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%)
TOTAL 4,143 1,377 31.7 30.0-33.4 2,766 68.3 66.6-70.0
GENDER
Male 1,920 605 30.3 27.9-32.8 1,315 69.7 67.2-72.1
Female 2,223 772 32.9 30.6-35.3 1,451 67.1 64.7-69.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,608 854 32.2 30.1-34.4 1,754 67.8 65.6-69.9
Non-Hispanic Black 824 296 31.6 28.1-35.3 528 68.4 64.7-71.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 151 48 32.0 23.7-41.7 103 68.0 58.3-76.3
Hispanic 385 108 25.0 20.6-30.1 277 75.0 69.9-79.4
AGE
18-34 901 179 21.8 18.8-25.1 722 78.2 74.9-81.2
35-44 593 126 21.4 17.8-25.5 467 78.6 74.5-82.2
45-54 670 189 28.5 24.6-32.6 481 71.5 67.4-75.4
55-64 766 297 39.5 35.4-43.7 469 60.5 56.3-64.6
65-74 682 289 43.2 38.8-47.7 393 56.8 52.3-61.2
75+ 474 281 59.2 53.6-64.6 193 40.8 35.4-46.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 389 195 49.8 44.0-55.7 194 50.2 44.3-56.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 977 404 37.2 33.8-40.8 573 62.8 59.2-66.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,233 446 31.6 28.8-34.6 787 68.4 65.4-71.2
College Graduate 1,535 328 17.8 15.8-19.9 1,207 82.2 80.1-84.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,377 1,377 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,766 *** *** *** 2,766 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 591 264 42.4 37.8-47.2 327 57.6 52.8-62.2
Non-Veteran 3,547 1,112 30.1 28.3-31.9 2,435 69.9 68.1-71.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,222 408 18.2 16.4-20.2 1,814 81.8 79.8-83.6
Unemployed 158 67 43.7 34.6-53.3 91 56.3 46.7-65.4
Retired 1,079 515 48.4 44.8-52.1 564 51.6 47.9-55.2
Unable to Work 375 317 85.3 80.6-89.0 58 14.7 11.0-19.4
Other not in Labor Force 276 63 20.7 15.9-26.4 213 79.3 73.6-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 290 176 58.3 51.5-64.7 114 41.7 35.3-48.5
$15,000- 24,999 532 273 49.6 44.6-54.7 259 50.4 45.3-55.4
$25,000- 34,999 354 138 35.9 30.4-41.9 216 64.1 58.1-69.6
$35,000- 49,999 474 156 32.9 28.1-38.1 318 67.1 61.9-71.9
$50,000-74,999 486 107 23.0 18.8-27.9 379 77.0 72.1-81.2
$75,000+ 1,128 183 15.1 12.9-17.7 945 84.9 82.3-87.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 879 344 35.3 31.6-39.3 535 64.7 60.7-68.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 121 61 48.8 38.8-58.8 60 51.2 41.2-61.2
50% to 100% 378 202 50.7 44.8-56.6 176 49.3 43.4-55.2
101% to 150% 426 203 46.2 40.6-52.0 223 53.8 48.0-59.4
151% to 200% 305 123 37.4 31.3-44.0 182 62.6 56.0-68.7
More than 200% 2,011 437 20.6 18.6-22.7 1,574 79.4 77.3-81.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 879 344 35.3 31.6-39.3 535 64.7 60.7-68.4
HOUSING
Own 2,621 822 31.2 29.1-33.3 1,799 68.8 66.7-70.9
Rent 1,194 425 32.7 29.7-35.8 769 67.3 64.2-70.3
Other arrangement 299 121 33.8 28.1-40.1 178 66.2 59.9-71.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,341 342 24.6 22.0-27.4 999 75.4 72.6-78.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,140 378 32.1 29.0-35.4 762 67.9 64.6-71.0
Rural 1,662 657 37.8 35.0-40.7 1,005 62.2 59.3-65.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 986 396 37.7 34.1-41.4 590 62.3 58.6-65.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,376 499 35.1 32.2-38.2 877 64.9 61.8-67.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,781 482 26.3 24.0-28.7 1,299 73.7 71.3-76.0

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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 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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