2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,843 364 7.1 6.2- 8.1 4,479 92.9 91.9-93.8
GENDER
Male 2,258 119 5.1 4.1- 6.4 2,139 94.9 93.6-95.9
Female 2,585 245 8.9 7.6-10.5 2,340 91.1 89.5-92.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,076 214 7.1 6.0- 8.4 2,862 92.9 91.6-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black 887 94 9.1 7.0-11.7 793 90.9 88.3-93.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 143 18 5.3 2.6-10.8 125 94.7 89.2-97.4
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 77 *** *** *** 69 92.2 83.8-96.5
Non-Hispanic Other 106 *** *** *** 102 97.3 90.9-99.2
Hispanic 470 19 2.7 1.6- 4.6 451 97.3 95.4-98.4
AGE
18-34 1,011 42 3.9 2.7- 5.7 969 96.1 94.3-97.3
35-44 729 38 4.9 3.4- 7.0 691 95.1 93.0-96.6
45-54 758 53 8.0 5.9-10.6 705 92.0 89.4-94.1
55-64 814 73 8.9 6.8-11.5 741 91.1 88.5-93.2
65-74 876 75 7.7 5.5-10.6 801 92.3 89.4-94.5
75+ 543 80 16.6 12.3-21.9 463 83.4 78.1-87.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 439 62 14.7 10.9-19.5 377 85.3 80.5-89.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,135 129 9.0 7.3-11.1 1,006 91.0 88.9-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,287 107 6.6 5.2- 8.3 1,180 93.4 91.7-94.8
College Graduate 1,963 65 2.8 2.0- 3.9 1,898 97.2 96.1-98.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,505 364 23.6 20.9-26.5 1,141 76.4 73.5-79.1
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 633 49 8.2 5.8-11.6 584 91.8 88.4-94.2
Non-Veteran 4,197 315 6.9 6.0- 8.0 3,882 93.1 92.0-94.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,627 53 2.3 1.6- 3.2 2,574 97.7 96.8-98.4
Unemployed 247 27 10.4 6.8-15.5 220 89.6 84.5-93.2
Retired 1,291 131 10.0 7.9-12.7 1,160 90.0 87.3-92.1
Unable to Work 338 134 40.3 33.8-47.1 204 59.7 52.9-66.2
Other not in Labor Force 304 17 3.8 2.1- 6.6 287 96.2 93.4-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 268 70 20.4 15.3-26.6 198 79.6 73.4-84.7
$15,000- 24,999 450 73 14.1 10.5-18.6 377 85.9 81.4-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 498 44 7.3 5.1-10.4 454 92.7 89.6-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 516 30 6.1 4.0- 9.2 486 93.9 90.8-96.0
$50,000-74,999 606 15 3.2 1.7- 5.9 591 96.8 94.1-98.3
$75,000-100,000 492 14 2.6 1.4- 4.8 478 97.4 95.2-98.6
$100,000-150,000 525 *** *** *** 515 98.1 96.2-99.1
$150,000+ 427 *** *** *** 420 98.0 93.2-99.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,061 101 10.3 8.0-13.0 960 89.7 87.0-92.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 18 10.6 6.0-18.0 92 89.4 82.0-94.0
50% to 100% 390 84 17.6 13.6-22.5 306 82.4 77.5-86.4
101% to 150% 401 46 9.9 7.0-13.9 355 90.1 86.1-93.0
151% to 200% 404 37 7.3 4.8-10.9 367 92.7 89.1-95.2
More than 200% 2,454 77 3.2 2.4- 4.3 2,377 96.8 95.7-97.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,061 101 10.3 8.0-13.0 960 89.7 87.0-92.0
HOUSING
Own 3,152 180 6.0 4.9- 7.2 2,972 94.0 92.8-95.1
Rent 1,308 134 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,174 90.7 88.6-92.4
Other arrangement 330 48 10.7 7.5-14.9 282 89.3 85.1-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,489 91 5.5 4.3- 7.1 1,398 94.5 92.9-95.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,296 94 7.2 5.7- 9.1 1,202 92.8 90.9-94.3
Rural 2,058 179 8.5 6.9-10.3 1,879 91.5 89.7-93.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,319 133 9.8 7.7-12.4 1,186 90.2 87.6-92.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,919 154 7.5 6.2- 9.1 1,765 92.5 90.9-93.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,605 77 5.1 3.9- 6.6 1,528 94.9 93.4-96.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,492 80 5.3 4.0- 7.0 1,412 94.7 93.0-96.0
2nd Quartile 1,269 92 7.3 5.7- 9.3 1,177 92.7 90.7-94.3
3rd Quartile 1,367 117 8.0 6.5- 9.9 1,250 92.0 90.1-93.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 715 75 9.3 6.7-12.8 640 90.7 87.2-93.3

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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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