2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,925 188 3.5 2.9- 4.3 4,737 96.5 95.7-97.1
-Eastern NC 1,851 84 3.7 2.8- 5.0 1,767 96.3 95.0-97.2
GENDER
Male 815 39 4.4 2.9- 6.5 776 95.6 93.5-97.1
Female 1,036 45 3.2 2.1- 4.7 991 96.8 95.3-97.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,040 31 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,009 97.4 96.1-98.3
Non-Hispanic Black 444 33 7.4 4.7-11.3 411 92.6 88.7-95.3
Other 337 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 346 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 263 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 334 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 395 35 7.6 4.9-11.6 360 92.4 88.4-95.1
75+ 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 497 24 3.2 1.9- 5.2 473 96.8 94.8-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 522 23 3.5 2.0- 6.0 499 96.5 94.0-98.0
College Graduate 645 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 642 55 7.6 5.3-10.8 587 92.4 89.2-94.7
No 1,168 29 2.0 1.2- 3.1 1,139 98.0 96.9-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 313 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,530 70 3.9 2.8- 5.3 1,460 96.1 94.7-97.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 916 14 1.2 0.6- 2.1 902 98.8 97.9-99.4
Unemployed 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 552 40 8.0 5.2-12.1 512 92.0 87.9-94.8
Unable to Work 155 24 13.7 8.0-22.6 131 86.3 77.4-92.0
Other not in Labor Force 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 218 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 235 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 467 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 426 29 6.4 4.0-10.0 397 93.6 90.0-96.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 181 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 883 24 2.1 1.3- 3.5 859 97.9 96.5-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 426 29 6.4 4.0-10.0 397 93.6 90.0-96.0
HOUSING
Own 1,237 56 4.1 2.9- 5.9 1,181 95.9 94.1-97.1
Rent 454 17 2.7 1.6- 4.5 437 97.3 95.5-98.4
Other arrangement 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 512 17 3.6 2.0- 6.4 495 96.4 93.6-98.0
Rural 1,191 65 4.1 2.9- 5.7 1,126 95.9 94.3-97.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 942 57 4.7 3.3- 6.8 885 95.3 93.2-96.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 729 20 2.7 1.6- 4.3 709 97.3 95.7-98.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 369 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 605 19 3.0 1.8- 4.9 586 97.0 95.1-98.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 657 50 6.1 4.0- 9.0 607 93.9 91.0-96.0

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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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