2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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

(Ever told) you had any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,927 393 6.9 6.0- 7.8 4,534 93.1 92.2-94.0
-Western 620 55 8.3 5.9-11.5 565 91.7 88.5-94.1
GENDER
Male 291 26 7.5 4.9-11.3 265 92.5 88.7-95.1
Female 329 29 9.0 5.4-14.7 300 91.0 85.3-94.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 508 50 9.4 6.6-13.2 458 90.6 86.8-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** 95 100 -
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 116 13 9.8 5.4-17.2 103 90.2 82.8-94.6
65-74 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 18 9.6 5.8-15.5 125 90.4 84.5-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 176 16 7.3 4.2-12.3 160 92.7 87.7-95.8
College Graduate 225 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 219 28 12.9 7.8-20.6 191 87.1 79.4-92.2
No 390 27 5.8 3.8- 8.8 363 94.2 91.2-96.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 548 46 7.7 5.2-11.2 502 92.3 88.8-94.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 307 16 3.9 2.2- 6.8 291 96.1 93.2-97.8
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 198 29 18.4 11.6-27.9 169 81.6 72.1-88.4
Unable to Work 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 150 13 7.3 4.0-12.8 137 92.7 87.2-96.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 290 30 8.9 6.0-13.0 260 91.1 87.0-94.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 422 44 10.6 7.3-15.1 378 89.4 84.9-92.7
Rent 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 179 18 7.9 4.8-12.7 161 92.1 87.3-95.2
Rural 441 37 8.4 5.5-12.7 404 91.6 87.3-94.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 308 25 5.1 3.3- 8.0 283 94.9 92.0-96.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 121 13 11.8 6.6-20.2 108 88.2 79.8-93.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 314 30 7.9 5.3-11.6 284 92.1 88.4-94.7
2nd Quartile 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 178 17 9.5 5.3-16.5 161 90.5 83.5-94.7

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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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