2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 611 221 38.1 33.1-43.4 390 61.9 56.6-66.9
GENDER
Male 289 94 34.8 28.0-42.3 195 65.2 57.7-72.0
Female 322 127 41.2 33.6-49.2 195 58.8 50.8-66.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 503 185 40.4 34.8-46.2 318 59.6 53.8-65.2
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 94 21 21.8 13.8-32.6 73 78.2 67.4-86.2
35-44 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 109 37 30.9 22.0-41.5 72 69.1 58.5-78.0
55-64 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 173 75 40.6 31.8-50.1 98 59.4 49.9-68.2
College Graduate 223 49 20.1 14.7-26.9 174 79.9 73.1-85.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 221 221 100 - *** *** ***
No 390 *** *** *** 390 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 541 193 37.4 32.0-43.1 348 62.6 56.9-68.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 304 74 24.4 18.6-31.3 230 75.6 68.7-81.4
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 194 81 53.0 43.4-62.5 113 47.0 37.5-56.6
Unable to Work 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 148 28 16.4 10.8-24.1 120 83.6 75.9-89.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 286 81 28.7 22.9-35.3 205 71.3 64.7-77.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 418 136 37.0 31.1-43.3 282 63.0 56.7-68.9
Rent 156 69 42.7 33.3-52.7 87 57.3 47.3-66.7
Other arrangement 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 177 51 27.1 20.2-35.4 126 72.9 64.6-79.8
Rural 434 170 42.0 35.8-48.5 264 58.0 51.5-64.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 187 75 45.9 36.3-55.8 112 54.1 44.2-63.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 305 108 35.4 28.3-43.3 197 64.6 56.7-71.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 119 38 30.8 22.3-40.9 81 69.2 59.1-77.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 309 98 34.6 28.0-41.9 211 65.4 58.1-72.0
2nd Quartile 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 174 64 41.1 31.9-51.0 110 58.9 49.0-68.1

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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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