2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,920 429 8.7 7.7- 9.7 4,491 91.3 90.3-92.3
-Non-Hispanic Black 905 102 11.7 9.3-14.7 803 88.3 85.3-90.7
GENDER
Male 374 31 7.4 4.8-11.2 343 92.6 88.8-95.2
Female 531 71 15.2 11.6-19.8 460 84.8 80.2-88.4
AGE
18-34 156 24 16.1 10.5-24.0 132 83.9 76.0-89.5
35-44 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 158 19 16.3 10.0-25.4 139 83.7 74.6-90.0
55-64 174 17 7.4 4.3-12.3 157 92.6 87.7-95.7
65-74 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 252 33 13.0 8.6-19.3 219 87.0 80.7-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 272 36 13.3 9.1-19.1 236 86.7 80.9-90.9
College Graduate 296 23 6.9 4.3-10.8 273 93.1 89.2-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 101 14 15.1 8.2-26.1 87 84.9 73.9-91.8
$50,000- 74,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 164 15 10.6 5.9-18.2 149 89.4 81.8-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 331 61 19.6 14.7-25.6 270 80.4 74.4-85.3
No 550 39 7.9 5.4-11.5 511 92.1 88.5-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 13 8.2 4.5-14.3 124 91.8 85.7-95.5
Non-Veteran 765 89 12.3 9.6-15.7 676 87.7 84.3-90.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 314 36 12.5 8.7-17.7 278 87.5 82.3-91.3
Regional City or Suburban County 248 23 9.4 5.7-15.1 225 90.6 84.9-94.3
Rural 343 43 12.8 8.8-18.3 300 87.2 81.7-91.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 450 44 11.1 7.9-15.3 406 88.9 84.7-92.1
Unemployed 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 236 24 9.3 5.8-14.5 212 90.7 85.5-94.2
Unable to Work 103 20 14.8 8.4-24.9 83 85.2 75.1-91.6
Other not in Labor Force 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 106 23 17.8 10.7-28.1 83 82.2 71.9-89.3
101% to 150% 105 16 17.0 9.7-28.2 89 83.0 71.8-90.3
151% to 200% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 361 26 7.5 4.7-11.7 335 92.5 88.3-95.3
HOUSING
Own 494 41 8.7 6.0-12.4 453 91.3 87.6-94.0
Rent 333 49 15.4 11.0-21.1 284 84.6 78.9-89.0
Other arrangement 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 339 40 11.0 7.5-15.9 299 89.0 84.1-92.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 306 33 12.1 8.0-17.8 273 87.9 82.2-92.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 260 29 11.9 8.0-17.4 231 88.1 82.6-92.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 222 29 14.9 10.1-21.4 193 85.1 78.6-89.9
3rd Quartile 334 36 9.7 6.8-13.6 298 90.3 86.4-93.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 204 24 12.0 7.1-19.6 180 88.0 80.4-92.9

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

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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