2022 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
Non-Hispanic Black 771 260 31.8 27.9-36.1 511 68.2 63.9-72.1
GENDER
Male 299 102 31.0 24.9-37.9 197 69.0 62.1-75.1
Female 472 158 32.5 27.5-38.0 314 67.5 62.0-72.5
AGE
18-34 156 26 19.3 12.7-28.2 130 80.7 71.8-87.3
35-44 125 33 26.7 18.3-37.2 92 73.3 62.8-81.7
45-54 129 42 33.4 24.0-44.4 *** *** ***
55-64 149 59 37.3 28.1-47.6 90 62.7 52.4-71.9
65-74 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 197 65 27.8 21.0-35.8 132 72.2 64.2-79.0
Some Post-H.S. 246 92 33.2 26.4-40.8 154 66.8 59.2-73.6
College Graduate 280 66 21.9 16.7-28.1 214 78.1 71.9-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 179 40 21.8 15.1-30.3 139 78.2 69.7-84.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 260 260 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 511 *** *** *** 511 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 652 207 29.5 25.3-34.1 445 70.5 65.9-74.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 329 101 30.2 24.7-36.4 228 69.8 63.6-75.3
Regional City or Suburban County 162 52 29.8 21.9-39.2 110 70.2 60.8-78.1
Rural 280 107 35.3 28.0-43.3 173 64.7 56.7-72.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 435 86 20.4 16.0-25.6 349 79.6 74.4-84.0
Unemployed 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 185 87 44.9 35.5-54.7 98 55.1 45.3-64.5
Unable to Work 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 339 84 25.2 19.8-31.6 255 74.8 68.4-80.2
HOUSING
Own 392 126 30.5 25.1-36.4 266 69.5 63.6-74.9
Rent 301 95 28.4 22.6-35.1 206 71.6 64.9-77.4
Other arrangement 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 265 101 36.1 28.4-44.6 164 63.9 55.4-71.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 216 71 33.6 26.3-41.7 145 66.4 58.3-73.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 290 88 27.4 21.9-33.7 202 72.6 66.3-78.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 144 43 27.5 19.9-36.7 101 72.5 63.3-80.1
2nd Quartile 214 67 31.6 24.7-39.4 147 68.4 60.6-75.3
3rd Quartile 241 82 33.1 26.0-41.1 159 66.9 58.9-74.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 172 68 35.1 25.8-45.6 104 64.9 54.4-74.2

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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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