2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 543 192 36.3 31.4-41.5 351 63.7 58.5-68.6
GENDER
Male 278 88 30.5 24.2-37.6 190 69.5 62.4-75.8
Female 265 104 41.7 34.6-49.2 161 58.3 50.8-65.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 447 154 36.1 30.7-41.7 293 63.9 58.3-69.3
Non-Hispanic Black 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 112 23 20.6 13.2-30.5 89 79.4 69.5-86.8
35-44 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 164 52 30.4 22.7-39.2 112 69.6 60.8-77.3
College Graduate 207 51 22.1 16.1-29.6 156 77.9 70.4-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 192 192 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 351 *** *** *** 351 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 462 155 34.4 29.3-39.9 307 65.6 60.1-70.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 275 51 17.7 13.0-23.6 224 82.3 76.4-87.0
Unemployed 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 170 86 54.5 45.2-63.6 84 45.5 36.4-54.8
Unable to Work 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 121 18 14.8 8.7-24.2 103 85.2 75.8-91.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 239 42 17.6 12.6-24.0 197 82.4 76.0-87.4
HOUSING
Own 385 128 36.4 30.6-42.6 257 63.6 57.4-69.4
Rent 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 154 42 29.1 21.6-38.0 112 70.9 62.0-78.4
Rural 389 150 38.7 32.7-45.1 239 61.3 54.9-67.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 233 97 42.0 34.2-50.3 136 58.0 49.7-65.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 210 62 30.8 24.0-38.5 148 69.2 61.5-76.0

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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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