2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
Eastern NC 1,573 563 37.2 34.0-40.6 1,010 62.8 59.4-66.0
GENDER
Male 723 265 38.2 33.3-43.2 458 61.8 56.8-66.7
Female 850 298 36.4 32.1-40.9 552 63.6 59.1-67.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 875 315 38.3 34.2-42.6 560 61.7 57.4-65.8
Non-Hispanic Black 328 119 35.8 28.9-43.3 209 64.2 56.7-71.1
Other 335 118 36.2 28.6-44.5 217 63.8 55.5-71.4
AGE
18-34 324 83 26.4 21.0-32.7 241 73.6 67.3-79.0
35-44 234 68 30.7 23.1-39.5 166 69.3 60.5-76.9
45-54 229 73 36.2 27.6-45.6 156 63.8 54.4-72.4
55-64 299 116 43.8 35.8-52.1 183 56.2 47.9-64.2
65-74 295 127 46.4 38.7-54.2 168 53.6 45.8-61.3
75+ 168 89 59.9 49.4-69.5 79 40.1 30.5-50.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 165 84 58.6 48.2-68.3 81 41.4 31.7-51.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 399 142 33.6 27.7-40.0 257 66.4 60.0-72.3
Some Post-H.S. 498 198 38.1 32.7-43.7 300 61.9 56.3-67.3
College Graduate 509 137 27.8 23.1-33.0 372 72.2 67.0-76.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 563 563 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,010 *** *** *** 1,010 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 291 122 39.6 32.7-47.1 169 60.4 52.9-67.3
Non-Veteran 1,277 439 36.7 33.0-40.5 838 63.3 59.5-67.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 835 200 24.5 20.7-28.6 635 75.5 71.4-79.3
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 429 190 52.3 45.7-58.9 239 47.7 41.1-54.3
Unable to Work 144 121 86.7 78.0-92.3 23 13.3 7.7-22.0
Other not in Labor Force 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 184 76 46.1 36.4-56.1 108 53.9 43.9-63.6
$35,000- 49,999 176 59 32.3 24.0-41.8 117 67.7 58.2-76.0
$50,000- 74,999 190 49 26.2 18.6-35.7 141 73.8 64.3-81.4
$75,000+ 429 114 27.5 22.1-33.7 315 72.5 66.3-77.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 342 131 40.4 33.4-47.9 211 59.6 52.1-66.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 756 219 29.9 25.6-34.6 537 70.1 65.4-74.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 342 131 40.4 33.4-47.9 211 59.6 52.1-66.6
HOUSING
Own 1,068 370 37.5 33.6-41.7 698 62.5 58.3-66.4
Rent 389 141 34.7 29.1-40.8 248 65.3 59.2-70.9
Other arrangement 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 413 145 36.3 30.7-42.4 268 63.7 57.6-69.3
Rural 1,050 380 37.9 33.7-42.2 670 62.1 57.8-66.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 857 326 39.4 34.6-44.5 531 60.6 55.5-65.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 360 123 35.5 29.5-42.0 237 64.5 58.0-70.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 356 114 34.4 28.5-40.9 242 65.6 59.1-71.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 287 90 32.0 25.7-39.0 197 68.0 61.0-74.3
2nd Quartile 205 66 36.2 28.4-44.8 139 63.8 55.2-71.6
3rd Quartile 447 161 36.4 30.8-42.3 286 63.6 57.7-69.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 634 246 41.5 35.5-47.7 388 58.5 52.3-64.5

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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 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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