2019 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 824 296 31.6 28.1-35.3 528 68.4 64.7-71.9
GENDER
Male 338 111 30.9 25.6-36.8 227 69.1 63.2-74.4
Female 486 185 32.1 27.6-37.1 301 67.9 62.9-72.4
AGE
18-34 174 35 19.7 14.0-26.9 139 80.3 73.1-86.0
35-44 128 24 17.6 11.3-26.5 104 82.4 73.5-88.7
45-54 141 48 30.6 23.0-39.4 93 69.4 60.6-77.0
55-64 167 85 53.7 44.9-62.3 82 46.3 37.7-55.1
65-74 125 57 45.3 35.4-55.6 68 54.7 44.4-64.6
75+ 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 229 94 34.7 28.0-42.0 135 65.3 58.0-72.0
Some Post-H.S. 279 101 28.8 23.4-34.9 178 71.2 65.1-76.6
College Graduate 239 49 15.4 11.4-20.7 190 84.6 79.3-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 136 64 42.1 33.1-51.7 72 57.9 48.3-66.9
$25,000- 34,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 98 28 25.9 17.1-37.1 70 74.1 62.9-82.9
$50,000- 74,999 85 15 20.6 12.2-32.8 70 79.4 67.2-87.8
$75,000+ 148 24 12.4 7.9-19.0 124 87.6 81.0-92.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 296 296 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 528 *** *** *** 528 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 714 248 30.0 26.3-33.9 466 70.0 66.1-73.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 321 91 26.7 21.7-32.4 230 73.3 67.6-78.3
Regional City or Suburban County 203 69 29.3 22.4-37.3 134 70.7 62.7-77.6
Rural 300 136 40.0 33.8-46.6 164 60.0 53.4-66.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 407 69 15.5 12.0-19.9 338 84.5 80.1-88.0
Unemployed 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 207 104 48.5 40.5-56.7 103 51.5 43.3-59.5
Unable to Work 127 97 77.0 67.6-84.3 30 23.0 15.7-32.4
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 118 51 37.6 28.1-48.2 67 62.4 51.8-71.9
151% to 200% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 307 66 18.1 13.8-23.5 241 81.9 76.5-86.2
HOUSING
Own 400 120 28.2 23.3-33.6 280 71.8 66.4-76.7
Rent 333 144 39.2 33.5-45.3 189 60.8 54.7-66.5
Other arrangement 86 31 26.9 18.2-37.9 55 73.1 62.1-81.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 280 122 38.4 31.8-45.3 158 61.6 54.7-68.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 246 87 30.6 24.5-37.4 159 69.4 62.6-75.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 298 87 27.8 22.4-33.8 211 72.2 66.2-77.6

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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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