2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,862 476 9.3 8.3-10.5 4,386 90.7 89.5-91.7
GENDER
Male 2,262 266 11.7 10.0-13.5 1,996 88.3 86.5-90.0
Female 2,600 210 7.2 5.9- 8.7 2,390 92.8 91.3-94.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,086 334 10.7 9.3-12.2 2,752 89.3 87.8-90.7
Non-Hispanic Black 893 74 8.1 6.0-10.9 819 91.9 89.1-94.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 144 17 12.7 5.9-25.2 127 87.3 74.8-94.1
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 77 13 11.7 6.1-21.2 64 88.3 78.8-93.9
Non-Hispanic Other 106 *** *** *** 102 96.5 90.1-98.8
Hispanic 470 26 4.2 2.3- 7.3 444 95.8 92.7-97.7
AGE
18-34 1,019 32 3.8 2.4- 5.8 987 96.2 94.2-97.6
35-44 728 36 5.4 3.4- 8.4 692 94.6 91.6-96.6
45-54 761 51 5.7 4.1- 7.9 710 94.3 92.1-95.9
55-64 816 81 11.2 8.5-14.7 735 88.8 85.3-91.5
65-74 879 124 15.4 12.2-19.4 755 84.6 80.6-87.8
75+ 545 143 27.8 22.8-33.3 402 72.2 66.7-77.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 440 66 15.2 11.0-20.6 374 84.8 79.4-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,140 121 10.9 8.6-13.7 1,019 89.1 86.3-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,294 145 9.3 7.6-11.3 1,149 90.7 88.7-92.4
College Graduate 1,967 142 5.7 4.7- 6.9 1,825 94.3 93.1-95.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,510 476 31.2 28.2-34.4 1,034 68.8 65.6-71.8
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 635 123 21.0 17.3-25.4 512 79.0 74.6-82.7
Non-Veteran 4,215 353 7.8 6.8- 8.9 3,862 92.2 91.1-93.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,633 145 5.7 4.6- 7.0 2,488 94.3 93.0-95.4
Unemployed 248 17 7.6 4.2-13.3 231 92.4 86.7-95.8
Retired 1,295 234 19.2 16.4-22.4 1,061 80.8 77.6-83.6
Unable to Work 341 65 19.9 14.4-26.9 276 80.1 73.1-85.6
Other not in Labor Force 308 12 2.3 1.1- 4.9 296 97.7 95.1-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 33 13.4 7.7-22.2 238 86.6 77.8-92.3
$15,000- 24,999 449 63 12.1 8.8-16.3 386 87.9 83.7-91.2
$25,000- 34,999 505 52 11.1 7.5-16.1 453 88.9 83.9-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 518 43 7.0 4.9- 9.9 475 93.0 90.1-95.1
$50,000-74,999 604 65 10.6 8.0-14.0 539 89.4 86.0-92.0
$75,000-100,000 493 38 5.9 4.1- 8.4 455 94.1 91.6-95.9
$100,000-150,000 528 34 5.3 3.6- 7.8 494 94.7 92.2-96.4
$150,000+ 429 19 5.5 3.0-10.0 410 94.5 90.0-97.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,065 129 11.7 9.2-14.8 936 88.3 85.2-90.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 *** *** *** 106 93.1 82.4-97.5
50% to 100% 391 53 12.9 8.5-19.1 338 87.1 80.9-91.5
101% to 150% 406 36 6.7 4.4- 9.9 370 93.3 90.1-95.6
151% to 200% 406 39 10.6 6.6-16.4 367 89.4 83.6-93.4
More than 200% 2,459 211 8.0 6.8- 9.5 2,248 92.0 90.5-93.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,065 129 11.7 9.2-14.8 936 88.3 85.2-90.8
HOUSING
Own 3,163 326 10.1 8.8-11.6 2,837 89.9 88.4-91.2
Rent 1,313 120 7.9 6.3- 9.9 1,193 92.1 90.1-93.7
Other arrangement 331 26 7.2 4.0-12.6 305 92.8 87.4-96.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,496 116 7.6 6.1- 9.5 1,380 92.4 90.5-93.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,300 129 8.7 7.1-10.7 1,171 91.3 89.3-92.9
Rural 2,066 231 11.4 9.5-13.6 1,835 88.6 86.4-90.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,329 141 10.0 7.8-12.8 1,188 90.0 87.2-92.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,925 204 10.2 8.5-12.1 1,721 89.8 87.9-91.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,608 131 8.1 6.6-10.0 1,477 91.9 90.0-93.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,490 143 10.1 8.2-12.4 1,347 89.9 87.6-91.8
2nd Quartile 1,275 132 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,143 90.9 88.9-92.6
3rd Quartile 1,374 123 8.9 7.1-11.1 1,251 91.1 88.9-92.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 723 78 9.2 6.6-12.6 645 90.8 87.4-93.4

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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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