2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,832 575 12.9 11.7-14.1 4,257 87.1 85.9-88.3
GENDER
Male 2,244 220 10.6 9.1-12.4 2,024 89.4 87.6-90.9
Female 2,588 355 14.9 13.2-16.8 2,233 85.1 83.2-86.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,071 346 12.1 10.7-13.6 2,725 87.9 86.4-89.3
Non-Hispanic Black 886 120 14.0 11.3-17.3 766 86.0 82.7-88.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 106 11 12.3 6.3-22.8 95 87.7 77.2-93.7
Hispanic 469 51 11.9 8.8-16.0 418 88.1 84.0-91.2
AGE
18-34 1,012 133 14.3 11.9-17.1 879 85.7 82.9-88.1
35-44 725 96 14.1 11.1-17.7 629 85.9 82.3-88.9
45-54 756 94 14.2 11.4-17.5 662 85.8 82.5-88.6
55-64 813 93 10.9 8.5-13.8 720 89.1 86.2-91.5
65-74 875 81 9.3 7.1-12.2 794 90.7 87.8-92.9
75+ 537 70 14.7 10.9-19.4 467 85.3 80.6-89.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 437 86 20.6 16.2-25.7 351 79.4 74.3-83.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,131 172 15.3 12.8-18.2 959 84.7 81.8-87.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,284 186 14.0 11.9-16.4 1,098 86.0 83.6-88.1
College Graduate 1,960 129 6.3 5.2- 7.7 1,831 93.7 92.3-94.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,495 575 43.1 39.9-46.4 920 56.9 53.6-60.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 629 79 14.0 10.9-17.9 550 86.0 82.1-89.1
Non-Veteran 4,191 495 12.7 11.5-14.1 3,696 87.3 85.9-88.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,625 223 9.8 8.4-11.4 2,402 90.2 88.6-91.6
Unemployed 247 54 23.4 17.6-30.4 193 76.6 69.6-82.4
Retired 1,280 129 10.3 8.4-12.7 1,151 89.7 87.3-91.6
Unable to Work 337 133 41.2 34.6-48.1 204 58.8 51.9-65.4
Other not in Labor Force 307 34 11.5 7.8-16.8 273 88.5 83.2-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 269 76 26.0 20.0-33.0 193 74.0 67.0-80.0
$15,000- 24,999 449 82 20.8 16.2-26.3 367 79.2 73.7-83.8
$25,000- 34,999 501 86 17.2 13.6-21.6 415 82.8 78.4-86.4
$35,000- 49,999 517 71 15.4 11.9-19.9 446 84.6 80.1-88.1
$50,000-74,999 604 45 8.3 6.0-11.5 559 91.7 88.5-94.0
$75,000-100,000 489 35 8.2 5.7-11.7 454 91.8 88.3-94.3
$100,000-150,000 525 20 4.1 2.5- 6.7 505 95.9 93.3-97.5
$150,000+ 427 21 6.4 3.7-10.9 406 93.6 89.1-96.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,051 139 14.8 12.1-17.9 912 85.2 82.1-87.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 21 19.0 11.7-29.4 89 81.0 70.6-88.3
50% to 100% 391 95 23.4 18.5-29.1 296 76.6 70.9-81.5
101% to 150% 403 70 19.4 15.0-24.8 333 80.6 75.2-85.0
151% to 200% 405 71 20.2 15.6-25.7 334 79.8 74.3-84.4
More than 200% 2,449 177 7.6 6.4- 9.0 2,272 92.4 91.0-93.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,051 139 14.8 12.1-17.9 912 85.2 82.1-87.9
HOUSING
Own 3,145 295 10.3 9.0-11.7 2,850 89.7 88.3-91.0
Rent 1,302 205 16.7 14.3-19.4 1,097 83.3 80.6-85.7
Other arrangement 331 68 23.2 17.6-29.8 263 76.8 70.2-82.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,483 140 9.8 8.1-11.8 1,343 90.2 88.2-91.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,292 158 14.2 12.0-16.8 1,134 85.8 83.2-88.0
Rural 2,057 277 14.6 12.7-16.8 1,780 85.4 83.2-87.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,319 176 14.4 11.9-17.4 1,143 85.6 82.6-88.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,918 247 14.3 12.4-16.4 1,671 85.7 83.6-87.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,595 152 10.6 8.9-12.6 1,443 89.4 87.4-91.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,485 151 10.4 8.7-12.4 1,334 89.6 87.6-91.3
2nd Quartile 1,263 147 12.2 10.1-14.5 1,116 87.8 85.5-89.9
3rd Quartile 1,370 176 15.6 13.1-18.4 1,194 84.4 81.6-86.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 714 101 15.7 12.2-19.9 613 84.3 80.1-87.8

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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 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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