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%)
TOTAL 3,143 800 26.1 24.2-27.9 2,343 73.9 72.1-75.8
GENDER
Male 1,429 430 31.3 28.5-34.3 999 68.7 65.7-71.5
Female 1,714 370 21.3 19.0-23.7 1,344 78.7 76.3-81.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,948 561 29.6 27.3-32.1 1,387 70.4 67.9-72.7
Non-Hispanic Black 671 111 16.7 13.6-20.4 560 83.3 79.6-86.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 87 27 27.3 18.3-38.7 60 72.7 61.3-81.7
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 298 57 17.0 12.7-22.3 241 83.0 77.7-87.3
AGE
18-34 565 129 23.2 19.4-27.4 436 76.8 72.6-80.6
35-44 434 117 27.7 23.1-32.8 317 72.3 67.2-76.9
45-54 525 141 27.9 23.6-32.7 384 72.1 67.3-76.4
55-64 623 177 30.3 26.1-34.9 446 69.7 65.1-73.9
65-74 555 143 26.9 22.6-31.8 412 73.1 68.2-77.4
75+ 401 86 19.4 15.1-24.6 315 80.6 75.4-84.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 320 79 29.8 23.8-36.5 241 70.2 63.5-76.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 744 194 28.1 24.4-32.2 550 71.9 67.8-75.6
Some Post-H.S. 961 246 24.4 21.5-27.6 715 75.6 72.4-78.5
College Graduate 1,112 281 24.4 21.7-27.4 831 75.6 72.6-78.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,072 363 36.0 32.6-39.7 709 64.0 60.3-67.4
No 2,049 433 21.4 19.3-23.6 1,616 78.6 76.4-80.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 410 151 38.3 32.7-44.3 259 61.7 55.7-67.3
Non-Veteran 2,731 649 24.5 22.6-26.4 2,082 75.5 73.6-77.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,641 405 25.1 22.7-27.7 1,236 74.9 72.3-77.3
Unemployed 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 885 201 23.1 19.8-26.7 684 76.9 73.3-80.2
Unable to Work 303 121 43.0 36.4-49.8 182 57.0 50.2-63.6
Other not in Labor Force 190 39 20.6 14.7-28.1 151 79.4 71.9-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 71 31.7 25.1-39.2 153 68.3 60.8-74.9
$15,000- 24,999 418 131 31.9 26.7-37.5 287 68.1 62.5-73.3
$25,000- 34,999 263 77 31.7 25.3-38.7 186 68.3 61.3-74.7
$35,000- 49,999 359 102 30.3 24.8-36.4 257 69.7 63.6-75.2
$50,000-74,999 361 75 19.7 15.2-25.2 286 80.3 74.8-84.8
$75,000+ 832 210 24.8 21.6-28.4 622 75.2 71.6-78.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 686 134 21.2 17.5-25.4 552 78.8 74.6-82.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 86 21 23.9 15.3-35.3 65 76.1 64.7-84.7
50% to 100% 303 93 31.2 25.5-37.6 210 68.8 62.4-74.5
101% to 150% 323 110 35.4 29.3-42.1 213 64.6 57.9-70.7
151% to 200% 243 76 32.0 25.3-39.5 167 68.0 60.5-74.7
More than 200% 1,487 364 24.3 21.8-26.9 1,123 75.7 73.1-78.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 686 134 21.2 17.5-25.4 552 78.8 74.6-82.5
HOUSING
Own 2,083 526 26.3 24.0-28.6 1,557 73.7 71.4-76.0
Rent 822 218 26.9 23.4-30.7 604 73.1 69.3-76.6
Other arrangement 221 56 25.1 19.2-32.0 165 74.9 68.0-80.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 983 235 25.4 22.2-28.8 748 74.6 71.2-77.8
Regional City or Suburban County 843 218 24.3 21.1-27.8 625 75.7 72.2-78.9
Rural 1,317 347 27.8 24.9-30.9 970 72.2 69.1-75.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 784 184 23.8 20.3-27.7 600 76.2 72.3-79.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,073 287 27.4 24.3-30.8 786 72.6 69.2-75.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,286 329 26.0 23.2-28.9 957 74.0 71.1-76.8

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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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