2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare, or Indian Health Service?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,822 4,338 89.7 88.6-90.7 484 10.3 9.3-11.4
-Western 607 539 88.6 84.6-91.6 68 11.4 8.4-15.4
GENDER
Male 284 248 88.9 82.8-93.0 36 11.1 7.0-17.2
Female 323 291 88.2 82.4-92.3 32 11.8 7.7-17.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 496 466 93.2 89.4-95.7 30 6.8 4.3-10.6
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 74 58 82.0 70.7-89.6 16 18.0 10.4-29.3
45-54 110 89 82.6 73.0-89.3 21 17.4 10.7-27.0
55-64 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 87 87 100 - *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 140 121 90.0 83.8-94.0 19 10.0 6.0-16.2
Some Post-H.S. 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 223 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 215 194 93.5 89.3-96.1 21 6.5 3.9-10.7
No 382 337 86.9 81.6-90.8 45 13.1 9.2-18.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 535 470 88.4 84.5-91.4 65 11.6 8.6-15.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 301 255 84.9 78.9-89.4 46 15.1 10.6-21.1
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 288 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 416 392 91.3 85.9-94.7 24 8.7 5.3-14.1
Rent 154 118 81.5 74.0-87.2 36 18.5 12.8-26.0
Other arrangement 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 431 376 87.8 83.1-91.3 55 12.2 8.7-16.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 187 156 86.9 80.8-91.3 31 13.1 8.7-19.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 300 274 89.2 81.7-93.8 26 10.8 6.2-18.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 309 285 91.6 86.0-95.1 24 8.4 4.9-14.0
2nd Quartile 123 102 85.4 77.2-91.1 21 14.6 8.9-22.8
3rd Quartile 175 152 85.3 75.5-91.7 23 14.7 8.3-24.5

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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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