2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,276 169 3.9 3.2- 4.6 4,107 96.1 95.4-96.8
-MALES 1,999 84 4.1 3.2- 5.2 1,915 95.9 94.8-96.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,275 45 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,230 96.5 95.2-97.5
Non-Hispanic Black 358 20 5.3 3.2- 8.7 338 94.7 91.3-96.8
Other 322 18 5.7 3.4- 9.5 304 94.3 90.5-96.6
AGE
18-34 479 *** *** *** 472 98.2 96.3-99.2
35-44 272 *** *** *** 268 98.5 96.0-99.5
45-54 326 20 5.6 3.5- 9.0 306 94.4 91.0-96.5
55-64 341 18 5.4 3.2- 9.2 323 94.6 90.8-96.8
65-74 331 23 7.9 5.1-12.0 308 92.1 88.0-94.9
75+ 216 12 8.1 4.1-15.5 204 91.9 84.5-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 23 10.2 6.5-15.7 188 89.8 84.3-93.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 516 20 3.0 1.9- 4.7 496 97.0 95.3-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 555 25 3.9 2.5- 5.8 530 96.1 94.2-97.5
College Graduate 710 16 2.2 1.2- 3.9 694 97.8 96.1-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 155 16 11.0 6.2-18.8 139 89.0 81.2-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 234 14 6.0 3.3-10.5 220 94.0 89.5-96.7
$25,000- 34,999 173 13 7.0 3.9-12.2 160 93.0 87.8-96.1
$35,000- 49,999 239 *** *** *** 229 95.2 90.9-97.5
$50,000- 74,999 226 *** *** *** 222 98.6 96.1-99.5
$75,000+ 599 15 2.6 1.5- 4.5 584 97.4 95.5-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 602 49 7.6 5.6-10.4 553 92.4 89.6-94.4
No 1,313 32 2.6 1.7- 3.8 1,281 97.4 96.2-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 534 26 4.5 2.9- 6.8 508 95.5 93.2-97.1
Non-Veteran 1,446 57 4.0 3.0- 5.3 1,389 96.0 94.7-97.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 675 20 2.9 1.8- 4.7 655 97.1 95.3-98.2
Regional City or Suburban County 563 26 4.4 2.9- 6.8 537 95.6 93.2-97.1
Rural 761 38 5.0 3.5- 7.1 723 95.0 92.9-96.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,186 27 2.1 1.4- 3.2 1,159 97.9 96.8-98.6
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** 73 97.5 89.5-99.4
Retired 503 26 6.9 4.5-10.5 477 93.1 89.5-95.5
Unable to Work 145 26 17.3 11.2-25.6 119 82.7 74.4-88.8
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** 52 96.3 86.2-99.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 164 13 6.7 3.5-12.3 151 93.3 87.7-96.5
101% to 150% 197 14 7.1 4.1-12.1 183 92.9 87.9-95.9
151% to 200% 161 11 5.5 2.8-10.6 150 94.5 89.4-97.2
More than 200% 1,003 27 2.7 1.8- 4.1 976 97.3 95.9-98.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 444 32 6.7 4.5- 9.8 412 93.3 90.2-95.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 676 22 3.5 2.2- 5.6 654 96.5 94.4-97.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 879 30 3.4 2.3- 5.0 849 96.6 95.0-97.7

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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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