2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
GENDER
Male 2,257 291 11.8 10.3-13.6 1,966 88.2 86.4-89.7
Female 2,594 515 17.5 15.7-19.4 2,079 82.5 80.6-84.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,080 480 15.2 13.6-16.9 2,600 84.8 83.1-86.4
Non-Hispanic Black 890 218 19.0 16.1-22.2 672 81.0 77.8-83.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 77 16 10.4 5.8-17.9 61 89.6 82.1-94.2
Non-Hispanic Other 105 *** *** *** 98 96.0 89.8-98.5
Hispanic 471 36 5.8 3.9- 8.6 435 94.2 91.4-96.1
AGE
18-34 1,015 33 2.9 2.0- 4.2 982 97.1 95.8-98.0
35-44 728 49 7.5 5.2-10.6 679 92.5 89.4-94.8
45-54 758 98 13.2 10.5-16.3 660 86.8 83.7-89.5
55-64 814 199 25.0 21.4-29.1 615 75.0 70.9-78.6
65-74 877 237 26.6 22.6-31.0 640 73.4 69.0-77.4
75+ 546 182 34.8 29.7-40.3 364 65.2 59.7-70.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 438 113 27.6 22.3-33.6 325 72.4 66.4-77.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,136 248 17.5 15.0-20.3 888 82.5 79.7-85.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,291 256 14.4 12.5-16.5 1,035 85.6 83.5-87.5
College Graduate 1,966 187 7.6 6.4- 9.0 1,779 92.4 91.0-93.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,509 806 49.3 46.0-52.5 703 50.7 47.5-54.0
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 634 128 18.7 15.4-22.5 506 81.3 77.5-84.6
Non-Veteran 4,204 678 14.3 13.0-15.7 3,526 85.7 84.3-87.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,632 166 5.6 4.6- 6.7 2,466 94.4 93.3-95.4
Unemployed 247 51 17.4 12.6-23.5 196 82.6 76.5-87.4
Retired 1,293 352 28.8 25.5-32.4 941 71.2 67.6-74.5
Unable to Work 337 216 63.1 56.4-69.3 121 36.9 30.7-43.6
Other not in Labor Force 305 19 3.5 2.0- 6.3 286 96.5 93.7-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 113 34.6 27.4-42.6 157 65.4 57.4-72.6
$15,000- 24,999 449 135 25.6 20.9-30.9 314 74.4 69.1-79.1
$25,000- 34,999 502 114 22.3 17.7-27.7 388 77.7 72.3-82.3
$35,000- 49,999 518 93 14.8 11.6-18.7 425 85.2 81.3-88.4
$50,000-74,999 606 58 8.3 6.1-11.1 548 91.7 88.9-93.9
$75,000-100,000 491 38 6.3 4.4- 9.0 453 93.7 91.0-95.6
$100,000-150,000 528 29 4.8 3.3- 7.1 499 95.2 92.9-96.7
$150,000+ 427 21 4.3 2.7- 6.9 406 95.7 93.1-97.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,060 205 18.6 15.6-21.9 855 81.4 78.1-84.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 111 28 19.6 12.2-29.9 83 80.4 70.1-87.8
50% to 100% 390 136 29.9 24.2-36.2 254 70.1 63.8-75.8
101% to 150% 405 87 17.6 13.7-22.2 318 82.4 77.8-86.3
151% to 200% 406 92 20.5 15.6-26.4 314 79.5 73.6-84.4
More than 200% 2,456 255 8.9 7.7-10.3 2,201 91.1 89.7-92.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,060 205 18.6 15.6-21.9 855 81.4 78.1-84.4
HOUSING
Own 3,159 508 15.0 13.5-16.6 2,651 85.0 83.4-86.5
Rent 1,308 231 15.0 12.9-17.4 1,077 85.0 82.6-87.1
Other arrangement 331 61 14.1 9.9-19.7 270 85.9 80.3-90.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,492 173 10.7 9.0-12.6 1,319 89.3 87.4-91.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,300 208 14.6 12.5-17.0 1,092 85.4 83.0-87.5
Rural 2,059 425 18.7 16.5-21.2 1,634 81.3 78.8-83.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,321 304 20.2 17.3-23.5 1,017 79.8 76.5-82.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,924 312 14.7 12.8-16.8 1,612 85.3 83.2-87.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,606 190 11.7 10.0-13.6 1,416 88.3 86.4-90.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,491 172 11.9 9.8-14.2 1,319 88.1 85.8-90.2
2nd Quartile 1,269 204 14.3 12.2-16.7 1,065 85.7 83.3-87.8
3rd Quartile 1,374 241 16.3 14.1-18.8 1,133 83.7 81.2-85.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 717 189 21.3 17.5-25.7 528 78.7 74.3-82.5

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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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