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%)
North Carolina 4,143 1,377 31.7 30.0-33.4 2,766 68.3 66.6-70.0
-FEMALES 2,223 772 32.9 30.6-35.3 1,451 67.1 64.7-69.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,371 471 34.4 31.4-37.5 900 65.6 62.5-68.6
Non-Hispanic Black 486 185 32.1 27.6-37.1 301 67.9 62.9-72.4
Other 336 106 26.6 21.3-32.6 230 73.4 67.4-78.7
AGE
18-34 442 74 19.5 15.5-24.3 368 80.5 75.7-84.5
35-44 327 75 24.0 18.8-30.0 252 76.0 70.0-81.2
45-54 361 116 30.8 25.7-36.4 245 69.2 63.6-74.3
55-64 434 176 42.2 36.7-48.0 258 57.8 52.0-63.3
65-74 367 158 41.1 35.3-47.0 209 58.9 53.0-64.7
75+ 261 162 63.0 55.5-69.9 99 37.0 30.1-44.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 96 50.0 41.6-58.4 93 50.0 41.6-58.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 480 208 39.6 34.5-44.9 272 60.4 55.1-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 704 271 34.3 30.4-38.5 433 65.7 61.5-69.6
College Graduate 847 196 19.4 16.7-22.6 651 80.6 77.4-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 177 101 52.3 43.8-60.6 76 47.7 39.4-56.2
$15,000- 24,999 301 154 50.2 43.4-56.9 147 49.8 43.1-56.6
$25,000- 34,999 184 74 38.8 30.7-47.6 110 61.2 52.4-69.3
$35,000- 49,999 238 80 33.7 26.9-41.2 158 66.3 58.8-73.1
$50,000- 74,999 264 63 24.3 18.6-31.2 201 75.7 68.8-81.4
$75,000+ 538 81 13.8 10.8-17.5 457 86.2 82.5-89.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 772 772 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,451 *** *** *** 1,451 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,148 739 32.6 30.3-35.0 1,409 67.4 65.0-69.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 697 183 25.4 21.8-29.3 514 74.6 70.7-78.2
Regional City or Suburban County 598 209 33.6 29.2-38.3 389 66.4 61.7-70.8
Rural 928 380 39.1 35.4-43.1 548 60.9 56.9-64.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,074 191 17.2 14.7-20.0 883 82.8 80.0-85.3
Unemployed 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 592 287 49.1 44.2-54.0 305 50.9 46.0-55.8
Unable to Work 233 202 87.5 81.5-91.7 31 12.5 8.3-18.5
Other not in Labor Force 222 52 20.5 15.3-27.0 170 79.5 73.0-84.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 221 116 50.3 42.5-58.1 105 49.7 41.9-57.5
101% to 150% 230 112 48.9 41.2-56.6 118 51.1 43.4-58.8
151% to 200% 148 58 38.3 29.3-48.2 90 61.7 51.8-70.7
More than 200% 1,023 230 20.8 18.1-23.9 793 79.2 76.1-81.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 558 235 38.4 33.6-43.4 323 61.6 56.6-66.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 723 272 37.4 33.2-41.9 451 62.6 58.1-66.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 942 265 27.2 24.1-30.6 677 72.8 69.4-75.9

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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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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