2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 428 122 29.4 24.5-34.9 306 70.6 65.1-75.5
GENDER
Male 224 72 34.0 26.9-41.9 152 66.0 58.1-73.1
Female 204 50 24.7 18.2-32.7 154 75.3 67.3-81.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 353 107 30.7 25.3-36.7 246 69.3 63.3-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 *** *** *** 70 74.5 63.0-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 132 29 20.6 13.7-29.8 103 79.4 70.2-86.3
College Graduate 159 52 33.5 25.6-42.5 107 66.5 57.5-74.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 153 48 34.2 25.4-44.3 105 65.8 55.7-74.6
No 274 73 26.3 20.6-32.9 201 73.7 67.1-79.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 370 101 27.7 22.7-33.4 269 72.3 66.6-77.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 221 63 29.8 23.1-37.6 158 70.2 62.4-76.9
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 138 38 27.1 18.6-37.7 100 72.9 62.3-81.4
Unable to Work 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 93 22 21.6 13.9-32.0 71 78.4 68.0-86.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 184 46 24.1 18.0-31.6 138 75.9 68.4-82.0
HOUSING
Own 318 92 29.9 24.2-36.2 226 70.1 63.8-75.8
Rent 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 113 33 27.8 19.6-37.8 80 72.2 62.2-80.4
Rural 315 89 29.9 24.1-36.5 226 70.1 63.5-75.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 81 16 17.9 10.4-29.1 65 82.1 70.9-89.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 187 61 34.8 26.8-43.9 126 65.2 56.1-73.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 160 45 27.2 20.2-35.6 115 72.8 64.4-79.8

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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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