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%)
North Carolina 3,143 800 26.1 24.2-27.9 2,343 73.9 72.1-75.8
-FEMALES 1,714 370 21.3 19.0-23.7 1,344 78.7 76.3-81.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,025 250 24.9 21.9-28.2 775 75.1 71.8-78.1
Non-Hispanic Black 410 54 11.8 8.6-16.0 356 88.2 84.0-91.4
Other 261 61 20.6 15.4-26.9 200 79.4 73.1-84.6
AGE
18-34 277 46 16.2 12.0-21.5 231 83.8 78.5-88.0
35-44 253 60 22.8 17.4-29.1 193 77.2 70.9-82.6
45-54 278 67 24.1 18.8-30.3 211 75.9 69.7-81.2
55-64 360 88 27.0 21.5-33.3 272 73.0 66.7-78.5
65-74 302 64 21.1 15.8-27.5 238 78.9 72.5-84.2
75+ 222 41 16.5 11.2-23.7 181 83.5 76.3-88.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 29 19.4 13.1-27.7 128 80.6 72.3-86.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 379 96 27.2 22.0-33.0 283 72.8 67.0-78.0
Some Post-H.S. 544 108 18.7 15.2-22.8 436 81.3 77.2-84.8
College Graduate 631 137 20.4 17.1-24.2 494 79.6 75.8-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 40 27.0 19.7-35.9 102 73.0 64.1-80.3
$15,000- 24,999 233 60 23.9 18.1-30.9 173 76.1 69.1-81.9
$25,000- 34,999 140 39 27.5 19.8-36.9 101 72.5 63.1-80.2
$35,000- 49,999 193 43 24.4 17.4-33.2 150 75.6 66.8-82.6
$50,000- 74,999 196 36 18.4 12.5-26.2 160 81.6 73.8-87.5
$75,000+ 391 77 18.2 14.4-22.8 314 81.8 77.2-85.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 612 181 31.2 26.8-35.9 431 68.8 64.1-73.2
No 1,092 189 16.5 14.0-19.2 903 83.5 80.8-86.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,671 350 20.5 18.3-22.9 1,321 79.5 77.1-81.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 518 103 19.9 16.2-24.2 415 80.1 75.8-83.8
Regional City or Suburban County 448 98 20.6 16.5-25.4 350 79.4 74.6-83.5
Rural 748 169 22.8 19.3-26.8 579 77.2 73.2-80.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 810 165 19.6 16.6-23.0 645 80.4 77.0-83.4
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 492 90 17.3 13.6-21.7 402 82.7 78.3-86.4
Unable to Work 190 73 43.2 34.9-52.0 117 56.8 48.0-65.1
Other not in Labor Force 151 25 16.9 10.9-25.2 126 83.1 74.8-89.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 185 47 25.2 18.6-33.2 138 74.8 66.8-81.4
101% to 150% 173 52 29.0 21.7-37.6 121 71.0 62.4-78.3
151% to 200% 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 759 150 18.7 15.7-22.0 609 81.3 78.0-84.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 459 91 18.4 14.5-23.1 368 81.6 76.9-85.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 578 145 25.2 21.0-29.8 433 74.8 70.2-79.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 677 134 19.4 16.3-23.0 543 80.6 77.0-83.7

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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 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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