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
-MALES 1,920 605 30.3 27.9-32.8 1,315 69.7 67.2-72.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,237 383 29.8 26.9-32.9 854 70.2 67.1-73.1
Non-Hispanic Black 338 111 30.9 25.6-36.8 227 69.1 63.2-74.4
Other 307 98 30.8 24.9-37.4 209 69.2 62.6-75.1
AGE
18-34 459 105 24.1 19.9-28.9 354 75.9 71.1-80.1
35-44 266 51 18.7 14.1-24.5 215 81.3 75.5-85.9
45-54 309 73 25.9 20.4-32.4 236 74.1 67.6-79.6
55-64 332 121 36.4 30.6-42.5 211 63.6 57.5-69.4
65-74 315 131 45.8 39.2-52.5 184 54.2 47.5-60.8
75+ 213 119 53.8 45.5-62.0 94 46.2 38.0-54.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 200 99 49.7 41.6-57.8 101 50.3 42.2-58.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 497 196 35.0 30.5-39.9 301 65.0 60.1-69.5
Some Post-H.S. 529 175 28.3 24.3-32.6 354 71.7 67.4-75.7
College Graduate 688 132 15.6 13.0-18.6 556 84.4 81.4-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 75 67.0 56.3-76.3 38 33.0 23.7-43.7
$15,000- 24,999 231 119 49.0 41.3-56.7 112 51.0 43.3-58.7
$25,000- 34,999 170 64 33.1 25.8-41.3 106 66.9 58.7-74.2
$35,000- 49,999 236 76 32.2 25.6-39.6 160 67.8 60.4-74.4
$50,000- 74,999 222 44 21.6 15.7-29.0 178 78.4 71.0-84.3
$75,000+ 590 102 16.3 13.2-20.0 488 83.7 80.0-86.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 605 605 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,315 *** *** *** 1,315 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 231 42.2 37.3-47.3 286 57.8 52.7-62.7
Non-Veteran 1,399 373 26.6 24.0-29.5 1,026 73.4 70.5-76.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 644 159 23.7 20.1-27.7 485 76.3 72.3-79.9
Regional City or Suburban County 542 169 30.5 26.2-35.2 373 69.5 64.8-73.8
Rural 734 277 36.3 32.2-40.5 457 63.7 59.5-67.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,148 217 19.1 16.6-21.9 931 80.9 78.1-83.4
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 487 228 47.6 42.3-53.0 259 52.4 47.0-57.7
Unable to Work 142 115 81.8 73.7-87.8 27 18.2 12.2-26.3
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 157 86 51.4 42.4-60.3 71 48.6 39.7-57.6
101% to 150% 196 91 43.7 35.6-52.1 105 56.3 47.9-64.4
151% to 200% 157 65 36.7 28.6-45.6 92 63.3 54.4-71.4
More than 200% 988 207 20.3 17.5-23.4 781 79.7 76.6-82.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 428 161 37.0 31.7-42.6 267 63.0 57.4-68.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 653 227 32.7 28.6-37.1 426 67.3 62.9-71.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 839 217 25.2 21.9-28.8 622 74.8 71.2-78.1

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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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