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%)
TOTAL 4,925 188 3.5 2.9- 4.3 4,737 96.5 95.7-97.1
GENDER
Male 2,294 92 4.0 3.0- 5.4 2,202 96.0 94.6-97.0
Female 2,631 96 3.0 2.3- 3.9 2,535 97.0 96.1-97.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,113 93 3.0 2.3- 4.0 3,020 97.0 96.0-97.7
Non-Hispanic Black 906 58 5.7 4.2- 7.9 848 94.3 92.1-95.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 145 16 4.4 2.0- 9.4 129 95.6 90.6-98.0
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 *** *** *** 79 99.3 95.3-99.9
Non-Hispanic Other 111 *** *** *** 110 99.4 96.1-99.9
Hispanic 478 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7 462 96.8 94.3-98.2
AGE
18-34 1,024 *** *** *** 1,021 99.7 98.9-99.9
35-44 742 16 3.2 1.7- 5.8 726 96.8 94.2-98.3
45-54 773 15 1.7 1.0- 3.0 758 98.3 97.0-99.0
55-64 825 34 5.3 3.2- 8.4 791 94.7 91.6-96.8
65-74 889 67 6.8 5.0- 9.2 822 93.2 90.8-95.0
75+ 552 51 9.2 6.4-12.9 501 90.8 87.1-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 451 30 5.7 3.7- 8.6 421 94.3 91.4-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 57 5.0 3.4- 7.3 1,088 95.0 92.7-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,313 51 3.1 2.2- 4.4 1,262 96.9 95.6-97.8
College Graduate 1,992 50 1.7 1.2- 2.4 1,942 98.3 97.6-98.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,512 129 8.3 6.6-10.5 1,383 91.7 89.5-93.4
No 3,308 58 1.5 1.1- 2.1 3,250 98.5 97.9-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 643 29 3.8 2.5- 5.9 614 96.2 94.1-97.5
Non-Veteran 4,256 159 3.5 2.8- 4.3 4,097 96.5 95.7-97.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,655 31 1.2 0.7- 1.9 2,624 98.8 98.1-99.3
Unemployed 250 *** *** *** 241 95.9 91.4-98.1
Retired 1,306 97 7.5 5.9- 9.6 1,209 92.5 90.4-94.1
Unable to Work 343 48 14.7 9.7-21.8 295 85.3 78.2-90.3
Other not in Labor Force 311 *** *** *** 308 99.5 98.3-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 289 18 7.5 3.3-16.2 271 92.5 83.8-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 453 22 4.3 2.4- 7.6 431 95.7 92.4-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 504 34 6.8 4.5-10.0 470 93.2 90.0-95.5
$35,000- 49,999 524 19 3.0 1.7- 5.3 505 97.0 94.7-98.3
$50,000-74,999 613 13 2.1 1.0- 4.3 600 97.9 95.7-99.0
$75,000-100,000 496 *** *** *** 491 99.4 98.4-99.8
$100,000-150,000 532 12 2.5 1.1- 5.7 520 97.5 94.3-98.9
$150,000+ 430 *** *** *** 423 99.0 98.0-99.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 58 4.4 3.2- 6.0 1,026 95.6 94.0-96.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 *** *** *** 109 97.9 92.4-99.4
50% to 100% 392 22 6.6 3.2-12.9 370 93.4 87.1-96.8
101% to 150% 406 17 4.9 2.8- 8.6 389 95.1 91.4-97.2
151% to 200% 406 25 4.8 2.9- 7.7 381 95.2 92.3-97.1
More than 200% 2,479 62 2.2 1.6- 3.1 2,417 97.8 96.9-98.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 58 4.4 3.2- 6.0 1,026 95.6 94.0-96.8
HOUSING
Own 3,193 126 3.8 3.0- 4.9 3,067 96.2 95.1-97.0
Rent 1,332 40 2.4 1.6- 3.5 1,292 97.6 96.5-98.4
Other arrangement 337 18 3.4 1.9- 6.2 319 96.6 93.8-98.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,517 40 2.4 1.7- 3.5 1,477 97.6 96.5-98.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,319 46 3.5 2.4- 5.0 1,273 96.5 95.0-97.6
Rural 2,089 102 4.5 3.3- 6.0 1,987 95.5 94.0-96.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,342 72 5.3 3.6- 7.7 1,270 94.7 92.3-96.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,956 69 3.3 2.5- 4.4 1,887 96.7 95.6-97.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,627 47 2.6 1.8- 3.7 1,580 97.4 96.3-98.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,504 38 2.5 1.5- 4.2 1,466 97.5 95.8-98.5
2nd Quartile 1,296 41 3.3 2.3- 4.7 1,255 96.7 95.3-97.7
3rd Quartile 1,395 56 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,339 96.1 94.6-97.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 730 53 5.8 3.9- 8.5 677 94.2 91.5-96.1

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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 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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