2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
-MALES 2,295 201 9.5 8.0-11.2 2,094 90.5 88.8-92.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,474 95 7.4 5.8- 9.4 1,379 92.6 90.6-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 376 50 14.0 10.1-19.0 326 86.0 81.0-89.9
Other 390 50 11.5 8.3-15.7 340 88.5 84.3-91.7
AGE
18-34 537 67 12.8 9.8-16.5 470 87.2 83.5-90.2
35-44 344 44 11.8 8.3-16.7 300 88.2 83.3-91.7
45-54 390 37 9.1 6.2-13.3 353 90.9 86.7-93.8
55-64 361 44 13.3 8.9-19.4 317 86.7 80.6-91.1
65-74 391 *** *** *** 387 99.2 97.8-99.7
75+ 221 *** *** *** 219 99.0 94.7-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 224 41 16.7 11.5-23.7 183 83.3 76.3-88.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 590 61 11.2 8.2-15.1 529 88.8 84.9-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 587 53 8.6 6.3-11.7 534 91.4 88.3-93.7
College Graduate 881 44 5.1 3.6- 7.0 837 94.9 93.0-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 185 38 25.2 17.3-35.1 147 74.8 64.9-82.7
$25,000- 34,999 224 38 18.0 12.6-25.0 186 82.0 75.0-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 276 26 11.6 7.6-17.5 250 88.4 82.5-92.4
$50,000- 74,999 314 13 3.3 1.7- 6.3 301 96.7 93.7-98.3
$75,000+ 749 15 1.9 1.1- 3.2 734 98.1 96.8-98.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 647 93 15.2 11.8-19.4 554 84.8 80.6-88.2
No 1,597 101 6.9 5.5- 8.7 1,496 93.1 91.3-94.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 556 15 3.3 1.6- 6.9 541 96.7 93.1-98.4
Non-Veteran 1,722 185 11.3 9.5-13.4 1,537 88.7 86.6-90.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 743 55 7.3 5.4- 9.9 688 92.7 90.1-94.6
Regional City or Suburban County 617 53 9.4 7.0-12.7 564 90.6 87.3-93.0
Rural 935 93 11.7 8.9-15.1 842 88.3 84.9-91.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,389 122 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,267 90.9 88.9-92.6
Unemployed 109 29 22.5 15.0-32.3 80 77.5 67.7-85.0
Retired 554 *** *** *** 545 97.4 94.2-98.8
Unable to Work 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 65 *** *** *** 60 93.6 84.8-97.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 163 28 19.2 12.7-27.9 135 80.8 72.1-87.3
151% to 200% 187 25 14.6 9.5-21.6 162 85.4 78.4-90.5
More than 200% 1,271 41 2.9 2.0- 4.1 1,230 97.1 95.9-98.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 564 63 13.8 10.0-18.7 501 86.2 81.3-90.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 939 84 9.5 7.3-12.2 855 90.5 87.8-92.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 792 54 7.3 5.4- 9.8 738 92.7 90.2-94.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 731 56 9.5 6.8-13.1 675 90.5 86.9-93.2
2nd Quartile 631 56 8.4 6.2-11.3 575 91.6 88.7-93.8
3rd Quartile 650 64 10.6 8.0-14.1 586 89.4 85.9-92.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 283 25 10.7 6.5-17.0 258 89.3 83.0-93.5

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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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