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 4,482 402 9.2 8.0-10.5 4,080 90.8 89.5-92.0
GENDER
Male 2,113 124 6.6 5.3- 8.1 1,989 93.4 91.9-94.7
Female 2,369 278 11.6 9.8-13.7 2,091 88.4 86.3-90.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,782 249 9.5 8.0-11.2 2,533 90.5 88.8-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 797 80 9.6 7.3-12.6 717 90.4 87.4-92.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 168 21 17.3 9.8-28.7 147 82.7 71.3-90.2
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 102 *** *** *** 100 95.2 80.7-98.9
Hispanic 455 24 4.8 2.9- 7.8 431 95.2 92.2-97.1
AGE
18-34 1,016 79 7.8 6.0-10.0 937 92.2 90.0-94.0
35-44 674 62 10.8 7.8-14.9 612 89.2 85.1-92.2
45-54 717 59 7.0 5.1- 9.7 658 93.0 90.3-94.9
55-64 794 91 12.1 9.0-16.0 703 87.9 84.0-91.0
65-74 740 77 12.7 9.0-17.5 663 87.3 82.5-91.0
75+ 443 27 5.0 3.2- 7.7 416 95.0 92.3-96.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 363 40 14.6 9.4-22.2 323 85.4 77.8-90.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 999 81 7.4 5.7- 9.7 918 92.6 90.3-94.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,280 136 10.5 8.5-12.8 1,144 89.5 87.2-91.5
College Graduate 1,822 141 7.2 5.9- 8.7 1,681 92.8 91.3-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,381 195 14.7 12.0-17.7 1,186 85.3 82.3-88.0
No 2,951 196 6.6 5.5- 7.9 2,755 93.4 92.1-94.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 581 29 6.1 3.9- 9.5 552 93.9 90.5-96.1
Non-Veteran 3,869 371 9.7 8.4-11.1 3,498 90.3 88.9-91.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,544 174 6.8 5.7- 8.1 2,370 93.2 91.9-94.3
Unemployed 172 24 11.3 6.9-17.8 148 88.7 82.2-93.1
Retired 1,101 97 8.6 6.6-11.1 1,004 91.4 88.9-93.4
Unable to Work 319 76 27.6 19.9-37.0 243 72.4 63.0-80.1
Other not in Labor Force 275 26 9.5 5.8-15.2 249 90.5 84.8-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 50 20.4 13.1-30.3 221 79.6 69.7-86.9
$15,000- 24,999 377 46 12.8 8.4-19.1 331 87.2 80.9-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 442 50 8.9 6.4-12.2 392 91.1 87.8-93.6
$35,000- 49,999 464 40 9.5 6.5-13.8 424 90.5 86.2-93.5
$50,000-74,999 548 40 7.7 5.2-11.3 508 92.3 88.7-94.8
$75,000-100,000 472 38 6.7 4.4-10.1 434 93.3 89.9-95.6
$100,000-150,000 448 28 6.3 4.0- 9.7 420 93.7 90.3-96.0
$150,000+ 466 32 7.8 5.1-11.6 434 92.2 88.4-94.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 994 78 8.3 6.3-10.9 916 91.7 89.1-93.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 373 62 15.9 10.9-22.6 311 84.1 77.4-89.1
101% to 150% 288 30 12.6 7.6-20.0 258 87.4 80.0-92.4
151% to 200% 349 39 10.3 6.8-15.4 310 89.7 84.6-93.2
More than 200% 2,295 173 7.4 6.2- 8.9 2,122 92.6 91.1-93.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 994 78 8.3 6.3-10.9 916 91.7 89.1-93.7
HOUSING
Own 2,887 220 8.5 7.1-10.2 2,667 91.5 89.8-92.9
Rent 1,227 143 11.1 9.2-13.4 1,084 88.9 86.6-90.8
Other arrangement 312 32 9.5 5.8-15.3 280 90.5 84.7-94.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,518 138 8.7 7.2-10.6 1,380 91.3 89.4-92.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,177 91 8.4 6.4-10.9 1,086 91.6 89.1-93.6
Rural 1,787 173 10.4 8.3-12.9 1,614 89.6 87.1-91.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,122 91 9.8 6.8-13.7 1,031 90.2 86.3-93.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,397 148 10.7 8.7-13.0 1,249 89.3 87.0-91.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,963 163 7.9 6.5- 9.5 1,800 92.1 90.5-93.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,405 115 7.8 6.3- 9.8 1,290 92.2 90.2-93.7
2nd Quartile 1,244 122 9.4 7.5-11.6 1,122 90.6 88.4-92.5
3rd Quartile 1,121 107 11.0 8.3-14.4 1,014 89.0 85.6-91.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 712 58 8.4 5.8-12.0 654 91.6 88.0-94.2

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

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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