2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.
Do any of these situations apply to you?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,208 261 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,947 92.7 91.5-93.8
Eastern NC 1,510 75 5.5 4.0- 7.4 1,435 94.5 92.6-96.0
GENDER
Male 696 43 7.7 5.2-11.3 653 92.3 88.7-94.8
Female 814 32 3.3 2.0- 5.4 782 96.7 94.6-98.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 848 28 3.9 2.5- 6.0 820 96.1 94.0-97.5
Non-Hispanic Black 307 21 8.2 4.5-14.4 286 91.8 85.6-95.5
Other 320 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 309 26 8.1 5.2-12.5 283 91.9 87.5-94.8
35-44 218 20 13.3 7.5-22.6 198 86.7 77.4-92.5
45-54 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 291 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 287 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 161 *** *** *** 161 100 -
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 381 24 4.8 2.8- 8.2 357 95.2 91.8-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 483 27 6.1 3.7- 9.8 456 93.9 90.2-96.3
College Graduate 491 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 534 33 6.5 3.9-10.8 501 93.5 89.2-96.1
No 960 42 4.9 3.3- 7.2 918 95.1 92.8-96.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 282 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,223 67 6.3 4.5- 8.7 1,156 93.7 91.3-95.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 803 43 6.2 4.1- 9.2 760 93.8 90.8-95.9
Unemployed 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 416 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 187 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 416 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 325 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 738 38 6.0 3.8- 9.2 700 94.0 90.8-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 325 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,031 36 3.3 2.1- 5.1 995 96.7 94.9-97.9
Rent 366 23 6.7 4.2-10.7 343 93.3 89.3-95.8
Other arrangement 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 399 21 7.7 4.6-12.6 378 92.3 87.4-95.4
Rural 1,001 48 3.9 2.6- 5.8 953 96.1 94.2-97.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 817 48 5.3 3.5- 8.2 769 94.7 91.8-96.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 344 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 349 16 6.5 3.8-10.9 333 93.5 89.1-96.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 430 18 4.7 2.7- 8.1 412 95.3 91.9-97.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 599 37 5.0 2.9- 8.4 562 95.0 91.6-97.1

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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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