2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
GENDER
Male 1,930 291 12.7 11.2-14.4 1,639 87.3 85.6-88.8
Female 2,232 451 17.5 15.8-19.4 1,781 82.5 80.6-84.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,617 455 15.6 14.0-17.2 2,162 84.4 82.8-86.0
Non-Hispanic Black 830 187 17.9 15.3-20.9 643 82.1 79.1-84.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 107 33 26.3 18.3-36.1 74 73.7 63.9-81.7
Non-Hispanic Other 152 20 11.6 6.9-18.7 132 88.4 81.3-93.1
Hispanic 387 32 6.0 3.9- 9.1 355 94.0 90.9-96.1
AGE
18-34 904 27 3.0 2.0- 4.5 877 97.0 95.5-98.0
35-44 595 44 7.2 5.2- 9.8 551 92.8 90.2-94.8
45-54 671 103 15.4 12.5-18.9 568 84.6 81.1-87.5
55-64 771 202 25.1 21.7-28.9 569 74.9 71.1-78.3
65-74 687 187 26.1 22.5-30.0 500 73.9 70.0-77.5
75+ 477 171 36.8 31.3-42.7 306 63.2 57.3-68.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 389 95 23.3 18.7-28.6 294 76.7 71.4-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 980 234 18.9 16.4-21.6 746 81.1 78.4-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,237 246 15.4 13.4-17.7 991 84.6 82.3-86.6
College Graduate 1,547 166 8.0 6.7- 9.4 1,381 92.0 90.6-93.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,370 742 48.6 45.4-51.9 628 51.4 48.1-54.6
No 2,766 *** *** *** 2,766 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 597 142 19.9 16.6-23.6 455 80.1 76.4-83.4
Non-Veteran 3,561 600 14.6 13.3-15.9 2,961 85.4 84.1-86.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,234 130 5.2 4.2- 6.3 2,104 94.8 93.7-95.8
Unemployed 158 23 12.5 8.0-19.2 135 87.5 80.8-92.0
Retired 1,086 329 30.1 26.8-33.6 757 69.9 66.4-73.2
Unable to Work 375 237 58.8 52.5-64.8 138 41.2 35.2-47.5
Other not in Labor Force 276 19 4.9 3.0- 8.0 257 95.1 92.0-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 292 118 37.2 31.0-43.7 174 62.8 56.3-69.0
$15,000- 24,999 531 147 23.8 19.8-28.3 384 76.2 71.7-80.2
$25,000- 34,999 356 76 15.9 12.3-20.2 280 84.1 79.8-87.7
$35,000- 49,999 474 83 15.3 12.1-19.3 391 84.7 80.7-87.9
$50,000-74,999 486 43 8.2 5.9-11.3 443 91.8 88.7-94.1
$75,000+ 1,133 80 6.3 4.9- 8.1 1,053 93.7 91.9-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 890 195 17.9 15.2-21.1 695 82.1 78.9-84.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 122 35 26.3 18.6-35.8 87 73.7 64.2-81.4
50% to 100% 379 114 26.8 22.0-32.2 265 73.2 67.8-78.0
101% to 150% 427 112 21.4 17.4-26.1 315 78.6 73.9-82.6
151% to 200% 305 73 18.1 14.0-23.1 232 81.9 76.9-86.0
More than 200% 2,016 209 9.0 7.7-10.5 1,807 91.0 89.5-92.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 890 195 17.9 15.2-21.1 695 82.1 78.9-84.8
HOUSING
Own 2,636 460 15.8 14.3-17.5 2,176 84.2 82.5-85.7
Rent 1,196 210 13.9 11.9-16.2 986 86.1 83.8-88.1
Other arrangement 298 68 15.8 12.0-20.5 230 84.2 79.5-88.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,348 159 10.3 8.6-12.2 1,189 89.7 87.8-91.4
Regional City or Suburban County 1,145 214 16.9 14.6-19.6 931 83.1 80.4-85.4
Rural 1,669 369 18.5 16.5-20.7 1,300 81.5 79.3-83.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 989 234 19.9 17.2-23.0 755 80.1 77.0-82.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,380 274 17.4 15.3-19.9 1,106 82.6 80.1-84.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,793 234 11.5 10.0-13.2 1,559 88.5 86.8-90.0

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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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