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
-Non-Hispanic White 2,608 854 32.2 30.1-34.4 1,754 67.8 65.6-69.9
GENDER
Male 1,237 383 29.8 26.9-32.9 854 70.2 67.1-73.1
Female 1,371 471 34.4 31.4-37.5 900 65.6 62.5-68.6
AGE
18-34 480 88 21.4 17.4-26.0 392 78.6 74.0-82.6
35-44 316 71 23.5 18.5-29.3 245 76.5 70.7-81.5
45-54 406 104 27.2 22.5-32.5 302 72.8 67.5-77.5
55-64 512 166 34.3 29.6-39.3 346 65.7 60.7-70.4
65-74 509 204 41.4 36.4-46.6 305 58.6 53.4-63.6
75+ 360 212 60.4 54.0-66.4 148 39.6 33.6-46.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 75 55.9 46.0-65.4 53 44.1 34.6-54.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 559 244 40.2 35.7-44.9 315 59.8 55.1-64.3
Some Post-H.S. 803 298 33.5 30.0-37.3 505 66.5 62.7-70.0
College Graduate 1,112 234 17.5 15.2-20.0 878 82.5 80.0-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 126 81 63.0 53.0-72.0 45 37.0 28.0-47.0
$15,000- 24,999 251 147 56.9 49.6-63.9 104 43.1 36.1-50.4
$25,000- 34,999 208 91 41.8 34.4-49.7 117 58.2 50.3-65.6
$35,000- 49,999 306 103 35.1 29.0-41.7 203 64.9 58.3-71.0
$50,000- 74,999 352 87 25.1 20.0-31.1 265 74.9 68.9-80.0
$75,000+ 857 135 15.1 12.5-18.0 722 84.9 82.0-87.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 854 854 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,754 *** *** *** 1,754 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 419 182 41.3 35.8-47.1 237 58.7 52.9-64.2
Non-Veteran 2,188 671 30.7 28.4-33.0 1,517 69.3 67.0-71.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 742 178 23.2 19.8-26.9 564 76.8 73.1-80.2
Regional City or Suburban County 767 252 33.1 29.3-37.2 515 66.9 62.8-70.7
Rural 1,099 424 37.8 34.4-41.3 675 62.2 58.7-65.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,366 239 18.1 15.8-20.6 1,127 81.9 79.4-84.2
Unemployed 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 798 366 47.6 43.4-51.8 432 52.4 48.2-56.6
Unable to Work 198 175 88.5 82.2-92.8 23 11.5 7.2-17.8
Other not in Labor Force 154 37 22.2 15.9-30.1 117 77.8 69.9-84.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 159 97 58.6 49.4-67.2 62 41.4 32.8-50.6
101% to 150% 214 115 53.2 45.5-60.8 99 46.8 39.2-54.5
151% to 200% 186 82 42.0 33.8-50.6 104 58.0 49.4-66.2
More than 200% 1,494 324 20.8 18.6-23.3 1,170 79.2 76.7-81.4
HOUSING
Own 1,888 592 32.0 29.6-34.6 1,296 68.0 65.4-70.4
Rent 547 183 29.9 25.7-34.4 364 70.1 65.6-74.3
Other arrangement 159 74 41.3 32.9-50.3 85 58.7 49.7-67.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 505 199 37.9 33.0-43.0 306 62.1 57.0-67.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 957 358 37.4 33.7-41.2 599 62.6 58.8-66.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,146 297 25.6 22.8-28.6 849 74.4 71.4-77.2

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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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