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 skin cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,924 395 6.7 5.9- 7.5 4,529 93.3 92.5-94.1
-Western 619 60 6.7 5.0- 9.0 559 93.3 91.0-95.0
GENDER
Male 291 26 5.7 3.7- 8.9 265 94.3 91.1-96.3
Female 328 34 7.6 5.1-11.2 294 92.4 88.8-94.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 506 56 7.5 5.5-10.1 450 92.5 89.9-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** 95 100 -
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 118 17 12.2 7.2-20.0 101 87.8 80.0-92.8
65-74 121 22 13.2 7.8-21.7 99 86.8 78.3-92.2
75+ 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 15 7.8 4.3-13.5 128 92.2 86.5-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 224 32 11.7 7.8-17.2 192 88.3 82.8-92.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 219 23 6.8 4.0-11.1 196 93.2 88.9-96.0
No 389 37 7.0 4.9-10.0 352 93.0 90.0-95.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 547 50 6.7 4.8- 9.2 497 93.3 90.8-95.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 307 15 3.7 2.1- 6.5 292 96.3 93.5-97.9
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 195 34 13.0 8.5-19.3 161 87.0 80.7-91.5
Unable to Work 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 149 19 9.7 6.0-15.4 130 90.3 84.6-94.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 289 40 10.0 7.0-13.9 249 90.0 86.1-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 420 50 8.7 6.3-11.9 370 91.3 88.1-93.7
Rent 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 178 14 5.6 3.1- 9.8 164 94.4 90.2-96.9
Rural 441 46 7.1 5.0- 9.9 395 92.9 90.1-95.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 191 15 6.6 3.6-11.6 176 93.4 88.4-96.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 307 31 6.4 4.2- 9.6 276 93.6 90.4-95.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 121 14 7.8 4.5-13.4 107 92.2 86.6-95.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 313 31 6.0 4.0- 8.8 282 94.0 91.2-96.0
2nd Quartile 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 179 15 7.6 4.2-13.3 164 92.4 86.7-95.8

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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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