2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,929 648 13.7 12.5-15.0 4,281 86.3 85.0-87.5
-Eastern NC 1,851 243 13.1 11.3-15.2 1,608 86.9 84.8-88.7
GENDER
Male 815 82 10.5 8.1-13.5 733 89.5 86.5-91.9
Female 1,036 161 15.7 13.1-18.7 875 84.3 81.3-86.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,041 124 12.2 10.0-14.9 917 87.8 85.1-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 443 71 15.8 12.1-20.5 372 84.2 79.5-87.9
Other 337 45 12.5 8.3-18.2 292 87.5 81.8-91.7
AGE
18-34 346 54 15.5 11.5-20.4 292 84.5 79.6-88.5
35-44 247 36 12.9 8.8-18.6 211 87.1 81.4-91.2
45-54 263 34 13.7 9.6-19.0 229 86.3 81.0-90.4
55-64 334 43 12.4 8.7-17.5 291 87.6 82.5-91.3
65-74 394 48 10.8 7.7-14.9 346 89.2 85.1-92.3
75+ 221 23 11.0 6.7-17.4 198 89.0 82.6-93.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 174 25 14.1 8.6-22.3 149 85.9 77.7-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 499 67 12.9 9.7-17.0 432 87.1 83.0-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 522 79 14.3 11.2-18.2 443 85.7 81.8-88.8
College Graduate 644 71 11.5 8.8-15.0 573 88.5 85.0-91.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 642 134 23.0 19.0-27.6 508 77.0 72.4-81.0
No 1,168 105 8.2 6.5-10.2 1,063 91.8 89.8-93.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 313 27 9.4 6.2-13.9 286 90.6 86.1-93.8
Non-Veteran 1,530 216 14.1 12.0-16.4 1,314 85.9 83.6-88.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 917 94 10.3 8.1-12.9 823 89.7 87.1-91.9
Unemployed 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 553 58 10.6 7.8-14.2 495 89.4 85.8-92.2
Unable to Work 154 48 29.1 21.3-38.3 106 70.9 61.7-78.7
Other not in Labor Force 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 194 35 19.7 13.0-28.6 159 80.3 71.4-87.0
$25,000- 34,999 197 20 13.0 7.9-20.6 177 87.0 79.4-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 218 26 11.2 7.2-16.9 192 88.8 83.1-92.8
$50,000- 74,999 236 21 6.6 3.9-10.9 215 93.4 89.1-96.1
$75,000+ 467 53 11.8 8.6-16.0 414 88.2 84.0-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 425 57 14.0 10.5-18.6 368 86.0 81.4-89.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 30 18.8 12.3-27.8 110 81.2 72.2-87.7
101% to 150% 161 31 21.0 13.5-31.2 130 79.0 68.8-86.5
151% to 200% 182 17 11.3 6.7-18.5 165 88.7 81.5-93.3
More than 200% 882 93 10.0 7.8-12.7 789 90.0 87.3-92.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 425 57 14.0 10.5-18.6 368 86.0 81.4-89.5
HOUSING
Own 1,238 135 10.1 8.3-12.3 1,103 89.9 87.7-91.7
Rent 452 83 20.7 16.2-26.1 369 79.3 73.9-83.8
Other arrangement 140 23 18.2 11.4-27.9 117 81.8 72.1-88.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 17 15.6 9.5-24.5 131 84.4 75.5-90.5
Regional City or Suburban County 511 66 12.5 9.6-16.3 445 87.5 83.7-90.4
Rural 1,192 160 13.2 10.9-15.9 1,032 86.8 84.1-89.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 940 140 14.0 11.4-17.1 800 86.0 82.9-88.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 731 84 13.1 10.3-16.6 647 86.9 83.4-89.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 180 19 10.0 6.0-16.2 161 90.0 83.8-94.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 370 40 11.7 8.4-16.1 330 88.3 83.9-91.6
2nd Quartile 220 25 11.4 7.3-17.5 195 88.6 82.5-92.7
3rd Quartile 605 90 16.4 13.0-20.4 515 83.6 79.6-87.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 656 88 11.2 8.4-14.8 568 88.8 85.2-91.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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