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
-Non-Hispanic White 3,063 931 30.5 28.5-32.6 2,132 69.5 67.4-71.5
GENDER
Male 1,448 422 29.8 27.0-32.8 1,026 70.2 67.2-73.0
Female 1,615 509 31.1 28.3-34.1 1,106 68.9 65.9-71.7
AGE
18-34 569 100 18.4 15.0-22.5 469 81.6 77.5-85.0
35-44 397 82 22.6 17.7-28.3 315 77.4 71.7-82.3
45-54 450 125 28.4 23.8-33.4 325 71.6 66.6-76.2
55-64 546 175 33.7 28.8-39.0 371 66.3 61.0-71.2
65-74 639 223 37.5 32.6-42.8 416 62.5 57.2-67.4
75+ 409 215 57.1 50.9-63.0 194 42.9 37.0-49.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 146 90 56.8 46.4-66.6 56 43.2 33.4-53.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 652 263 37.6 33.2-42.2 389 62.4 57.8-66.8
Some Post-H.S. 832 292 31.5 28.0-35.3 540 68.5 64.7-72.0
College Graduate 1,430 285 17.6 15.5-19.8 1,145 82.4 80.2-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 211 114 50.4 42.2-58.7 97 49.6 41.3-57.8
$25,000- 34,999 268 127 47.1 39.5-54.7 141 52.9 45.3-60.5
$35,000- 49,999 311 115 36.5 30.4-43.2 196 63.5 56.8-69.6
$50,000- 74,999 433 110 27.7 22.7-33.3 323 72.3 66.7-77.3
$75,000+ 1,134 186 15.2 13.0-17.8 948 84.8 82.2-87.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 931 931 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,132 *** *** *** 2,132 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 417 149 35.0 29.9-40.5 268 65.0 59.5-70.1
Non-Veteran 2,641 781 29.9 27.8-32.2 1,860 70.1 67.8-72.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 896 210 23.8 20.7-27.4 686 76.2 72.6-79.3
Regional City or Suburban County 840 249 29.3 25.7-33.0 591 70.7 67.0-74.3
Rural 1,327 472 36.4 33.1-39.9 855 63.6 60.1-66.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,635 302 18.8 16.6-21.2 1,333 81.2 78.8-83.4
Unemployed 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 949 387 44.1 40.0-48.3 562 55.9 51.7-60.0
Unable to Work 180 155 87.8 81.7-92.1 25 12.2 7.9-18.3
Other not in Labor Force 170 36 16.8 11.3-24.4 134 83.2 75.6-88.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 162 104 61.1 50.6-70.6 58 38.9 29.4-49.4
101% to 150% 182 84 41.7 33.2-50.8 98 58.3 49.2-66.8
151% to 200% 244 106 48.0 40.3-55.9 138 52.0 44.1-59.7
More than 200% 1,837 413 21.9 19.8-24.3 1,424 78.1 75.7-80.2
HOUSING
Own 2,270 639 28.5 26.3-30.9 1,631 71.5 69.1-73.7
Rent 594 214 37.5 32.8-42.3 380 62.5 57.7-67.2
Other arrangement 178 74 38.8 29.9-48.5 104 61.2 51.5-70.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 679 238 35.1 30.3-40.3 441 64.9 59.7-69.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,360 433 32.1 29.1-35.3 927 67.9 64.7-70.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,024 260 26.2 23.1-29.5 764 73.8 70.5-76.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,099 303 29.2 25.9-32.7 796 70.8 67.3-74.1
2nd Quartile 827 247 28.9 25.4-32.6 580 71.1 67.4-74.6
3rd Quartile 823 258 33.5 29.5-37.7 565 66.5 62.3-70.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 314 123 33.5 26.7-41.1 191 66.5 58.9-73.3

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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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