2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,828 1,517 30.4 28.8-32.0 3,311 69.6 68.0-71.2
-Eastern NC 1,813 644 33.3 30.6-36.2 1,169 66.7 63.8-69.4
GENDER
Male 798 248 30.0 26.1-34.3 550 70.0 65.7-73.9
Female 1,015 396 36.5 32.7-40.4 619 63.5 59.6-67.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,020 334 30.9 27.4-34.6 686 69.1 65.4-72.6
Non-Hispanic Black 436 192 40.3 34.4-46.4 244 59.7 53.6-65.6
Other 329 108 28.5 22.3-35.8 221 71.5 64.2-77.7
AGE
18-34 339 67 21.8 16.7-27.9 272 78.2 72.1-83.3
35-44 237 65 29.7 23.3-37.1 172 70.3 62.9-76.7
45-54 259 77 33.3 26.7-40.8 182 66.7 59.2-73.3
55-64 331 126 38.0 31.6-44.8 205 62.0 55.2-68.4
65-74 389 169 40.6 34.6-46.8 220 59.4 53.2-65.4
75+ 217 127 58.9 50.0-67.2 90 41.1 32.8-50.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 168 79 48.6 38.8-58.5 89 51.4 41.5-61.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 492 200 34.4 29.5-39.6 292 65.6 60.4-70.5
Some Post-H.S. 511 203 35.0 30.0-40.3 308 65.0 59.7-70.0
College Graduate 632 160 22.9 18.9-27.5 472 77.1 72.5-81.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 644 644 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,169 *** *** *** 1,169 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 306 108 33.7 27.6-40.5 198 66.3 59.5-72.4
Non-Veteran 1,502 536 33.4 30.3-36.6 966 66.6 63.4-69.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 901 185 21.2 17.9-24.9 716 78.8 75.1-82.1
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 544 254 46.9 41.5-52.4 290 53.1 47.6-58.5
Unable to Work 154 128 81.6 72.3-88.3 26 18.4 11.7-27.7
Other not in Labor Force 99 26 20.3 12.5-31.2 73 79.7 68.8-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 191 *** *** *** 94 55.3 45.0-65.3
$25,000- 34,999 196 88 46.3 37.6-55.1 108 53.7 44.9-62.4
$35,000- 49,999 216 85 38.4 30.8-46.5 131 61.6 53.5-69.2
$50,000- 74,999 232 48 21.4 14.6-30.3 184 78.6 69.7-85.4
$75,000+ 457 85 17.5 13.7-22.1 372 82.5 77.9-86.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 413 167 37.9 32.0-44.2 246 62.1 55.8-68.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 160 68 37.9 28.0-48.8 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 180 81 45.6 36.8-54.8 99 54.4 45.2-63.2
More than 200% 868 218 23.8 20.3-27.6 650 76.2 72.4-79.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 413 167 37.9 32.0-44.2 246 62.1 55.8-68.0
HOUSING
Own 1,215 415 32.9 29.5-36.4 800 67.1 63.6-70.5
Rent 444 164 34.6 29.1-40.6 280 65.4 59.4-70.9
Other arrangement 137 56 32.5 23.7-42.7 81 67.5 57.3-76.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 147 47 30.6 22.7-39.9 100 69.4 60.1-77.3
Regional City or Suburban County 500 157 30.1 25.5-35.1 343 69.9 64.9-74.5
Rural 1,166 440 35.3 31.6-39.1 726 64.7 60.9-68.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 924 349 34.1 30.0-38.5 575 65.9 61.5-70.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 712 239 32.3 28.3-36.6 473 67.7 63.4-71.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 177 56 33.7 25.7-42.8 121 66.3 57.2-74.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 364 111 29.1 23.6-35.2 253 70.9 64.8-76.4
2nd Quartile 214 68 31.8 25.0-39.5 146 68.2 60.5-75.0
3rd Quartile 591 206 34.6 30.1-39.5 385 65.4 60.5-69.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 644 259 35.3 30.0-41.0 385 64.7 59.0-70.0

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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