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
-MALES 1,429 430 31.3 28.5-34.3 999 68.7 65.7-71.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 923 311 34.7 31.1-38.4 612 65.3 61.6-68.9
Non-Hispanic Black 261 57 23.4 17.9-29.9 204 76.6 70.1-82.1
Other 227 57 25.0 18.7-32.6 170 75.0 67.4-81.3
AGE
18-34 288 83 29.8 24.0-36.2 205 70.2 63.8-76.0
35-44 181 57 33.6 26.3-41.8 124 66.4 58.2-73.7
45-54 247 74 31.7 25.1-39.1 173 68.3 60.9-74.9
55-64 263 89 34.2 28.0-41.1 174 65.8 58.9-72.0
65-74 253 79 33.8 27.0-41.3 174 66.2 58.7-73.0
75+ 179 45 23.5 17.0-31.6 134 76.5 68.4-83.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 50 38.3 29.5-47.9 113 61.7 52.1-70.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 365 98 29.0 23.9-34.8 267 71.0 65.2-76.1
Some Post-H.S. 417 138 31.2 26.5-36.3 279 68.8 63.7-73.5
College Graduate 481 144 29.8 25.5-34.5 337 70.2 65.5-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 185 71 41.0 32.6-49.9 114 59.0 50.1-67.4
$25,000- 34,999 123 38 35.7 26.3-46.3 85 64.3 53.7-73.7
$35,000- 49,999 166 59 36.3 28.3-45.1 107 63.7 54.9-71.7
$50,000- 74,999 165 39 21.2 14.8-29.3 126 78.8 70.7-85.2
$75,000+ 441 133 30.1 25.3-35.4 308 69.9 64.6-74.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 460 182 41.9 36.4-47.5 278 58.1 52.5-63.6
No 957 244 26.6 23.4-30.1 713 73.4 69.9-76.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 131 36.7 30.9-42.9 236 63.3 57.1-69.1
Non-Veteran 1,060 299 29.9 26.7-33.3 761 70.1 66.7-73.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 465 132 31.4 26.4-36.8 333 68.6 63.2-73.6
Regional City or Suburban County 395 120 28.1 23.3-33.5 275 71.9 66.5-76.7
Rural 569 178 33.7 29.2-38.6 391 66.3 61.4-70.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 831 240 30.0 26.5-33.7 591 70.0 66.3-73.5
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 393 111 30.1 24.8-36.0 282 69.9 64.0-75.2
Unable to Work 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 118 46 40.9 31.1-51.5 72 59.1 48.5-68.9
101% to 150% 150 58 41.3 32.0-51.3 92 58.7 48.7-68.0
151% to 200% 121 42 34.3 25.3-44.5 79 65.7 55.5-74.7
More than 200% 728 214 29.4 25.7-33.5 514 70.6 66.5-74.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 325 93 29.9 24.2-36.2 232 70.1 63.8-75.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 495 142 29.9 25.3-35.0 353 70.1 65.0-74.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 609 195 33.2 28.9-37.9 414 66.8 62.1-71.1

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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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