2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
-Eastern NC 1,848 182 10.5 8.9-12.4 1,666 89.5 87.6-91.1
GENDER
Male 814 69 9.0 6.8-11.7 745 91.0 88.3-93.2
Female 1,034 113 11.9 9.6-14.8 921 88.1 85.2-90.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,041 80 8.4 6.6-10.7 961 91.6 89.3-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 443 57 12.7 9.3-17.2 386 87.3 82.8-90.7
Other 334 41 14.8 10.1-21.1 293 85.2 78.9-89.9
AGE
18-34 346 47 13.3 9.7-17.9 299 86.7 82.1-90.3
35-44 247 39 14.9 10.5-20.7 208 85.1 79.3-89.5
45-54 262 32 10.7 7.3-15.5 230 89.3 84.5-92.7
55-64 333 40 12.2 8.4-17.5 293 87.8 82.5-91.6
65-74 393 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 175 30 17.4 11.4-25.7 145 82.6 74.3-88.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 497 53 10.7 7.9-14.4 444 89.3 85.6-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 521 53 10.2 7.5-13.8 468 89.8 86.2-92.5
College Graduate 642 45 7.4 5.2-10.4 597 92.6 89.6-94.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 639 106 17.7 14.3-21.8 533 82.3 78.2-85.7
No 1,167 71 6.9 5.2- 9.0 1,096 93.1 91.0-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,527 173 12.5 10.5-14.7 1,354 87.5 85.3-89.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 915 91 10.7 8.4-13.4 824 89.3 86.6-91.6
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 552 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 154 30 18.0 12.0-26.0 124 82.0 74.0-88.0
Other not in Labor Force 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 25 22.6 14.3-34.0 87 77.4 66.0-85.7
$15,000- 24,999 194 36 18.9 12.8-27.0 158 81.1 73.0-87.2
$25,000- 34,999 198 30 17.1 11.5-24.8 168 82.9 75.2-88.5
$35,000- 49,999 218 25 14.3 9.3-21.3 193 85.7 78.7-90.7
$50,000- 74,999 236 19 5.4 3.1- 9.2 217 94.6 90.8-96.9
$75,000+ 467 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 423 42 11.2 7.7-15.9 381 88.8 84.1-92.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 139 32 23.1 15.9-32.3 107 76.9 67.7-84.1
101% to 150% 161 23 15.7 9.8-24.3 138 84.3 75.7-90.2
151% to 200% 182 33 22.1 15.3-30.8 149 77.9 69.2-84.7
More than 200% 883 39 4.0 2.7- 5.7 844 96.0 94.3-97.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 423 42 11.2 7.7-15.9 381 88.8 84.1-92.3
HOUSING
Own 1,234 76 7.0 5.4- 9.1 1,158 93.0 90.9-94.6
Rent 454 86 20.5 16.1-25.8 368 79.5 74.2-83.9
Other arrangement 138 20 13.1 7.8-21.2 118 86.9 78.8-92.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 15 11.7 6.6-19.9 133 88.3 80.1-93.4
Regional City or Suburban County 509 47 9.9 7.2-13.6 462 90.1 86.4-92.8
Rural 1,191 120 10.7 8.6-13.1 1,071 89.3 86.9-91.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 941 101 12.2 9.6-15.3 840 87.8 84.7-90.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 727 69 9.7 7.4-12.6 658 90.3 87.4-92.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 370 32 8.4 5.7-12.3 338 91.6 87.7-94.3
2nd Quartile 218 17 7.5 4.3-12.9 201 92.5 87.1-95.7
3rd Quartile 604 63 11.4 8.7-14.9 541 88.6 85.1-91.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 656 70 12.2 9.1-16.2 586 87.8 83.8-90.9

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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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