2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,551 256 8.1 6.8- 9.5 3,295 91.9 90.5-93.2
Eastern NC 1,306 112 9.4 7.4-12.0 1,194 90.6 88.0-92.6
GENDER
Male 591 35 8.4 5.5-12.6 556 91.6 87.4-94.5
Female 715 77 10.4 7.8-13.7 638 89.6 86.3-92.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 722 42 7.0 4.8-10.1 680 93.0 89.9-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 283 42 14.7 9.9-21.3 241 85.3 78.7-90.1
Other 272 24 9.5 5.5-15.9 248 90.5 84.1-94.5
AGE
18-34 220 24 12.1 7.4-19.1 196 87.9 80.9-92.6
35-44 201 26 12.7 7.6-20.7 175 87.3 79.3-92.4
45-54 197 22 10.8 6.3-18.1 175 89.2 81.9-93.7
55-64 262 21 8.2 4.6-14.2 241 91.8 85.8-95.4
65-74 257 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 146 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 323 37 11.9 7.9-17.5 286 88.1 82.5-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 430 39 10.2 6.8-15.2 391 89.8 84.8-93.2
College Graduate 414 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 488 60 11.4 8.1-15.7 428 88.6 84.3-91.9
No 804 52 8.3 5.8-11.6 752 91.7 88.4-94.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 219 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,083 106 10.6 8.3-13.6 977 89.4 86.4-91.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 675 56 9.7 6.9-13.5 619 90.3 86.5-93.1
Unemployed 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 377 16 4.9 2.7- 8.7 361 95.1 91.3-97.3
Unable to Work 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 147 23 19.1 11.5-30.0 124 80.9 70.0-88.5
$35,000- 49,999 137 18 17.6 10.3-28.4 119 82.4 71.6-89.7
$50,000- 74,999 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 289 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 146 31 23.4 14.8-34.9 115 76.6 65.1-85.2
101% to 150% 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 118 18 19.2 11.4-30.6 100 80.8 69.4-88.6
More than 200% 619 24 3.9 2.2- 6.7 595 96.1 93.3-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 289 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 931 55 7.0 4.9- 9.7 876 93.0 90.3-95.1
Rent 283 47 18.8 13.1-26.1 236 81.2 73.9-86.9
Other arrangement 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 314 24 8.9 5.3-14.3 290 91.1 85.7-94.7
Rural 899 83 10.0 7.5-13.3 816 90.0 86.7-92.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 726 76 12.0 8.8-16.2 650 88.0 83.8-91.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 284 19 6.3 3.6-10.6 265 93.7 89.4-96.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 296 17 7.3 4.2-12.4 279 92.7 87.6-95.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 237 16 7.8 4.5-13.4 221 92.2 86.6-95.5
2nd Quartile 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 356 30 10.1 6.4-15.6 326 89.9 84.4-93.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 557 61 12.2 8.7-17.0 496 87.8 83.0-91.3

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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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