2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare, or Indian Health Service?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,420 3,999 90.0 88.7-91.1 421 10.0 8.9-11.3
Non-Hispanic Black 777 733 94.2 91.4-96.1 44 5.8 3.9- 8.6
GENDER
Male 302 276 90.5 84.7-94.3 26 9.5 5.7-15.3
Female 475 457 97.2 95.3-98.4 18 2.8 1.6- 4.7
AGE
18-34 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 283 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 253 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 499 476 94.9 91.2-97.1 23 5.1 2.9- 8.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 652 610 93.3 90.0-95.5 42 6.7 4.5-10.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 332 314 95.1 91.9-97.1 18 4.9 2.9- 8.1
Regional City or Suburban County 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 436 408 94.1 90.7-96.3 28 5.9 3.7- 9.3
Unemployed 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 338 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 397 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 303 282 92.9 88.3-95.8 21 7.1 4.2-11.7
Other arrangement 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 267 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 214 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 296 279 94.8 91.4-97.0 17 5.2 3.0- 8.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 216 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 245 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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