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%)
TOTAL 4,920 429 8.7 7.7- 9.7 4,491 91.3 90.3-92.3
GENDER
Male 2,292 120 5.1 4.1- 6.3 2,172 94.9 93.7-95.9
Female 2,628 309 12.0 10.4-13.7 2,319 88.0 86.3-89.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,110 256 8.4 7.2- 9.7 2,854 91.6 90.3-92.8
Non-Hispanic Black 905 102 11.7 9.3-14.7 803 88.3 85.3-90.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 145 24 15.7 8.1-28.4 121 84.3 71.6-91.9
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 16 14.2 7.7-24.8 64 85.8 75.2-92.3
Non-Hispanic Other 111 *** *** *** 101 93.6 87.2-96.9
Hispanic 476 17 3.5 2.0- 6.2 459 96.5 93.8-98.0
AGE
18-34 1,021 86 9.1 7.2-11.4 935 90.9 88.6-92.8
35-44 739 63 7.0 5.3- 9.3 676 93.0 90.7-94.7
45-54 773 73 11.0 8.5-14.2 700 89.0 85.8-91.5
55-64 825 80 9.8 7.3-13.1 745 90.2 86.9-92.7
65-74 887 84 7.2 5.5- 9.4 803 92.8 90.6-94.5
75+ 554 36 7.5 5.0-11.3 518 92.5 88.7-95.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 453 42 11.8 8.1-16.8 411 88.2 83.2-91.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 102 8.3 6.6-10.4 1,043 91.7 89.6-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,313 132 9.2 7.5-11.2 1,181 90.8 88.8-92.5
College Graduate 1,984 151 7.2 6.0- 8.6 1,833 92.8 91.4-94.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,508 219 14.0 12.0-16.3 1,289 86.0 83.7-88.0
No 3,304 203 6.5 5.4- 7.7 3,101 93.5 92.3-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 643 30 4.5 3.0- 6.5 613 95.5 93.5-97.0
Non-Veteran 4,250 399 9.3 8.2-10.5 3,851 90.7 89.5-91.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,653 196 7.3 6.2- 8.6 2,457 92.7 91.4-93.8
Unemployed 250 30 12.5 8.3-18.5 220 87.5 81.5-91.7
Retired 1,308 101 7.1 5.6- 8.9 1,207 92.9 91.1-94.4
Unable to Work 340 70 19.7 14.8-25.8 270 80.3 74.2-85.2
Other not in Labor Force 309 28 11.6 7.2-18.1 281 88.4 81.9-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 289 52 18.5 13.3-25.3 237 81.5 74.7-86.7
$15,000- 24,999 454 54 12.5 9.0-17.2 400 87.5 82.8-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 502 40 7.7 5.4-10.8 462 92.3 89.2-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 521 34 6.6 4.4- 9.7 487 93.4 90.3-95.6
$50,000-74,999 612 40 4.8 3.3- 6.8 572 95.2 93.2-96.7
$75,000-100,000 496 42 8.9 6.1-12.7 454 91.1 87.3-93.9
$100,000-150,000 531 31 6.6 4.4- 9.9 500 93.4 90.1-95.6
$150,000+ 430 43 9.4 6.6-13.2 387 90.6 86.8-93.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,085 93 9.0 6.8-11.7 992 91.0 88.3-93.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 390 60 15.2 11.1-20.5 330 84.8 79.5-88.9
101% to 150% 404 46 10.3 7.3-14.4 358 89.7 85.6-92.7
151% to 200% 407 26 6.6 4.3-10.0 381 93.4 90.0-95.7
More than 200% 2,474 183 6.9 5.8- 8.2 2,291 93.1 91.8-94.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,085 93 9.0 6.8-11.7 992 91.0 88.3-93.2
HOUSING
Own 3,187 241 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,946 92.8 91.6-93.9
Rent 1,332 148 12.3 10.2-14.8 1,184 87.7 85.2-89.8
Other arrangement 338 37 11.0 7.5-16.0 301 89.0 84.0-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,522 124 8.7 7.2-10.7 1,398 91.3 89.3-92.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,314 102 7.5 5.9- 9.5 1,212 92.5 90.5-94.1
Rural 2,084 203 9.5 7.9-11.3 1,881 90.5 88.7-92.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,337 138 9.6 7.6-12.1 1,199 90.4 87.9-92.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,956 171 8.8 7.3-10.5 1,785 91.2 89.5-92.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,627 120 8.0 6.5- 9.7 1,507 92.0 90.3-93.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,503 110 7.6 6.1- 9.5 1,393 92.4 90.5-93.9
2nd Quartile 1,296 104 8.6 6.9-10.6 1,192 91.4 89.4-93.1
3rd Quartile 1,394 142 9.9 8.0-12.2 1,252 90.1 87.8-92.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 727 73 8.9 6.6-12.1 654 91.1 87.9-93.4

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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 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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