2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,276 169 3.9 3.2- 4.6 4,107 96.1 95.4-96.8
GENDER
Male 1,999 84 4.1 3.2- 5.2 1,915 95.9 94.8-96.8
Female 2,277 85 3.6 2.8- 4.6 2,192 96.4 95.4-97.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,673 95 3.5 2.8- 4.3 2,578 96.5 95.7-97.2
Non-Hispanic Black 856 42 4.6 3.2- 6.6 814 95.4 93.4-96.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 110 *** *** *** 101 89.3 78.3-95.0
Non-Hispanic Other 155 *** *** *** 148 95.7 90.4-98.1
Hispanic 403 14 4.3 2.4- 7.5 389 95.7 92.5-97.6
AGE
18-34 931 15 1.9 1.1- 3.2 916 98.1 96.8-98.9
35-44 602 13 2.7 1.5- 4.6 589 97.3 95.4-98.5
45-54 700 32 4.4 3.0- 6.4 668 95.6 93.6-97.0
55-64 783 34 4.4 3.0- 6.3 749 95.6 93.7-97.0
65-74 703 48 6.9 5.1- 9.4 655 93.1 90.6-94.9
75+ 489 26 6.8 4.1-11.1 463 93.2 88.9-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 407 36 8.9 6.2-12.7 371 91.1 87.3-93.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,010 42 3.6 2.6- 5.1 968 96.4 94.9-97.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,273 52 3.3 2.5- 4.5 1,221 96.7 95.5-97.5
College Graduate 1,576 39 2.4 1.6- 3.4 1,537 97.6 96.6-98.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,370 108 7.6 6.2- 9.5 1,262 92.4 90.5-93.8
No 2,762 55 2.1 1.5- 2.8 2,707 97.9 97.2-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 609 28 4.3 2.9- 6.4 581 95.7 93.6-97.1
Non-Veteran 3,636 139 3.8 3.1- 4.6 3,497 96.2 95.4-96.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,279 39 1.7 1.2- 2.4 2,240 98.3 97.6-98.8
Unemployed 162 *** *** *** 156 97.4 93.1-99.0
Retired 1,109 60 6.3 4.7- 8.5 1,049 93.7 91.5-95.3
Unable to Work 381 52 13.8 10.2-18.3 329 86.2 81.7-89.8
Other not in Labor Force 277 *** *** *** 267 96.6 93.6-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 364 32 9.1 6.2-13.4 332 90.9 86.6-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 534 31 6.6 4.4- 9.8 503 93.4 90.2-95.6
$25,000- 34,999 358 18 4.8 2.9- 7.9 340 95.2 92.1-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 477 19 4.1 2.5- 6.8 458 95.9 93.2-97.5
$50,000-74,999 493 *** *** *** 486 98.9 97.6-99.5
$75,000+ 1,138 30 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,108 97.4 96.0-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 912 32 2.7 1.8- 3.9 880 97.3 96.1-98.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 123 11 12.7 6.8-22.6 112 87.3 77.4-93.2
50% to 100% 387 27 6.4 4.2- 9.7 360 93.6 90.3-95.8
101% to 150% 426 26 6.8 4.4-10.3 400 93.2 89.7-95.6
151% to 200% 310 13 3.7 2.0- 6.8 297 96.3 93.2-98.0
More than 200% 2,030 56 2.6 1.9- 3.5 1,974 97.4 96.5-98.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 912 32 2.7 1.8- 3.9 880 97.3 96.1-98.2
HOUSING
Own 2,704 111 4.0 3.2- 5.0 2,593 96.0 95.0-96.8
Rent 1,230 38 3.1 2.2- 4.5 1,192 96.9 95.5-97.8
Other arrangement 303 18 5.0 3.0- 8.3 285 95.0 91.7-97.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,390 43 3.0 2.1- 4.2 1,347 97.0 95.8-97.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,173 44 3.7 2.6- 5.1 1,129 96.3 94.9-97.4
Rural 1,713 82 4.8 3.7- 6.2 1,631 95.2 93.8-96.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,017 57 5.7 4.2- 7.6 960 94.3 92.4-95.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,413 56 4.3 3.1- 5.7 1,357 95.7 94.3-96.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,846 56 2.7 2.0- 3.7 1,790 97.3 96.3-98.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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