2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,925 188 3.5 2.9- 4.3 4,737 96.5 95.7-97.1
-Non-Hispanic Black 906 58 5.7 4.2- 7.9 848 94.3 92.1-95.8
GENDER
Male 375 30 7.1 4.6-10.7 345 92.9 89.3-95.4
Female 531 28 4.7 2.8- 7.6 503 95.3 92.4-97.2
AGE
18-34 158 *** *** *** 158 100 . - .
35-44 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 157 *** *** *** 157 100 . - .
55-64 174 18 12.7 7.7-20.4 156 87.3 79.6-92.3
65-74 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 252 20 6.9 4.1-11.6 232 93.1 88.4-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 272 16 5.9 3.3-10.3 256 94.1 89.7-96.7
College Graduate 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 332 42 12.3 8.3-17.7 290 87.7 82.3-91.7
No 551 16 2.7 1.6- 4.7 535 97.3 95.3-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 767 49 5.7 4.0- 8.1 718 94.3 91.9-96.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 311 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 250 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 345 32 8.8 5.6-13.5 313 91.2 86.5-94.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 450 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 236 30 14.8 9.4-22.6 206 85.2 77.4-90.6
Unable to Work 104 20 20.5 12.5-31.6 84 79.5 68.4-87.5
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 362 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 495 36 7.9 5.4-11.5 459 92.1 88.5-94.6
Rent 333 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 342 28 7.4 4.6-11.6 314 92.6 88.4-95.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 306 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 258 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 222 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 335 19 5.4 3.3- 8.7 316 94.6 91.3-96.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 205 23 10.6 6.2-17.4 182 89.4 82.6-93.8

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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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