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 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
-MALES 2,257 291 11.8 10.3-13.6 1,966 88.2 86.4-89.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,455 183 12.6 10.6-14.9 1,272 87.4 85.1-89.4
Non-Hispanic Black 367 68 14.5 10.8-19.2 299 85.5 80.8-89.2
Other 385 36 6.1 3.9- 9.4 349 93.9 90.6-96.1
AGE
18-34 531 17 3.4 2.1- 5.7 514 96.6 94.3-97.9
35-44 337 18 5.4 3.2- 8.9 319 94.6 91.1-96.8
45-54 379 34 8.3 5.6-12.0 345 91.7 88.0-94.4
55-64 355 76 21.9 16.7-28.2 279 78.1 71.8-83.3
65-74 388 88 22.1 17.5-27.4 300 77.9 72.6-82.5
75+ 219 56 29.9 22.3-38.7 163 70.1 61.3-77.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 215 41 19.3 13.6-26.7 174 80.7 73.3-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 584 88 12.4 9.5-16.1 496 87.6 83.9-90.5
Some Post-H.S. 576 91 12.7 10.0-15.9 485 87.3 84.1-90.0
College Graduate 871 70 6.7 5.2- 8.8 801 93.3 91.2-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 181 44 22.3 15.7-30.6 137 77.7 69.4-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 221 42 19.3 13.9-26.2 179 80.7 73.8-86.1
$35,000- 49,999 273 46 14.1 10.2-19.2 227 85.9 80.8-89.8
$50,000- 74,999 310 29 7.6 4.9-11.6 281 92.4 88.4-95.1
$75,000+ 742 33 3.9 2.7- 5.7 709 96.1 94.3-97.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 646 291 41.8 37.1-46.6 355 58.2 53.4-62.9
No 1,598 *** *** *** 1,598 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 550 110 18.6 15.1-22.8 440 81.4 77.2-84.9
Non-Veteran 1,698 181 10.0 8.4-12.0 1,517 90.0 88.0-91.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 729 70 8.6 6.5-11.3 659 91.4 88.7-93.5
Regional City or Suburban County 609 74 10.5 8.1-13.5 535 89.5 86.5-91.9
Rural 919 147 16.0 13.1-19.5 772 84.0 80.5-86.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,374 56 3.8 2.8- 5.1 1,318 96.2 94.9-97.2
Unemployed 107 22 15.9 10.1-24.3 85 84.1 75.7-89.9
Retired 549 129 25.0 20.6-29.9 420 75.0 70.1-79.4
Unable to Work 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 61 *** *** *** 60 97.8 85.7-99.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 39 22.2 13.9-33.6 119 77.8 66.4-86.1
101% to 150% 162 32 17.6 11.9-25.4 130 82.4 74.6-88.1
151% to 200% 186 39 20.1 14.2-27.7 147 79.9 72.3-85.8
More than 200% 1,259 102 7.0 5.6- 8.7 1,157 93.0 91.3-94.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 555 91 15.5 11.7-20.4 464 84.5 79.6-88.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 921 124 12.0 9.8-14.6 797 88.0 85.4-90.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 781 76 9.7 7.6-12.4 705 90.3 87.6-92.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 722 68 9.6 7.0-13.1 654 90.4 86.9-93.0
2nd Quartile 620 83 11.8 9.3-15.0 537 88.2 85.0-90.7
3rd Quartile 637 91 13.6 10.8-16.9 546 86.4 83.1-89.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 278 49 14.6 9.8-21.2 229 85.4 78.8-90.2

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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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