2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,375 580 14.9 13.4-16.7 3,795 85.1 83.3-86.6
Eastern NC 1,582 237 16.7 14.2-19.5 1,345 83.3 80.5-85.8
GENDER
Male 728 110 16.5 13.0-20.7 618 83.5 79.3-87.0
Female 854 127 16.9 13.6-20.8 727 83.1 79.2-86.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 881 130 16.3 13.3-19.9 751 83.7 80.1-86.7
Non-Hispanic Black 327 39 14.2 9.4-21.0 288 85.8 79.0-90.6
Other 339 62 23.1 16.5-31.4 277 76.9 68.6-83.5
AGE
18-34 327 63 21.2 16.2-27.1 264 78.8 72.9-83.8
35-44 236 45 21.0 14.3-29.8 191 79.0 70.2-85.7
45-54 230 37 17.8 11.3-26.9 193 82.2 73.1-88.7
55-64 302 39 12.6 8.2-18.8 263 87.4 81.2-91.8
65-74 295 33 10.0 6.6-14.8 262 90.0 85.2-93.4
75+ 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 166 42 27.5 18.7-38.6 124 72.5 61.4-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 403 58 14.9 10.7-20.2 345 85.1 79.8-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 500 81 17.9 13.8-23.0 419 82.1 77.0-86.2
College Graduate 511 55 10.5 7.6-14.4 456 89.5 85.6-92.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 557 237 45.4 39.7-51.2 320 54.6 48.8-60.3
No 1,010 *** *** *** 1,010 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 291 47 16.3 11.7-22.4 244 83.7 77.6-88.3
Non-Veteran 1,287 190 16.8 14.0-20.1 1,097 83.2 79.9-86.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 841 100 13.0 10.2-16.6 741 87.0 83.4-89.8
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 430 44 8.9 6.2-12.7 386 91.1 87.3-93.8
Unable to Work 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 153 31 22.8 14.2-34.6 122 77.2 65.4-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 183 32 20.1 13.3-29.2 151 79.9 70.8-86.7
$35,000- 49,999 175 24 17.0 10.5-26.4 151 83.0 73.6-89.5
$50,000- 74,999 192 16 6.7 3.8-11.6 176 93.3 88.4-96.2
$75,000+ 432 45 10.1 6.6-15.1 387 89.9 84.9-93.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 345 60 21.5 15.9-28.5 285 78.5 71.5-84.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 110 23 19.2 11.9-29.5 87 80.8 70.5-88.1
151% to 200% 150 21 17.2 10.4-27.0 129 82.8 73.0-89.6
More than 200% 760 83 11.0 8.2-14.5 677 89.0 85.5-91.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 345 60 21.5 15.9-28.5 285 78.5 71.5-84.1
HOUSING
Own 1,074 134 13.9 11.1-17.2 940 86.1 82.8-88.9
Rent 391 75 20.7 16.1-26.2 316 79.3 73.8-83.9
Other arrangement 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 110 17 20.5 12.1-32.5 93 79.5 67.5-87.9
Regional City or Suburban County 415 73 19.1 14.5-24.8 342 80.9 75.2-85.5
Rural 1,057 147 15.0 12.1-18.4 910 85.0 81.6-87.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 863 135 17.2 13.6-21.5 728 82.8 78.5-86.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 361 54 16.3 11.8-22.0 307 83.7 78.0-88.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 358 48 16.1 11.7-21.6 310 83.9 78.4-88.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 288 35 13.7 9.4-19.6 253 86.3 80.4-90.6
2nd Quartile 205 34 19.5 13.2-27.7 171 80.5 72.3-86.8
3rd Quartile 451 71 16.5 12.5-21.6 380 83.5 78.4-87.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 638 97 16.9 12.6-22.2 541 83.1 77.8-87.4

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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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