2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,843 364 7.1 6.2- 8.1 4,479 92.9 91.9-93.8
-FEMALES 2,585 245 8.9 7.6-10.5 2,340 91.1 89.5-92.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,622 136 8.7 7.1-10.7 1,486 91.3 89.3-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 519 69 12.0 9.0-15.9 450 88.0 84.1-91.0
Other 410 37 4.8 3.1- 7.5 373 95.2 92.5-96.9
AGE
18-34 480 25 4.2 2.6- 6.5 455 95.8 93.5-97.4
35-44 391 23 5.2 3.3- 8.3 368 94.8 91.7-96.7
45-54 378 36 11.4 8.0-16.0 342 88.6 84.0-92.0
55-64 459 52 12.4 9.0-16.9 407 87.6 83.1-91.0
65-74 489 52 10.2 6.7-15.2 437 89.8 84.8-93.3
75+ 324 55 17.6 12.0-25.1 269 82.4 74.9-88.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 222 43 20.3 14.2-28.2 179 79.7 71.8-85.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 552 81 11.5 8.8-15.0 471 88.5 85.0-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 710 76 8.7 6.5-11.6 634 91.3 88.4-93.5
College Graduate 1,093 44 3.1 2.2- 4.4 1,049 96.9 95.6-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 51 24.0 17.3-32.3 129 76.0 67.7-82.7
$15,000- 24,999 269 45 13.6 9.3-19.4 224 86.4 80.6-90.7
$25,000- 34,999 277 34 10.7 7.0-15.9 243 89.3 84.1-93.0
$35,000- 49,999 243 15 7.4 4.1-13.1 228 92.6 86.9-95.9
$50,000- 74,999 296 *** *** *** 287 97.2 93.4-98.8
$75,000+ 703 19 2.5 1.5- 4.2 684 97.5 95.8-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 859 245 28.4 24.5-32.5 614 71.6 67.5-75.5
No 1,713 *** *** *** 1,713 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 82 13 16.1 9.1-26.9 69 83.9 73.1-90.9
Non-Veteran 2,499 232 8.7 7.4-10.3 2,267 91.3 89.7-92.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 759 56 6.4 4.7- 8.6 703 93.6 91.4-95.3
Regional City or Suburban County 687 64 10.1 7.6-13.3 623 89.9 86.7-92.4
Rural 1,139 125 10.3 8.0-13.2 1,014 89.7 86.8-92.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,253 32 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,221 97.4 96.1-98.3
Unemployed 139 17 11.4 6.8-18.7 122 88.6 81.3-93.2
Retired 743 85 12.0 8.8-16.2 658 88.0 83.8-91.2
Unable to Work 191 93 52.4 43.5-61.2 98 47.6 38.8-56.5
Other not in Labor Force 242 17 5.0 2.8- 8.7 225 95.0 91.3-97.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 77 12 9.8 4.6-19.5 65 90.2 80.5-95.4
50% to 100% 233 58 21.9 16.2-29.0 175 78.1 71.0-83.8
101% to 150% 239 30 10.7 7.0-16.2 209 89.3 83.8-93.0
151% to 200% 218 24 8.9 5.1-14.9 194 91.1 85.1-94.9
More than 200% 1,196 48 3.8 2.7- 5.4 1,148 96.2 94.6-97.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 764 98 12.5 9.3-16.6 666 87.5 83.4-90.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 999 95 9.0 7.1-11.4 904 91.0 88.6-92.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 822 52 6.6 4.8- 8.9 770 93.4 91.1-95.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 768 53 7.4 5.2-10.5 715 92.6 89.5-94.8
2nd Quartile 648 54 8.2 5.9-11.2 594 91.8 88.8-94.1
3rd Quartile 732 77 10.4 8.0-13.4 655 89.6 86.6-92.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 437 61 11.7 8.2-16.6 376 88.3 83.4-91.8

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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 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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