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
-Non-Hispanic White 1,948 561 29.6 27.3-32.1 1,387 70.4 67.9-72.7
GENDER
Male 923 311 34.7 31.1-38.4 612 65.3 61.6-68.9
Female 1,025 250 24.9 21.9-28.2 775 75.1 71.8-78.1
AGE
18-34 262 80 31.3 25.3-38.0 182 68.7 62.0-74.7
35-44 225 75 32.5 26.1-39.6 150 67.5 60.4-73.9
45-54 305 89 29.7 24.2-35.9 216 70.3 64.1-75.8
55-64 421 126 31.3 26.3-36.8 295 68.7 63.2-73.7
65-74 406 114 29.6 24.4-35.5 292 70.4 64.5-75.6
75+ 308 72 21.2 16.1-27.4 236 78.8 72.6-83.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 419 127 33.3 28.2-38.7 292 66.7 61.3-71.8
Some Post-H.S. 617 174 27.1 23.3-31.2 443 72.9 68.8-76.7
College Graduate 798 221 27.4 24.1-31.0 577 72.6 69.0-75.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 195 80 39.2 31.6-47.2 115 60.8 52.8-68.4
$25,000- 34,999 149 52 38.2 29.5-47.7 97 61.8 52.3-70.5
$35,000- 49,999 229 64 30.7 23.9-38.5 165 69.3 61.5-76.1
$50,000- 74,999 257 63 23.0 17.4-29.8 194 77.0 70.2-82.6
$75,000+ 623 174 28.5 24.5-32.8 449 71.5 67.2-75.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 666 235 36.9 32.6-41.4 431 63.1 58.6-67.4
No 1,268 323 26.1 23.3-29.1 945 73.9 70.9-76.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 288 114 42.9 36.0-50.1 174 57.1 49.9-64.0
Non-Veteran 1,659 447 27.7 25.3-30.4 1,212 72.3 69.6-74.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 516 138 28.6 24.1-33.6 378 71.4 66.4-75.9
Regional City or Suburban County 561 166 28.8 24.6-33.3 395 71.2 66.7-75.4
Rural 871 257 30.8 27.2-34.6 614 69.2 65.4-72.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 977 282 29.5 26.3-32.9 695 70.5 67.1-73.7
Unemployed 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 653 157 24.1 20.2-28.4 496 75.9 71.6-79.8
Unable to Work 159 78 51.8 42.8-60.6 81 48.2 39.4-57.2
Other not in Labor Force 96 24 25.5 16.7-36.9 72 74.5 63.1-83.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 128 54 39.9 30.7-49.8 74 60.1 50.2-69.3
101% to 150% 159 72 44.8 36.1-53.7 87 55.2 46.3-63.9
151% to 200% 143 47 35.5 26.4-45.7 96 64.5 54.3-73.6
More than 200% 1,091 293 27.0 24.0-30.2 798 73.0 69.8-76.0
HOUSING
Own 1,496 415 29.0 26.3-31.8 1,081 71.0 68.2-73.7
Rent 328 111 34.4 28.5-40.8 217 65.6 59.2-71.5
Other arrangement 115 35 31.3 22.5-41.7 80 68.7 58.3-77.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 394 104 27.2 22.3-32.7 290 72.8 67.3-77.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 745 223 31.4 27.4-35.6 522 68.6 64.4-72.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 809 234 29.0 25.5-32.7 575 71.0 67.3-74.5

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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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