2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,487 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,310 96.6 95.9-97.1
GENDER
Male 2,116 74 2.6 2.0- 3.4 2,042 97.4 96.6-98.0
Female 2,371 103 4.2 3.3- 5.3 2,268 95.8 94.7-96.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,791 115 3.9 3.1- 4.8 2,676 96.1 95.2-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 794 38 4.2 2.9- 6.1 756 95.8 93.9-97.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 169 *** *** *** 159 95.9 91.3-98.1
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** 72 99.1 96.4-99.8
Non-Hispanic Other 102 *** *** *** 102 100 . - .
Hispanic 454 11 1.7 0.8- 3.5 443 98.3 96.5-99.2
AGE
18-34 1,019 *** *** *** 1,015 99.7 99.0-99.9
35-44 673 18 2.1 1.1- 3.8 655 97.9 96.2-98.9
45-54 719 18 2.4 1.4- 4.0 701 97.6 96.0-98.6
55-64 792 38 4.9 3.3- 7.2 754 95.1 92.8-96.7
65-74 741 51 7.2 5.2- 9.9 690 92.8 90.1-94.8
75+ 445 45 9.0 6.3-12.8 400 91.0 87.2-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 364 19 3.6 2.0- 6.1 345 96.4 93.9-98.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,003 43 3.2 2.2- 4.7 960 96.8 95.3-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,283 53 3.6 2.6- 5.0 1,230 96.4 95.0-97.4
College Graduate 1,820 61 3.4 2.5- 4.5 1,759 96.6 95.5-97.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,386 110 6.9 5.4- 8.6 1,276 93.1 91.4-94.6
No 2,950 65 1.9 1.4- 2.5 2,885 98.1 97.5-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 579 24 3.0 1.8- 4.9 555 97.0 95.1-98.2
Non-Veteran 3,875 153 3.5 2.9- 4.3 3,722 96.5 95.7-97.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,547 40 1.3 0.9- 1.9 2,507 98.7 98.1-99.1
Unemployed 169 *** *** *** 164 97.9 94.7-99.2
Retired 1,103 84 7.6 5.9- 9.8 1,019 92.4 90.2-94.1
Unable to Work 321 46 12.0 8.3-17.1 275 88.0 82.9-91.7
Other not in Labor Force 275 *** *** *** 275 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 275 17 3.9 2.2- 7.1 258 96.1 92.9-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 378 22 5.4 3.2- 9.0 356 94.6 91.0-96.8
$25,000- 34,999 442 21 4.1 2.4- 6.7 421 95.9 93.3-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 464 18 4.0 2.3- 6.9 446 96.0 93.1-97.7
$50,000-74,999 547 17 2.8 1.6- 4.8 530 97.2 95.2-98.4
$75,000-100,000 473 14 2.1 1.1- 4.0 459 97.9 96.0-98.9
$100,000-150,000 450 14 2.9 1.5- 5.4 436 97.1 94.6-98.5
$150,000+ 467 *** *** *** 457 97.9 96.0-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 991 44 3.7 2.6- 5.3 947 96.3 94.7-97.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** 104 98.2 92.7-99.6
50% to 100% 373 23 5.1 3.1- 8.3 350 94.9 91.7-96.9
101% to 150% 289 15 3.9 2.0- 7.5 274 96.1 92.5-98.0
151% to 200% 349 15 4.9 2.7- 8.7 334 95.1 91.3-97.3
More than 200% 2,298 75 2.9 2.2- 3.8 2,223 97.1 96.2-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 991 44 3.7 2.6- 5.3 947 96.3 94.7-97.4
HOUSING
Own 2,896 120 3.7 2.9- 4.5 2,776 96.3 95.5-97.1
Rent 1,222 40 2.7 1.9- 3.9 1,182 97.3 96.1-98.1
Other arrangement 312 16 3.6 1.9- 6.6 296 96.4 93.4-98.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,519 50 3.0 2.2- 4.2 1,469 97.0 95.8-97.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,178 44 3.1 2.2- 4.3 1,134 96.9 95.7-97.8
Rural 1,790 83 4.1 3.1- 5.4 1,707 95.9 94.6-96.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,121 53 4.0 2.8- 5.7 1,068 96.0 94.3-97.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,402 65 4.3 3.3- 5.7 1,337 95.7 94.3-96.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,964 59 2.5 1.8- 3.3 1,905 97.5 96.7-98.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,407 42 2.4 1.7- 3.4 1,365 97.6 96.6-98.3
2nd Quartile 1,246 57 4.2 3.1- 5.6 1,189 95.8 94.4-96.9
3rd Quartile 1,122 38 2.9 2.0- 4.2 1,084 97.1 95.8-98.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 712 40 5.3 3.4- 8.0 672 94.7 92.0-96.6

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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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