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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,479 236 5.0 4.1- 6.0 4,243 95.0 94.0-95.9
Eastern NC 1,614 100 4.7 3.5- 6.2 1,514 95.3 93.8-96.5
GENDER
Male 745 54 6.0 4.1- 8.8 691 94.0 91.2-95.9
Female 869 46 3.4 2.3- 5.0 823 96.6 95.0-97.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 895 61 6.0 4.2- 8.4 834 94.0 91.6-95.8
Non-Hispanic Black 334 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 345 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 333 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 243 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 236 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 306 26 9.0 5.4-14.8 280 91.0 85.2-94.6
65-74 299 28 10.5 6.1-17.4 271 89.5 82.6-93.9
75+ 170 27 13.3 8.0-21.3 143 86.7 78.7-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 416 31 5.6 3.5- 9.1 385 94.4 90.9-96.5
Some Post-H.S. 505 27 3.2 1.9- 5.3 478 96.8 94.7-98.1
College Graduate 523 28 3.4 2.1- 5.5 495 96.6 94.5-97.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 555 53 7.5 5.2-10.9 502 92.5 89.1-94.8
No 1,009 44 2.8 1.8- 4.4 965 97.2 95.6-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 296 22 3.9 2.3- 6.6 274 96.1 93.4-97.7
Non-Veteran 1,311 77 4.8 3.5- 6.6 1,234 95.2 93.4-96.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 852 27 2.5 1.4- 4.3 825 97.5 95.7-98.6
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 435 47 9.7 6.7-13.9 388 90.3 86.1-93.3
Unable to Work 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 433 18 3.2 1.8- 5.6 415 96.8 94.4-98.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 360 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 763 40 3.3 2.2- 5.0 723 96.7 95.0-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 360 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,088 73 5.3 3.7- 7.3 1,015 94.7 92.7-96.3
Rent 398 21 3.7 2.2- 6.4 377 96.3 93.6-97.8
Other arrangement 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 428 15 2.9 1.6- 5.0 413 97.1 95.0-98.4
Rural 1,073 76 5.7 4.0- 8.0 997 94.3 92.0-96.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 879 65 5.8 4.0- 8.4 814 94.2 91.6-96.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 367 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 368 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2 348 96.3 93.8-97.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 293 21 4.5 2.7- 7.5 272 95.5 92.5-97.3
2nd Quartile 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 461 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 649 56 6.6 4.3- 9.8 593 93.4 90.2-95.7

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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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