2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,828 1,517 30.4 28.8-32.0 3,311 69.6 68.0-71.2
GENDER
Male 2,249 651 28.8 26.5-31.2 1,598 71.2 68.8-73.5
Female 2,579 866 31.8 29.6-34.2 1,713 68.2 65.8-70.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,063 931 30.5 28.5-32.6 2,132 69.5 67.4-71.5
Non-Hispanic Black 886 334 33.4 29.6-37.4 552 66.6 62.6-70.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 106 19 15.6 8.9-25.8 87 84.4 74.2-91.1
Hispanic 468 110 22.3 18.1-27.3 358 77.7 72.7-81.9
AGE
18-34 1,005 189 20.4 17.5-23.6 816 79.6 76.4-82.5
35-44 722 151 21.8 18.2-25.8 571 78.2 74.2-81.8
45-54 757 212 28.9 25.1-32.9 545 71.1 67.1-74.9
55-64 814 293 36.4 32.4-40.7 521 63.6 59.3-67.6
65-74 875 353 39.7 35.4-44.2 522 60.3 55.8-64.6
75+ 542 296 57.8 52.4-63.1 246 42.2 36.9-47.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 435 201 46.0 40.0-52.1 234 54.0 47.9-60.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,131 440 35.6 32.2-39.1 691 64.4 60.9-67.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,281 475 32.2 29.2-35.3 806 67.8 64.7-70.8
College Graduate 1,961 396 17.3 15.5-19.3 1,565 82.7 80.7-84.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,517 1,517 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 3,311 *** *** *** 3,311 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 633 243 38.1 33.6-42.8 390 61.9 57.2-66.4
Non-Veteran 4,183 1,273 29.3 27.6-31.1 2,910 70.7 68.9-72.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,617 499 19.6 17.7-21.5 2,118 80.4 78.5-82.3
Unemployed 246 95 39.1 31.9-46.9 151 60.9 53.1-68.1
Retired 1,289 564 45.4 41.9-49.0 725 54.6 51.0-58.1
Unable to Work 338 282 82.0 75.9-86.8 56 18.0 13.2-24.1
Other not in Labor Force 303 68 19.5 14.7-25.5 235 80.5 74.5-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 269 166 54.9 46.6-62.9 103 45.1 37.1-53.4
$15,000- 24,999 448 217 44.4 38.5-50.5 231 55.6 49.5-61.5
$25,000- 34,999 501 205 40.7 35.3-46.3 296 59.3 53.7-64.7
$35,000- 49,999 514 173 32.9 28.1-38.1 341 67.1 61.9-71.9
$50,000-74,999 604 152 25.7 21.6-30.3 452 74.3 69.7-78.4
$75,000-100,000 491 98 17.5 14.0-21.5 393 82.5 78.5-86.0
$100,000-150,000 523 71 12.8 9.9-16.5 452 87.2 83.5-90.1
$150,000+ 426 58 14.4 10.5-19.3 368 85.6 80.7-89.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,052 377 35.8 32.1-39.8 675 64.2 60.2-67.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 389 206 47.6 41.0-54.3 183 52.4 45.7-59.0
101% to 150% 402 159 36.9 31.3-43.0 243 63.1 57.0-68.7
151% to 200% 405 166 41.5 35.5-47.8 239 58.5 52.2-64.5
More than 200% 2,447 552 21.5 19.6-23.5 1,895 78.5 76.5-80.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,052 377 35.8 32.1-39.8 675 64.2 60.2-67.9
HOUSING
Own 3,149 922 28.7 26.8-30.8 2,227 71.3 69.2-73.2
Rent 1,297 445 33.1 30.0-36.3 852 66.9 63.7-70.0
Other arrangement 329 137 37.5 31.1-44.3 192 62.5 55.7-68.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,482 360 24.4 21.8-27.1 1,122 75.6 72.9-78.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,293 401 30.0 27.1-33.0 892 70.0 67.0-72.9
Rural 2,053 756 36.2 33.5-39.0 1,297 63.8 61.0-66.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,317 498 36.2 32.7-39.9 819 63.8 60.1-67.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,914 613 31.0 28.4-33.6 1,301 69.0 66.4-71.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,597 406 26.3 23.8-29.0 1,191 73.7 71.0-76.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,486 403 28.0 25.2-30.9 1,083 72.0 69.1-74.8
2nd Quartile 1,262 377 28.4 25.5-31.4 885 71.6 68.6-74.5
3rd Quartile 1,364 442 32.8 29.8-36.0 922 67.2 64.0-70.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 716 295 37.8 32.8-43.1 421 62.2 56.9-67.2

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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