2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
-Eastern NC 1,824 365 16.5 14.5-18.6 1,459 83.5 81.4-85.5
GENDER
Male 802 116 12.7 10.1-15.8 686 87.3 84.2-89.9
Female 1,022 249 20.1 17.2-23.2 773 79.9 76.8-82.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,030 182 15.8 13.4-18.6 848 84.2 81.4-86.6
Non-Hispanic Black 437 128 22.9 18.4-28.1 309 77.1 71.9-81.6
Other 329 55 9.7 6.3-14.5 274 90.3 85.5-93.7
AGE
18-34 342 13 3.3 1.8- 5.9 329 96.7 94.1-98.2
35-44 241 23 10.0 6.3-15.5 218 90.0 84.5-93.7
45-54 261 41 16.9 12.0-23.2 220 83.1 76.8-88.0
55-64 331 89 26.9 21.2-33.4 242 73.1 66.6-78.8
65-74 390 117 26.8 21.8-32.4 273 73.2 67.6-78.2
75+ 218 79 39.3 30.6-48.6 139 60.7 51.4-69.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 170 50 28.7 20.6-38.5 120 71.3 61.5-79.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 495 116 16.8 13.6-20.7 379 83.2 79.3-86.4
Some Post-H.S. 515 118 16.9 13.6-20.8 397 83.1 79.2-86.4
College Graduate 634 81 9.9 7.6-12.9 553 90.1 87.1-92.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 640 365 50.1 45.0-55.2 275 49.9 44.8-55.0
No 1,169 *** *** *** 1,169 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 306 61 18.3 13.7-24.1 245 81.7 75.9-86.3
Non-Veteran 1,513 304 16.1 14.0-18.5 1,209 83.9 81.5-86.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 907 71 6.5 4.9- 8.6 836 93.5 91.4-95.1
Unemployed 99 25 20.4 12.9-30.8 74 79.6 69.2-87.1
Retired 545 157 30.1 25.1-35.7 388 69.9 64.3-74.9
Unable to Work 154 103 62.9 52.9-71.9 51 37.1 28.1-47.1
Other not in Labor Force 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 191 66 25.3 18.2-33.9 125 74.7 66.1-81.8
$25,000- 34,999 197 53 23.5 17.0-31.5 144 76.5 68.5-83.0
$35,000- 49,999 215 45 17.1 12.2-23.6 170 82.9 76.4-87.8
$50,000- 74,999 233 20 6.8 3.8-11.9 213 93.2 88.1-96.2
$75,000+ 461 33 6.6 4.5- 9.6 428 93.4 90.4-95.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 419 97 21.4 16.7-27.1 322 78.6 72.9-83.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 58 34.2 25.3-44.4 80 65.8 55.6-74.7
101% to 150% 160 41 18.3 12.2-26.6 119 81.7 73.4-87.8
151% to 200% 181 46 18.1 12.7-25.2 135 81.9 74.8-87.3
More than 200% 872 107 10.6 8.4-13.3 765 89.4 86.7-91.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 419 97 21.4 16.7-27.1 322 78.6 72.9-83.3
HOUSING
Own 1,222 236 17.2 14.7-20.0 986 82.8 80.0-85.3
Rent 448 98 17.2 13.6-21.5 350 82.8 78.5-86.4
Other arrangement 137 26 9.8 5.9-15.7 111 90.2 84.3-94.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 22 13.3 8.1-21.0 126 86.7 79.0-91.9
Regional City or Suburban County 504 83 13.0 10.2-16.4 421 87.0 83.6-89.8
Rural 1,172 260 18.6 15.9-21.6 912 81.4 78.4-84.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 928 220 18.7 15.7-22.2 708 81.3 77.8-84.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 718 118 14.4 11.7-17.4 600 85.6 82.6-88.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 178 27 14.9 9.8-22.1 151 85.1 77.9-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 365 52 12.5 9.1-17.0 313 87.5 83.0-90.9
2nd Quartile 217 36 14.1 9.8-19.9 181 85.9 80.1-90.2
3rd Quartile 597 109 16.3 13.3-19.9 488 83.7 80.1-86.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 645 168 20.4 16.3-25.0 477 79.6 75.0-83.7

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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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