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?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,277 400 7.8 7.0- 8.7 3,877 92.2 91.3-93.0
GENDER
Male 2,000 159 6.1 5.1- 7.3 1,841 93.9 92.7-94.9
Female 2,277 241 9.4 8.1-10.9 2,036 90.6 89.1-91.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,675 301 9.5 8.3-10.7 2,374 90.5 89.3-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 857 58 5.2 3.9- 6.9 799 94.8 93.1-96.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 108 *** *** *** 98 92.3 85.1-96.2
Non-Hispanic Other 155 *** *** *** 145 93.6 86.6-97.1
Hispanic 404 13 2.2 1.2- 4.0 391 97.8 96.0-98.8
AGE
18-34 932 18 1.6 0.9- 2.9 914 98.4 97.1-99.1
35-44 603 21 2.9 1.8- 4.5 582 97.1 95.5-98.2
45-54 699 40 6.2 4.4- 8.6 659 93.8 91.4-95.6
55-64 784 90 10.8 8.5-13.5 694 89.2 86.5-91.5
65-74 703 114 17.0 14.0-20.4 589 83.0 79.6-86.0
75+ 489 112 21.7 17.4-26.5 377 78.3 73.5-82.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 407 38 8.3 5.8-11.8 369 91.7 88.2-94.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,011 82 7.5 5.9- 9.6 929 92.5 90.4-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,269 134 8.5 7.0-10.2 1,135 91.5 89.8-93.0
College Graduate 1,580 145 7.1 6.0- 8.5 1,435 92.9 91.5-94.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,369 212 13.9 11.9-16.2 1,157 86.1 83.8-88.1
No 2,765 173 4.9 4.2- 5.8 2,592 95.1 94.2-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 610 76 11.2 8.8-14.2 534 88.8 85.8-91.2
Non-Veteran 3,637 322 7.3 6.5- 8.3 3,315 92.7 91.7-93.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,281 106 3.7 3.0- 4.6 2,175 96.3 95.4-97.0
Unemployed 162 *** *** *** 155 96.2 90.8-98.5
Retired 1,108 205 17.8 15.3-20.6 903 82.2 79.4-84.7
Unable to Work 381 71 19.5 15.1-24.8 310 80.5 75.2-84.9
Other not in Labor Force 278 *** *** *** 268 96.9 94.0-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 361 44 10.0 7.2-13.8 317 90.0 86.2-92.8
$15,000- 24,999 535 56 9.0 6.6-12.1 479 91.0 87.9-93.4
$25,000- 34,999 358 33 7.9 5.4-11.4 325 92.1 88.6-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 477 45 8.0 5.7-11.1 432 92.0 88.9-94.3
$50,000-74,999 493 42 6.7 4.7- 9.3 451 93.3 90.7-95.3
$75,000+ 1,140 80 6.1 4.7- 7.8 1,060 93.9 92.2-95.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 913 100 8.9 7.1-11.1 813 91.1 88.9-92.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 123 11 6.7 3.6-12.1 112 93.3 87.9-96.4
50% to 100% 384 34 7.0 4.7-10.2 350 93.0 89.8-95.3
101% to 150% 428 46 9.3 6.6-13.0 382 90.7 87.0-93.4
151% to 200% 311 30 8.0 5.4-11.8 281 92.0 88.2-94.6
More than 200% 2,031 171 7.2 6.1- 8.5 1,860 92.8 91.5-93.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 913 100 8.9 7.1-11.1 813 91.1 88.9-92.9
HOUSING
Own 2,704 306 9.5 8.3-10.7 2,398 90.5 89.3-91.7
Rent 1,232 73 4.3 3.3- 5.6 1,159 95.7 94.4-96.7
Other arrangement 304 19 5.3 3.0- 9.2 285 94.7 90.8-97.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,393 102 6.2 4.9- 7.7 1,291 93.8 92.3-95.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,173 105 6.9 5.6- 8.6 1,068 93.1 91.4-94.4
Rural 1,711 193 10.0 8.5-11.8 1,518 90.0 88.2-91.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,017 108 9.1 7.3-11.3 909 90.9 88.7-92.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,412 142 8.4 6.9-10.2 1,270 91.6 89.8-93.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,848 150 6.8 5.7- 8.1 1,698 93.2 91.9-94.3

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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 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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