other not in Labor Force 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 77 70.8 60.5-79.4 38 29.2 20.6-39.5
$15,000- 24,999 194 104 47.3 38.8-55.8 90 52.7 44.2-61.2
$25,000- 34,999 118 41 31.4 22.4-42.1 77 68.6 57.9-77.6
$35,000- 49,999 177 69 37.2 29.5-45.7 108 62.8 54.3-70.5
$50,000- 74,999 155 46 30.0 22.3-39.1 109 70.0 60.9-77.7
$75,000+ 304 59 17.4 12.9-23.0 245 82.6 77.0-87.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 139 82 56.5 46.0-66.4 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 144 74 46.0 36.6-55.7 70 54.0 44.3-63.4
151% to 200% 123 52 37.7 28.4-48.0 71 62.3 52.0-71.6
More than 200% 602 160 24.9 21.1-29.1 442 75.1 70.9-78.9
HOUSING
Own 851 313 36.4 32.7-40.4 538 63.6 59.6-67.3
Rent 397 164 38.7 33.2-44.5 233 61.3 55.5-66.8
Other arrangement 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 102 32 28.7 19.6-39.9 70 71.3 60.1-80.4
Regional City or Suburban County 428 150 33.1 28.0-38.6 278 66.9 61.4-72.0
Rural 829 344 39.9 36.0-43.9 485 60.1 56.1-64.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 754 314 39.6 35.4-44.0 440 60.4 56.0-64.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 332 123 37.5 31.6-43.8 209 62.5 56.2-68.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 273 89 29.1 23.2-35.8 184 70.9 64.2-76.8

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 2018 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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