2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,925 188 3.5 2.9- 4.3 4,737 96.5 95.7-97.1
-MALES 2,294 92 4.0 3.0- 5.4 2,202 96.0 94.6-97.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,471 47 3.5 2.3- 5.4 1,424 96.5 94.6-97.7
Non-Hispanic Black 375 30 7.1 4.6-10.7 345 92.9 89.3-95.4
Other 393 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 380 97.8 95.4-99.0
AGE
18-34 537 *** *** *** 536 99.7 98.1- 100
35-44 344 11 5.6 2.8-10.9 333 94.4 89.1-97.2
45-54 391 *** *** *** 388 99.4 97.9-99.8
55-64 359 20 7.2 3.7-13.4 339 92.8 86.6-96.3
65-74 393 33 7.2 4.8-10.7 360 92.8 89.3-95.2
75+ 220 22 9.9 5.8-16.3 198 90.1 83.7-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 224 17 6.0 3.3-10.5 207 94.0 89.5-96.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 588 25 5.2 2.9- 9.0 563 94.8 91.0-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 587 24 4.0 2.5- 6.3 563 96.0 93.7-97.5
College Graduate 883 26 1.9 1.3- 2.9 857 98.1 97.1-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 185 *** *** *** 175 95.0 88.6-97.9
$25,000- 34,999 222 14 7.3 4.0-12.8 208 92.7 87.2-96.0
$35,000- 49,999 276 14 4.4 2.2- 8.5 262 95.6 91.5-97.8
$50,000- 74,999 313 *** *** *** 306 97.1 93.0-98.8
$75,000+ 749 16 1.9 0.9- 4.1 733 98.1 95.9-99.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 648 59 9.8 6.9-13.8 589 90.2 86.2-93.1
No 1,597 33 1.8 1.2- 2.9 1,564 98.2 97.1-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 557 27 3.8 2.4- 5.9 530 96.2 94.1-97.6
Non-Veteran 1,721 65 4.1 2.9- 5.8 1,656 95.9 94.2-97.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 742 19 2.4 1.5- 4.1 723 97.6 95.9-98.5
Regional City or Suburban County 619 21 3.7 2.1- 6.6 598 96.3 93.4-97.9
Rural 933 52 5.8 3.8- 8.8 881 94.2 91.2-96.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,388 18 1.6 0.9- 3.0 1,370 98.4 97.0-99.1
Unemployed 110 *** *** *** 106 95.5 87.3-98.5
Retired 554 45 7.8 5.4-11.1 509 92.2 88.9-94.6
Unable to Work 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 65 *** *** *** 65 100 . - .
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 163 *** *** *** 156 94.9 87.9-98.0
151% to 200% 185 11 5.7 2.8-11.5 174 94.3 88.5-97.2
More than 200% 1,271 38 2.9 1.9- 4.4 1,233 97.1 95.6-98.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 564 34 7.6 4.4-12.7 530 92.4 87.3-95.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 939 32 3.3 2.2- 4.9 907 96.7 95.1-97.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 791 26 2.8 1.7- 4.6 765 97.2 95.4-98.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 729 23 3.6 1.8- 7.1 706 96.4 92.9-98.2
2nd Quartile 632 18 2.9 1.7- 4.9 614 97.1 95.1-98.3
3rd Quartile 650 27 4.5 2.7- 7.4 623 95.5 92.6-97.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 283 24 8.5 5.1-13.8 259 91.5 86.2-94.9

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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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