2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,874 3,954 79.3 77.8-80.8 433 10.2 9.1-11.4 280 5.9 5.1- 6.8 183 4.0 3.4- 4.8 24 0.6 0.4- 0.9
-Eastern NC 1,837 1,553 82.0 79.6-84.3 124 8.2 6.7-10.1 83 4.6 3.6- 5.9 70 4.7 3.5- 6.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 808 639 76.3 72.3-80.0 64 10.2 7.7-13.5 49 6.1 4.5- 8.4 51 6.8 4.7- 9.7 *** *** ***
Female 1,029 914 87.4 84.5-89.8 60 6.4 4.7- 8.5 34 3.2 2.1- 4.8 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,037 885 82.6 79.4-85.5 60 7.4 5.6- 9.9 48 4.5 3.3- 6.2 43 5.3 3.6- 7.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 441 390 86.4 81.7-90.1 33 7.7 5.1-11.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 331 260 74.5 67.5-80.4 26 9.4 6.0-14.5 23 8.1 4.9-13.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 338 241 71.8 65.4-77.4 35 10.9 7.5-15.7 32 8.2 5.5-12.0 26 7.9 4.8-12.8 *** *** ***
35-44 245 195 79.7 73.2-84.9 18 8.5 5.1-14.0 19 6.4 3.8-10.5 13 5.4 3.1- 9.5 *** *** ***
45-54 263 213 80.3 73.8-85.5 23 9.9 6.2-15.4 *** *** *** 16 6.9 3.9-11.8 *** *** ***
55-64 334 282 84.8 79.6-88.8 30 9.5 6.2-14.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 393 375 95.4 92.1-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 219 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 137 77.8 68.5-84.9 *** *** *** 17 10.6 6.1-18.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 494 400 78.1 73.0-82.5 47 11.2 8.2-15.2 19 3.6 2.1- 6.0 26 6.4 3.8-10.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 517 442 84.1 79.9-87.6 35 8.5 5.8-12.1 21 4.0 2.5- 6.3 19 3.5 2.1- 5.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 643 567 86.4 82.1-89.7 36 7.2 4.5-11.3 23 3.6 2.2- 5.7 16 2.6 1.6- 4.4 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 638 567 84.8 80.1-88.5 40 8.7 5.9-12.6 18 2.9 1.7- 5.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,158 951 80.5 77.4-83.3 82 8.1 6.3-10.4 63 5.5 4.1- 7.3 55 5.2 3.7- 7.3 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 311 266 85.1 79.6-89.3 31 11.0 7.3-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,517 1,279 81.3 78.4-83.8 93 7.7 6.0- 9.8 74 5.2 4.0- 6.7 64 5.4 3.9- 7.3 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 907 714 76.1 72.3-79.5 74 10.8 8.3-13.9 55 5.6 4.1- 7.5 58 7.1 5.1- 9.7 *** *** ***
Unemployed 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 551 518 94.4 91.7-96.2 24 4.5 2.8- 7.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 155 142 89.7 82.2-94.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 100 81 86.2 77.3-92.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 192 164 80.2 70.9-87.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 197 160 80.1 72.0-86.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 216 165 76.6 69.1-82.7 23 11.4 7.0-18.1 17 7.8 4.5-13.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 235 212 85.4 76.3-91.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 467 407 84.8 80.2-88.5 28 8.7 5.7-13.0 16 3.1 1.8- 5.2 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 417 350 82.5 77.4-86.6 30 8.1 5.3-12.3 20 4.6 2.6- 7.8 15 4.0 2.3- 6.9 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 114 78.8 68.6-86.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 160 129 77.2 67.0-84.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 181 147 77.4 68.6-84.2 17 11.9 7.0-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 880 765 85.2 81.8-88.0 53 8.2 5.9-11.2 31 3.4 2.3- 5.1 30 3.1 2.1- 4.7 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 417 350 82.5 77.4-86.6 30 8.1 5.3-12.3 20 4.6 2.6- 7.8 15 4.0 2.3- 6.9 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,232 1,099 86.8 84.1-89.2 70 7.7 5.8-10.1 32 2.2 1.5- 3.3 29 3.1 2.0- 4.7 *** *** ***
Rent 447 339 73.1 67.5-78.1 36 7.5 5.1-10.7 40 11.1 7.8-15.7 28 7.1 4.5-11.1 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 138 *** *** *** 18 15.3 9.2-24.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 122 79.4 70.4-86.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 504 423 83.6 79.3-87.1 43 9.7 6.9-13.4 17 2.7 1.6- 4.7 21 3.9 2.4- 6.6 *** *** ***
Rural 1,185 1,008 81.5 78.2-84.5 72 7.7 5.8-10.2 55 5.1 3.7- 6.9 45 5.2 3.5- 7.5 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 935 807 83.9 80.3-86.9 59 7.8 5.7-10.7 39 4.7 3.2- 6.8 27 3.3 2.1- 5.2 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 726 603 79.6 75.4-83.3 49 8.5 6.2-11.6 35 4.6 3.2- 6.7 35 6.5 4.2-10.0 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 176 143 82.9 75.7-88.3 16 9.1 5.2-15.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 368 302 78.0 71.7-83.1 20 6.6 4.1-10.6 23 7.1 4.5-11.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 216 175 82.5 75.9-87.6 23 11.5 7.2-17.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 599 512 83.1 78.9-86.6 41 7.8 5.5-11.0 20 3.3 2.0- 5.4 26 5.8 3.6- 9.1 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 654 564 83.1 78.4-86.9 40 8.1 5.4-12.1 30 5.1 3.3- 8.0 17 3.2 1.8- 5.6 *** *** ***

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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.

Sub-group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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