2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,493 612 13.7 12.4-15.2 3,881 86.3 84.8-87.6
GENDER
Male 2,118 236 11.5 9.9-13.3 1,882 88.5 86.7-90.1
Female 2,375 376 15.8 13.7-18.1 1,999 84.2 81.9-86.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,789 378 14.0 12.3-15.9 2,411 86.0 84.1-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 797 121 14.1 11.3-17.4 676 85.9 82.6-88.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 168 29 20.0 12.2-31.2 139 80.0 68.8-87.8
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** 94 88.5 77.2-94.6
Hispanic 457 41 8.4 5.8-12.0 416 91.6 88.0-94.2
AGE
18-34 1,021 160 14.4 12.1-17.1 861 85.6 82.9-87.9
35-44 676 91 16.1 12.3-20.9 585 83.9 79.1-87.7
45-54 718 90 11.5 8.9-14.8 628 88.5 85.2-91.1
55-64 795 118 15.2 11.8-19.3 677 84.8 80.7-88.2
65-74 740 97 14.8 11.0-19.6 643 85.2 80.4-89.0
75+ 444 43 7.3 5.1-10.5 401 92.7 89.5-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 51 19.1 13.1-27.0 314 80.9 73.0-86.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,003 136 12.4 10.1-15.0 867 87.6 85.0-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,283 196 14.8 12.5-17.4 1,087 85.2 82.6-87.5
College Graduate 1,824 225 11.6 10.0-13.5 1,599 88.4 86.5-90.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,385 257 19.3 16.3-22.7 1,128 80.7 77.3-83.7
No 2,956 333 11.0 9.6-12.5 2,623 89.0 87.5-90.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 581 55 10.0 7.2-13.7 526 90.0 86.3-92.8
Non-Veteran 3,879 554 14.3 12.9-16.0 3,325 85.7 84.0-87.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,550 307 11.7 10.3-13.3 2,243 88.3 86.7-89.7
Unemployed 172 34 16.4 11.0-23.8 138 83.6 76.2-89.0
Retired 1,102 130 11.1 8.8-13.8 972 88.9 86.2-91.2
Unable to Work 320 89 32.1 23.9-41.7 231 67.9 58.3-76.1
Other not in Labor Force 276 44 15.3 10.7-21.4 232 84.7 78.6-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 273 62 24.0 16.5-33.6 211 76.0 66.4-83.5
$15,000- 24,999 378 62 19.8 13.8-27.7 316 80.2 72.3-86.2
$25,000- 34,999 443 75 13.8 10.6-17.8 368 86.2 82.2-89.4
$35,000- 49,999 465 66 15.4 11.7-20.2 399 84.6 79.8-88.3
$50,000-74,999 548 63 12.2 9.0-16.2 485 87.8 83.8-91.0
$75,000-100,000 473 61 11.0 8.0-14.9 412 89.0 85.1-92.0
$100,000-150,000 449 52 10.2 7.4-14.0 397 89.8 86.0-92.6
$150,000+ 467 53 12.6 9.2-17.0 414 87.4 83.0-90.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 997 118 11.7 9.4-14.6 879 88.3 85.4-90.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 373 82 20.9 15.3-27.7 291 79.1 72.3-84.7
101% to 150% 289 44 18.9 13.1-26.5 245 81.1 73.5-86.9
151% to 200% 349 55 15.3 11.0-20.9 294 84.7 79.1-89.0
More than 200% 2,299 285 11.9 10.4-13.6 2,014 88.1 86.4-89.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 997 118 11.7 9.4-14.6 879 88.3 85.4-90.6
HOUSING
Own 2,892 323 12.2 10.5-14.1 2,569 87.8 85.9-89.5
Rent 1,231 229 17.8 15.4-20.4 1,002 82.2 79.6-84.6
Other arrangement 313 49 15.1 10.3-21.5 264 84.9 78.5-89.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,521 218 13.8 11.9-16.0 1,303 86.2 84.0-88.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,182 155 13.3 10.9-16.1 1,027 86.7 83.9-89.1
Rural 1,790 239 14.0 11.6-16.9 1,551 86.0 83.1-88.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,124 135 13.7 10.2-18.0 989 86.3 82.0-89.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,401 208 14.6 12.4-17.1 1,193 85.4 82.9-87.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,968 269 13.2 11.4-15.1 1,699 86.8 84.9-88.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,409 181 12.8 10.7-15.1 1,228 87.2 84.9-89.3
2nd Quartile 1,249 195 14.5 12.3-17.1 1,054 85.5 82.9-87.7
3rd Quartile 1,122 151 14.2 11.4-17.7 971 85.8 82.3-88.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 713 85 12.8 8.8-18.3 628 87.2 81.7-91.2

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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 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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