2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

General Health Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,272 3,387 80.6 79.1-81.9 885 19.4 18.1-20.9
GENDER
Male 2,000 1,618 81.4 79.3-83.4 382 18.6 16.6-20.7
Female 2,272 1,769 79.8 77.8-81.6 503 20.2 18.4-22.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,671 2,195 82.5 80.8-84.2 476 17.5 15.8-19.2
Non-Hispanic Black 854 641 78.4 75.1-81.4 213 21.6 18.6-24.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 109 72 68.6 58.2-77.4 37 31.4 22.6-41.8
Non-Hispanic Other 156 124 82.2 74.2-88.1 32 17.8 11.9-25.8
Hispanic 403 298 74.2 69.0-78.8 105 25.8 21.2-31.0
AGE
18-34 931 845 90.0 87.6-92.1 86 10.0 7.9-12.4
35-44 603 505 83.1 79.3-86.3 98 16.9 13.7-20.7
45-54 698 523 76.0 72.1-79.5 175 24.0 20.5-27.9
55-64 783 573 73.8 70.0-77.3 210 26.2 22.7-30.0
65-74 702 535 76.4 72.5-80.0 167 23.6 20.0-27.5
75+ 487 349 70.2 64.5-75.3 138 29.8 24.7-35.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 408 235 60.2 54.5-65.6 173 39.8 34.4-45.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,004 711 74.3 71.2-77.2 293 25.7 22.8-28.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,272 1,016 84.6 82.4-86.6 256 15.4 13.4-17.6
College Graduate 1,578 1,416 91.5 89.9-92.9 162 8.5 7.1-10.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,369 772 58.0 54.8-61.2 597 42.0 38.8-45.2
No 2,760 2,498 90.8 89.5-92.0 262 9.2 8.0-10.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 608 464 78.4 74.4-82.0 144 21.6 18.0-25.6
Non-Veteran 3,633 2,898 80.9 79.3-82.3 735 19.1 17.7-20.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,278 2,010 88.7 87.2-90.2 268 11.3 9.8-12.8
Unemployed 162 120 76.6 67.9-83.4 42 23.4 16.6-32.1
Retired 1,107 835 74.5 71.1-77.6 272 25.5 22.4-28.9
Unable to Work 379 129 35.4 29.7-41.5 250 64.6 58.5-70.3
Other not in Labor Force 278 239 88.7 84.0-92.2 39 11.3 7.8-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 361 208 61.0 55.1-66.6 153 39.0 33.4-44.9
$15,000- 24,999 535 351 68.4 63.5-72.8 184 31.6 27.2-36.5
$25,000- 34,999 357 272 76.5 71.1-81.1 85 23.5 18.9-28.9
$35,000- 49,999 478 390 83.6 79.5-87.0 88 16.4 13.0-20.5
$50,000-74,999 493 442 90.9 87.6-93.4 51 9.1 6.6-12.4
$75,000+ 1,140 1,045 92.1 90.0-93.8 95 7.9 6.2-10.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 908 679 75.7 72.1-79.1 229 24.3 20.9-27.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 123 70 58.2 48.1-67.7 53 41.8 32.3-51.9
50% to 100% 382 225 63.2 57.4-68.6 157 36.8 31.4-42.6
101% to 150% 429 303 74.8 69.8-79.2 126 25.2 20.8-30.2
151% to 200% 310 234 76.6 70.8-81.5 76 23.4 18.5-29.2
More than 200% 2,032 1,802 89.8 88.1-91.2 230 10.2 8.8-11.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 908 679 75.7 72.1-79.1 229 24.3 20.9-27.9
HOUSING
Own 2,701 2,217 82.0 80.2-83.7 484 18.0 16.3-19.8
Rent 1,229 919 77.3 74.6-79.8 310 22.7 20.2-25.4
Other arrangement 303 217 77.9 72.4-82.6 86 22.1 17.4-27.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,393 1,186 86.0 83.7-88.0 207 14.0 12.0-16.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,168 935 81.0 78.2-83.6 233 19.0 16.4-21.8
Rural 1,711 1,266 75.2 72.7-77.6 445 24.8 22.4-27.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,014 723 72.7 69.3-75.9 291 27.3 24.1-30.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,411 1,106 79.3 76.6-81.7 305 20.7 18.3-23.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,847 1,558 85.0 83.1-86.8 289 15.0 13.2-16.9

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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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