2019 BRFSS Survey Results: 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 3,143 800 26.1 24.2-27.9 2,343 73.9 72.1-75.8
-Non-Hispanic Black 671 111 16.7 13.6-20.4 560 83.3 79.6-86.4
GENDER
Male 261 57 23.4 17.9-29.9 204 76.6 70.1-82.1
Female 410 54 11.8 8.6-16.0 356 88.2 84.0-91.4
AGE
18-34 132 14 10.3 5.8-17.5 118 89.7 82.5-94.2
35-44 99 18 19.9 12.1-31.0 81 80.1 69.0-87.9
45-54 119 26 22.6 15.4-31.9 93 77.4 68.1-84.6
55-64 136 31 26.7 18.2-37.3 105 73.3 62.7-81.8
65-74 108 15 11.4 6.4-19.3 93 88.6 80.7-93.6
75+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 186 38 20.8 14.6-28.8 148 79.2 71.2-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 232 40 17.6 12.7-23.9 192 82.4 76.1-87.3
College Graduate 193 25 10.3 6.7-15.4 168 89.7 84.6-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 108 21 16.9 10.5-26.2 87 83.1 73.8-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 240 59 26.4 20.1-33.8 181 73.6 66.2-79.9
No 425 51 12.3 9.0-16.4 374 87.7 83.6-91.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 586 89 15.5 12.3-19.4 497 84.5 80.6-87.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 269 51 20.5 15.4-26.7 218 79.5 73.3-84.6
Regional City or Suburban County 163 22 9.1 5.5-14.6 141 90.9 85.4-94.5
Rural 239 38 16.9 11.8-23.6 201 83.1 76.4-88.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 338 49 13.9 10.2-18.7 289 86.1 81.3-89.8
Unemployed 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 178 28 17.3 11.6-25.1 150 82.7 74.9-88.4
Unable to Work 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 94 18 17.2 10.0-28.0 76 82.8 72.0-90.0
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 255 35 13.3 9.2-18.9 220 86.7 81.1-90.8
HOUSING
Own 342 48 14.7 10.6-19.9 294 85.3 80.1-89.4
Rent 258 51 20.9 15.6-27.4 207 79.1 72.6-84.4
Other arrangement 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 225 39 17.7 12.1-25.0 186 82.3 75.0-87.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 205 35 14.8 10.2-21.1 170 85.2 78.9-89.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 241 37 17.7 12.7-24.1 204 82.3 75.9-87.3

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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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