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
-MALES 2,249 651 28.8 26.5-31.2 1,598 71.2 68.8-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,448 422 29.8 27.0-32.8 1,026 70.2 67.2-73.0
Non-Hispanic Black 366 123 29.9 24.4-36.1 243 70.1 63.9-75.6
Other 385 92 22.4 17.3-28.4 293 77.6 71.6-82.7
AGE
18-34 526 92 20.5 16.5-25.2 434 79.5 74.8-83.5
35-44 333 67 20.5 15.8-26.1 266 79.5 73.9-84.2
45-54 381 91 24.1 19.3-29.7 290 75.9 70.3-80.7
55-64 355 127 36.8 30.7-43.3 228 63.2 56.7-69.3
65-74 389 155 39.8 34.0-45.8 234 60.2 54.2-66.0
75+ 217 112 56.3 47.9-64.3 105 43.7 35.7-52.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 215 89 41.6 33.6-50.0 126 58.4 50.0-66.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 581 194 32.3 27.8-37.1 387 67.7 62.9-72.2
Some Post-H.S. 574 194 29.8 25.7-34.2 380 70.2 65.8-74.3
College Graduate 868 171 17.7 14.9-20.8 697 82.3 79.2-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 181 83 43.1 33.9-52.7 98 56.9 47.3-66.1
$25,000- 34,999 222 76 33.1 26.2-40.7 146 66.9 59.3-73.8
$35,000- 49,999 270 93 36.1 29.5-43.3 177 63.9 56.7-70.5
$50,000- 74,999 309 86 27.9 22.2-34.4 223 72.1 65.6-77.8
$75,000+ 738 113 14.9 12.0-18.4 625 85.1 81.6-88.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 651 651 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,598 *** *** *** 1,598 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 549 212 38.3 33.5-43.4 337 61.7 56.6-66.5
Non-Veteran 1,692 438 26.2 23.7-29.0 1,254 73.8 71.0-76.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 726 167 23.4 19.7-27.5 559 76.6 72.5-80.3
Regional City or Suburban County 605 175 27.3 23.3-31.7 430 72.7 68.3-76.7
Rural 918 309 35.1 31.3-39.2 609 64.9 60.8-68.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,368 246 19.3 16.8-22.1 1,122 80.7 77.9-83.2
Unemployed 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 547 235 44.5 39.3-49.8 312 55.5 50.2-60.7
Unable to Work 148 112 72.3 61.9-80.7 36 27.7 19.3-38.1
Other not in Labor Force 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 161 59 35.5 26.8-45.3 102 64.5 54.7-73.2
151% to 200% 187 69 36.6 28.9-45.1 118 63.4 54.9-71.1
More than 200% 1,252 280 22.2 19.5-25.2 972 77.8 74.8-80.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 554 185 34.3 29.2-39.8 369 65.7 60.2-70.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 918 276 28.1 24.7-31.7 642 71.9 68.3-75.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 777 190 26.4 22.8-30.5 587 73.6 69.5-77.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 720 186 26.9 22.9-31.3 534 73.1 68.7-77.1
2nd Quartile 616 173 27.2 23.2-31.5 443 72.8 68.5-76.8
3rd Quartile 636 193 30.4 26.2-35.0 443 69.6 65.0-73.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 277 99 36.8 29.4-44.8 178 63.2 55.2-70.6

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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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