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%)
North Carolina 4,828 1,517 30.4 28.8-32.0 3,311 69.6 68.0-71.2
-FEMALES 2,579 866 31.8 29.6-34.2 1,713 68.2 65.8-70.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,615 509 31.1 28.3-34.1 1,106 68.9 65.9-71.7
Non-Hispanic Black 520 211 36.2 31.3-41.5 309 63.8 58.5-68.7
Other 409 134 27.0 21.9-32.8 275 73.0 67.2-78.1
AGE
18-34 479 97 20.3 16.4-24.8 382 79.7 75.2-83.6
35-44 389 84 23.0 18.0-29.0 305 77.0 71.0-82.0
45-54 376 121 33.5 28.0-39.4 255 66.5 60.6-72.0
55-64 459 166 36.2 30.8-41.8 293 63.8 58.2-69.2
65-74 486 198 39.6 33.4-46.3 288 60.4 53.7-66.6
75+ 325 184 58.9 51.7-65.7 141 41.1 34.3-48.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 112 50.5 41.7-59.2 108 49.5 40.8-58.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 550 246 39.5 34.4-44.8 304 60.5 55.2-65.6
Some Post-H.S. 707 281 34.2 30.1-38.6 426 65.8 61.4-69.9
College Graduate 1,093 225 17.1 14.8-19.7 868 82.9 80.3-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 116 56.0 46.2-65.4 64 44.0 34.6-53.8
$15,000- 24,999 267 134 45.4 37.9-53.1 133 54.6 46.9-62.1
$25,000- 34,999 279 129 46.7 39.1-54.5 150 53.3 45.5-60.9
$35,000- 49,999 244 80 29.4 22.8-37.1 164 70.6 62.9-77.2
$50,000- 74,999 295 66 23.0 17.4-29.8 229 77.0 70.2-82.6
$75,000+ 702 114 14.8 12.0-18.0 588 85.2 82.0-88.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 866 866 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,713 *** *** *** 1,713 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,491 835 31.7 29.4-34.1 1,656 68.3 65.9-70.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 756 193 25.3 21.8-29.1 563 74.7 70.9-78.2
Regional City or Suburban County 688 226 32.4 28.3-36.7 462 67.6 63.3-71.7
Rural 1,135 447 37.2 33.3-41.2 688 62.8 58.8-66.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,249 253 19.8 17.2-22.7 996 80.2 77.3-82.8
Unemployed 139 47 34.9 25.8-45.2 92 65.1 54.8-74.2
Retired 742 329 46.1 41.3-51.0 413 53.9 49.0-58.7
Unable to Work 190 170 91.0 84.7-94.8 20 9.0 5.2-15.3
Other not in Labor Force 242 61 22.0 16.3-28.9 181 78.0 71.1-83.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 231 130 49.7 41.3-58.0 101 50.3 42.0-58.7
101% to 150% 241 100 37.9 30.7-45.7 141 62.1 54.3-69.3
151% to 200% 218 97 45.5 36.8-54.5 121 54.5 45.5-63.2
More than 200% 1,195 272 20.7 18.1-23.6 923 79.3 76.4-81.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 763 313 37.8 32.8-43.0 450 62.2 57.0-67.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 996 337 33.7 29.9-37.6 659 66.3 62.4-70.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 820 216 26.2 22.8-29.8 604 73.8 70.2-77.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 766 217 29.0 25.1-33.2 549 71.0 66.8-74.9
2nd Quartile 646 204 29.5 25.5-33.9 442 70.5 66.1-74.5
3rd Quartile 728 249 35.0 30.7-39.6 479 65.0 60.4-69.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 439 196 38.6 31.9-45.7 243 61.4 54.3-68.1

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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 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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