2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare, or Indian Health Service?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,822 4,338 89.7 88.6-90.7 484 10.3 9.3-11.4
-Non-Hispanic Black 891 831 92.2 89.6-94.2 60 7.8 5.8-10.4
GENDER
Male 370 333 88.3 83.2-92.0 37 11.7 8.0-16.8
Female 521 498 95.4 92.9-97.1 23 4.6 2.9- 7.1
AGE
18-34 156 137 86.7 78.6-92.0 19 13.3 8.0-21.4
35-44 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 156 141 91.4 85.6-95.0 15 8.6 5.0-14.4
55-64 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 158 158 100 . - . *** *** ***
75+ 97 97 100 . - . *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 246 225 90.9 85.8-94.3 21 9.1 5.7-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 270 253 93.0 88.1-96.0 17 7.0 4.0-11.9
College Graduate 295 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 124 110 86.1 76.8-92.1 14 13.9 7.9-23.2
$35,000- 49,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 327 307 93.6 90.0-96.0 20 6.4 4.0-10.0
No 542 504 91.4 87.7-94.1 38 8.6 5.9-12.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 753 697 91.4 88.4-93.7 56 8.6 6.3-11.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 305 282 92.1 87.7-95.1 23 7.9 4.9-12.3
Regional City or Suburban County 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 339 318 92.3 88.0-95.2 21 7.7 4.8-12.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 444 412 91.9 88.2-94.5 32 8.1 5.5-11.8
Unemployed 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 232 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 87 75 84.6 73.4-91.6 12 15.4 8.4-26.6
More than 200% 361 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 485 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 329 292 87.0 81.3-91.1 37 13.0 8.9-18.7
Other arrangement 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 337 316 90.7 84.5-94.5 21 9.3 5.5-15.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 305 284 91.2 86.0-94.6 21 8.8 5.4-14.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 249 231 94.3 90.8-96.6 18 5.7 3.4- 9.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 216 201 92.7 87.8-95.8 15 7.3 4.2-12.2
3rd Quartile 332 310 91.1 85.3-94.8 22 8.9 5.2-14.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 202 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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