2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,255 1,281 26.6 25.0-28.3 2,974 73.4 71.7-75.0
-FEMALES 2,325 660 24.2 22.1-26.3 1,665 75.8 73.7-77.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,478 422 25.7 23.0-28.5 1,056 74.3 71.5-77.0
Non-Hispanic Black 475 162 27.9 23.4-33.0 313 72.1 67.0-76.6
Other 347 72 10.0 7.2-13.8 275 90.0 86.2-92.8
AGE
18-34 332 *** *** *** 331 99.9 99.1- 100
35-44 341 13 3.1 1.6- 5.6 328 96.9 94.4-98.4
45-54 365 66 19.4 14.9-24.9 299 80.6 75.1-85.1
55-64 449 143 31.6 26.6-37.0 306 68.4 63.0-73.4
65-74 479 263 55.3 48.8-61.6 216 44.7 38.4-51.2
75+ 300 158 51.7 44.1-59.2 142 48.3 40.8-55.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 74 38.7 30.0-48.2 110 61.3 51.8-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 479 182 32.4 27.5-37.8 297 67.6 62.2-72.5
Some Post-H.S. 632 178 21.7 18.2-25.6 454 78.3 74.4-81.8
College Graduate 1,023 225 17.0 14.7-19.7 798 83.0 80.3-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 65 33.8 25.4-43.3 86 66.2 56.7-74.6
$15,000- 24,999 237 98 38.6 31.0-46.8 139 61.4 53.2-69.0
$25,000- 34,999 254 75 24.9 18.8-32.2 179 75.1 67.8-81.2
$35,000- 49,999 214 50 15.6 10.9-21.7 164 84.4 78.3-89.1
$50,000- 74,999 278 70 21.9 16.4-28.7 208 78.1 71.3-83.6
$75,000+ 657 113 14.0 11.3-17.2 544 86.0 82.8-88.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 758 330 38.7 34.3-43.2 428 61.3 56.8-65.7
No 1,524 321 17.7 15.5-20.1 1,203 82.3 79.9-84.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 15 14.9 8.4-25.1 60 85.1 74.9-91.6
Non-Veteran 2,243 644 24.5 22.4-26.8 1,599 75.5 73.2-77.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 687 155 20.1 16.8-23.8 532 79.9 76.2-83.2
Regional City or Suburban County 614 161 23.7 19.9-27.9 453 76.3 72.1-80.1
Rural 1,024 344 28.2 24.8-32.0 680 71.8 68.0-75.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,106 147 11.3 9.3-13.6 959 88.7 86.4-90.7
Unemployed 116 22 13.3 7.8-21.7 94 86.7 78.3-92.2
Retired 713 371 51.9 47.0-56.8 342 48.1 43.2-53.0
Unable to Work 181 96 48.8 39.7-58.1 85 51.2 41.9-60.3
Other not in Labor Force 186 17 7.8 4.4-13.4 169 92.2 86.6-95.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 59 14 14.3 7.2-26.4 45 85.7 73.6-92.8
50% to 100% 194 84 37.0 28.9-45.8 110 63.0 54.2-71.1
101% to 150% 216 65 27.2 20.3-35.5 151 72.8 64.5-79.7
151% to 200% 191 55 23.1 16.7-30.9 136 76.9 69.1-83.3
More than 200% 1,119 248 17.7 15.3-20.4 871 82.3 79.6-84.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 687 253 31.6 26.9-36.7 434 68.4 63.3-73.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 901 257 24.2 21.0-27.7 644 75.8 72.3-79.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 737 150 19.5 16.4-23.0 587 80.5 77.0-83.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 690 163 20.7 17.3-24.5 527 79.3 75.5-82.7
2nd Quartile 575 147 23.0 19.1-27.3 428 77.0 72.7-80.9
3rd Quartile 662 182 24.8 21.0-29.1 480 75.2 70.9-79.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 398 168 35.8 29.2-43.1 230 64.2 56.9-70.8

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*Asked of respondents who report having had their cholesterol checked.
NOTE: These results are NOT COMPARABLE to those from earlier surveys. On previous surveys, this question was asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test AND were told their cholesterol levels were high. The 2021 version was asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test REGARDLESS of whether their levels were high. As a result, the 2021 version was asked of many more respondents, leading to a considerably smaller percentage reporting use of cholesterol medication.

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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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