2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,490 508 11.9 10.6-13.3 3,982 88.1 86.7-89.4
Eastern NC 1,619 187 12.1 10.0-14.5 1,432 87.9 85.5-90.0
GENDER
Male 748 74 9.8 7.2-13.2 674 90.2 86.8-92.8
Female 871 113 14.3 11.2-18.0 758 85.7 82.0-88.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 899 75 9.5 7.3-12.4 824 90.5 87.6-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 336 45 14.9 10.1-21.4 291 85.1 78.6-89.9
Other 345 62 18.5 12.8-26.0 283 81.5 74.0-87.2
AGE
18-34 332 53 15.9 11.5-21.4 279 84.1 78.6-88.5
35-44 243 42 16.4 11.0-23.8 201 83.6 76.2-89.0
45-54 235 34 13.5 8.2-21.6 201 86.5 78.4-91.8
55-64 305 34 12.7 8.1-19.4 271 87.3 80.6-91.9
65-74 303 19 5.2 2.9- 9.2 284 94.8 90.8-97.1
75+ 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 170 47 20.3 13.8-28.8 123 79.7 71.2-86.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 416 50 11.4 7.8-16.4 366 88.6 83.6-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 508 61 14.0 10.3-18.8 447 86.0 81.2-89.7
College Graduate 522 29 5.1 3.0- 8.8 493 94.9 91.2-97.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 561 95 17.6 13.6-22.6 466 82.4 77.4-86.4
No 1,008 87 9.1 6.9-12.0 921 90.9 88.0-93.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,314 173 14.4 11.9-17.4 1,141 85.6 82.6-88.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 853 107 12.3 9.6-15.6 746 87.7 84.4-90.4
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 441 18 3.8 2.2- 6.6 423 96.2 93.4-97.8
Unable to Work 148 30 20.8 12.4-32.8 118 79.2 67.2-87.6
Other not in Labor Force 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 184 44 23.6 16.4-32.7 140 76.4 67.3-83.6
$35,000- 49,999 177 18 13.0 7.3-22.2 159 87.0 77.8-92.7
$50,000- 74,999 193 16 7.2 4.0-12.8 177 92.8 87.2-96.0
$75,000+ 435 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 360 31 9.8 5.8-15.9 329 90.2 84.1-94.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 166 45 30.4 21.1-41.6 121 69.6 58.4-78.9
101% to 150% 111 23 17.2 9.8-28.3 88 82.8 71.7-90.2
151% to 200% 150 27 15.5 9.8-23.7 123 84.5 76.3-90.2
More than 200% 766 44 6.5 4.4- 9.3 722 93.5 90.7-95.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 360 31 9.8 5.8-15.9 329 90.2 84.1-94.2
HOUSING
Own 1,093 81 8.9 6.7-11.8 1,012 91.1 88.2-93.3
Rent 398 87 19.6 15.2-24.9 311 80.4 75.1-84.8
Other arrangement 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 114 18 16.2 9.5-26.2 96 83.8 73.8-90.5
Regional City or Suburban County 427 47 11.9 8.3-16.9 380 88.1 83.1-91.7
Rural 1,078 122 11.7 9.2-14.8 956 88.3 85.2-90.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 881 112 13.8 10.6-17.9 769 86.2 82.1-89.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 368 34 8.2 5.5-12.0 334 91.8 88.0-94.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 370 41 12.6 8.9-17.6 329 87.4 82.4-91.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 297 30 11.9 8.0-17.4 267 88.1 82.6-92.0
2nd Quartile 211 18 7.7 4.5-13.1 193 92.3 86.9-95.5
3rd Quartile 460 50 11.7 8.1-16.5 410 88.3 83.5-91.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 651 89 15.0 11.1-20.0 562 85.0 80.0-88.9

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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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