2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,487 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,310 96.6 95.9-97.1
Eastern NC 1,620 78 4.3 3.2- 5.7 1,542 95.7 94.3-96.8
GENDER
Male 748 35 3.4 2.2- 5.2 713 96.6 94.8-97.8
Female 872 43 5.1 3.5- 7.4 829 94.9 92.6-96.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 900 45 5.2 3.7- 7.4 855 94.8 92.6-96.3
Non-Hispanic Black 336 18 3.7 2.1- 6.5 318 96.3 93.5-97.9
Other 345 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 333 *** *** *** 333 100 -
35-44 242 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 236 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 305 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 303 22 7.7 4.7-12.4 281 92.3 87.6-95.3
75+ 175 23 15.8 9.5-25.1 152 84.2 74.9-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 417 26 5.3 3.1- 8.9 391 94.7 91.1-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 508 24 3.0 1.9- 4.8 484 97.0 95.2-98.1
College Graduate 524 17 4.2 2.4- 7.1 507 95.8 92.9-97.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 563 53 8.6 6.1-12.0 510 91.4 88.0-93.9
No 1,008 24 1.9 1.1- 3.1 984 98.1 96.9-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 297 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,317 68 4.8 3.6- 6.5 1,249 95.2 93.5-96.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 853 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** 63 100 -
Retired 441 33 8.5 5.6-12.8 408 91.5 87.2-94.4
Unable to Work 148 29 18.9 11.7-29.2 119 81.1 70.8-88.3
Other not in Labor Force 96 *** *** *** 96 100 -
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 435 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 358 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 766 29 3.1 2.0- 4.9 737 96.9 95.1-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 358 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,096 57 4.9 3.5- 6.8 1,039 95.1 93.2-96.5
Rent 396 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 429 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 1,077 60 5.3 3.7- 7.4 1,017 94.7 92.6-96.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 880 46 5.1 3.5- 7.6 834 94.9 92.4-96.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 369 18 3.8 2.2- 6.2 351 96.2 93.8-97.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 371 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 297 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 212 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 462 20 3.8 2.2- 6.5 442 96.2 93.5-97.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 649 39 6.0 3.9- 9.3 610 94.0 90.7-96.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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