2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,926 907 19.6 18.2-21.1 1,716 35.2 33.5-36.9 1,515 30.0 28.4-31.6 596 11.4 10.3-12.6 192 3.8 3.2- 4.6
GENDER
Male 2,294 449 20.9 18.8-23.2 819 34.9 32.6-37.3 691 30.2 27.9-32.6 255 10.3 8.9-11.9 80 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Female 2,632 458 18.5 16.6-20.5 897 35.4 33.1-37.9 824 29.7 27.6-32.0 341 12.4 10.9-14.1 112 4.0 3.2- 5.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,113 607 19.7 17.9-21.5 1,249 40.3 38.1-42.4 851 26.3 24.4-28.2 298 10.0 8.7-11.4 108 3.8 3.0- 4.9
Non-Hispanic Black 909 136 17.1 14.0-20.7 246 28.2 24.6-32.0 322 35.4 31.5-39.4 153 13.9 11.5-16.8 52 5.4 3.8- 7.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 144 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 28 16.7 9.9-27.0 17 7.7 3.5-15.9
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 111 24 21.9 13.5-33.5 *** *** *** 38 31.2 22.0-42.2 15 14.1 7.7-24.4 *** *** ***
Hispanic 475 92 21.8 17.3-27.2 101 20.1 16.2-24.7 189 41.0 35.5-46.7 84 16.0 12.4-20.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 1,025 283 27.8 24.5-31.5 414 40.3 36.7-44.0 255 24.3 21.4-27.5 63 6.5 4.9- 8.6 *** *** ***
35-44 741 172 25.0 21.4-29.0 264 33.2 29.4-37.3 216 29.6 25.6-33.9 72 9.9 7.6-12.8 17 2.3 1.3- 4.1
45-54 773 145 18.1 15.1-21.4 265 34.9 31.0-39.0 237 31.9 28.0-36.0 97 11.4 9.0-14.3 29 3.8 2.5- 5.7
55-64 826 124 14.8 12.1-17.9 259 30.1 26.5-34.0 263 32.7 28.7-36.9 136 15.9 13.1-19.1 44 6.5 4.4- 9.7
65-74 885 99 9.6 7.6-12.1 291 35.6 31.5-39.9 320 34.8 30.8-39.0 130 15.1 11.9-19.1 45 4.9 3.4- 6.9
75+ 554 63 10.5 7.6-14.4 178 31.6 26.7-37.0 184 32.1 27.3-37.3 84 16.4 12.9-20.6 45 9.4 6.5-13.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 448 46 13.4 9.4-18.6 75 18.6 14.4-23.7 156 32.6 27.3-38.5 125 26.6 21.6-32.2 46 8.8 6.2-12.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,147 172 17.3 14.7-20.2 335 30.3 27.1-33.7 393 34.2 30.9-37.8 184 12.9 10.8-15.3 63 5.3 3.7- 7.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,314 188 17.4 14.7-20.5 473 39.3 36.1-42.7 435 30.1 27.3-33.2 165 9.9 8.3-11.8 53 3.2 2.3- 4.4
College Graduate 1,991 497 26.7 24.5-29.1 827 41.9 39.5-44.5 518 24.5 22.4-26.7 119 5.6 4.6- 6.8 30 1.3 0.8- 2.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,511 95 6.6 5.1- 8.3 328 23.7 21.0-26.7 537 33.7 30.8-36.7 372 24.0 21.3-26.9 179 12.1 10.0-14.5
No 3,307 795 25.1 23.3-27.1 1,349 40.1 38.0-42.2 941 28.5 26.6-30.5 212 5.9 5.0- 7.0 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 644 113 18.0 14.6-22.1 226 33.3 29.1-37.9 201 32.1 27.8-36.8 79 11.9 9.3-15.0 25 4.6 2.7- 7.7
Non-Veteran 4,254 785 19.7 18.2-21.4 1,482 35.4 33.6-37.3 1,307 29.7 28.0-31.5 513 11.3 10.2-12.6 167 3.8 3.1- 4.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,654 595 23.3 21.3-25.3 1,069 39.8 37.6-42.1 760 28.4 26.4-30.6 215 7.9 6.7- 9.2 15 0.7 0.3- 1.4
Unemployed 252 33 13.7 9.0-20.3 73 27.2 21.3-34.2 89 37.1 30.0-44.8 46 18.5 13.1-25.4 11 3.4 1.8- 6.6
Retired 1,304 166 11.3 9.4-13.6 414 31.7 28.4-35.1 462 35.7 32.4-39.2 191 15.4 12.9-18.3 71 5.9 4.4- 7.7
Unable to Work 344 17 6.2 3.6-10.3 32 8.3 5.4-12.6 93 24.3 19.2-30.3 114 32.7 26.8-39.1 88 28.5 22.3-35.6
Other not in Labor Force 310 81 27.5 21.1-34.9 111 40.6 33.6-47.9 89 25.3 19.7-31.8 23 4.9 3.0- 7.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 290 27 11.0 6.8-17.3 58 22.2 16.3-29.6 89 29.3 22.9-36.7 74 21.9 16.6-28.2 42 15.6 10.1-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 453 59 17.8 12.8-24.3 83 20.0 15.4-25.5 178 35.2 29.9-40.9 94 19.8 15.5-25.0 39 7.2 4.8-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 503 61 14.1 10.6-18.6 150 27.9 23.3-33.0 184 37.0 31.8-42.5 83 16.6 12.5-21.6 25 4.4 2.7- 7.1
$35,000- 49,999 523 87 16.6 13.1-20.8 163 31.0 26.2-36.3 181 34.8 29.7-40.2 72 13.8 10.6-17.9 20 3.7 2.2- 6.1
$50,000-74,999 612 129 23.4 19.0-28.4 248 41.2 36.3-46.2 178 26.3 22.3-30.8 51 7.9 5.6-11.1 *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 496 122 25.5 21.1-30.4 204 39.8 34.7-45.1 142 29.3 24.7-34.4 25 4.7 2.9- 7.8 *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 532 130 24.5 20.5-29.1 254 47.1 42.2-52.1 121 23.7 19.6-28.4 23 4.0 2.6- 6.1 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 430 126 28.2 23.5-33.3 202 48.1 42.6-53.7 83 17.4 13.7-21.9 17 4.8 2.7- 8.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,087 166 16.2 13.3-19.6 354 33.5 30.0-37.3 359 32.7 29.2-36.5 157 12.9 10.7-15.5 51 4.7 3.3- 6.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 21 20.0 12.1-31.1 *** *** *** 32 27.2 18.5-38.1 27 19.4 12.0-29.8 *** *** ***
50% to 100% 392 36 14.2 9.6-20.5 76 20.6 15.7-26.5 133 31.4 25.7-37.7 95 20.9 16.4-26.3 52 13.0 8.8-18.8
101% to 150% 406 57 16.9 12.4-22.6 97 23.1 18.2-28.8 160 38.9 33.1-45.2 72 17.4 13.3-22.4 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3
151% to 200% 406 60 15.4 11.6-20.1 109 26.4 21.5-32.0 146 34.9 29.3-40.9 68 17.6 12.9-23.6 23 5.8 3.5- 9.4
More than 200% 2,477 553 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,043 42.6 40.2-45.0 674 26.4 24.3-28.5 173 6.8 5.7- 8.1 34 1.4 0.9- 2.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,087 166 16.2 13.3-19.6 354 33.5 30.0-37.3 359 32.7 29.2-36.5 157 12.9 10.7-15.5 51 4.7 3.3- 6.6
HOUSING
Own 3,192 589 18.6 16.9-20.4 1,206 37.3 35.2-39.4 947 29.7 27.7-31.8 347 10.8 9.5-12.3 103 3.6 2.8- 4.6
Rent 1,332 243 21.2 18.3-24.4 390 30.0 27.0-33.2 445 31.1 28.2-34.2 188 13.1 11.1-15.4 66 4.5 3.3- 6.1
Other arrangement 337 61 22.7 17.0-29.8 104 34.2 28.0-40.9 99 27.4 21.8-33.7 52 11.6 8.3-16.0 21 4.1 2.4- 7.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,517 326 22.2 19.7-24.9 574 37.9 35.0-40.9 436 28.1 25.4-31.0 139 8.6 7.1-10.3 42 3.2 2.2- 4.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,318 277 21.9 19.2-24.8 425 32.7 29.7-35.9 413 30.3 27.4-33.4 155 11.7 9.8-14.0 48 3.4 2.4- 4.7
Rural 2,091 304 15.5 13.3-17.9 717 34.5 31.9-37.3 666 31.4 28.8-34.1 302 13.8 11.9-15.9 102 4.8 3.6- 6.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,344 187 15.3 12.6-18.4 420 32.5 29.2-36.1 439 33.0 29.6-36.6 220 14.1 12.0-16.5 78 5.1 3.5- 7.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,954 363 19.9 17.6-22.4 680 35.0 32.4-37.7 592 28.5 26.0-31.0 242 12.6 10.9-14.7 77 4.0 3.1- 5.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,628 357 21.9 19.6-24.4 616 36.9 34.2-39.7 484 29.6 27.1-32.3 134 8.6 7.1-10.5 37 2.9 2.0- 4.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,505 322 20.2 17.9-22.7 566 38.1 35.1-41.2 448 28.7 26.1-31.5 139 10.3 8.3-12.7 30 2.7 1.6- 4.4
2nd Quartile 1,299 246 21.0 18.4-24.0 463 35.5 32.4-38.7 397 29.5 26.6-32.5 142 10.0 8.3-12.0 51 4.0 2.9- 5.6
3rd Quartile 1,391 249 18.6 16.0-21.4 474 33.9 30.8-37.0 416 29.8 26.7-33.0 189 13.4 11.4-15.7 63 4.4 3.3- 5.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 731 90 15.9 11.5-21.5 213 28.7 24.2-33.6 254 35.7 30.9-40.9 126 14.4 11.3-18.1 48 5.3 3.7- 7.7

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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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