2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Longterm Covid Effects

Did you have any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,324 313 22.3 19.6-25.2 1,011 77.7 74.8-80.4
GENDER
Male 605 102 15.9 12.7-19.7 503 84.1 80.3-87.3
Female 719 211 27.5 23.5-31.9 508 72.5 68.1-76.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 830 201 24.0 20.6-27.8 629 76.0 72.2-79.4
Non-Hispanic Black 221 43 17.5 12.3-24.3 178 82.5 75.7-87.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 146 35 22.8 14.8-33.5 111 77.2 66.5-85.2
AGE
18-34 371 74 20.7 16.3-26.1 297 79.3 73.9-83.7
35-44 235 61 24.2 17.7-32.2 174 75.8 67.8-82.3
45-54 248 59 22.4 16.9-29.2 189 77.6 70.8-83.1
55-64 227 62 22.7 16.7-30.0 165 77.3 70.0-83.3
65-74 159 40 24.6 16.5-34.9 119 75.4 65.1-83.5
75+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 266 55 19.0 13.8-25.6 211 81.0 74.4-86.2
Some Post-H.S. 435 116 24.8 20.3-30.0 319 75.2 70.0-79.7
College Graduate 530 120 20.7 16.9-25.2 410 79.3 74.8-83.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 412 144 33.3 27.5-39.7 268 66.7 60.3-72.5
No 904 168 17.2 14.4-20.3 736 82.8 79.7-85.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 155 25 13.9 9.1-20.6 130 86.1 79.4-90.9
Non-Veteran 1,164 286 23.3 20.3-26.5 878 76.7 73.5-79.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 906 198 20.4 17.4-23.7 708 79.6 76.3-82.6
Unemployed 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 197 51 24.5 17.9-32.7 146 75.5 67.3-82.1
Unable to Work 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 84 18 15.9 9.2-26.1 66 84.1 73.9-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 104 25 24.0 15.2-35.7 79 76.0 64.3-84.8
$25,000- 34,999 129 37 26.2 17.6-37.1 92 73.8 62.9-82.4
$35,000- 49,999 141 40 26.4 18.0-37.0 101 73.6 63.0-82.0
$50,000-74,999 191 47 24.7 18.1-32.7 144 75.3 67.3-81.9
$75,000-100,000 155 37 22.9 15.6-32.4 118 77.1 67.6-84.4
$100,000-150,000 162 31 17.5 11.6-25.4 131 82.5 74.6-88.4
$150,000+ 173 35 18.4 12.7-25.8 138 81.6 74.2-87.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 216 44 20.2 14.4-27.6 172 79.8 72.4-85.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 98 25 21.4 13.0-33.1 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 761 170 20.4 17.2-24.0 591 79.6 76.0-82.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 216 44 20.2 14.4-27.6 172 79.8 72.4-85.6
HOUSING
Own 853 213 23.0 19.7-26.7 640 77.0 73.3-80.3
Rent 373 88 23.4 18.5-29.1 285 76.6 70.9-81.5
Other arrangement 87 *** *** *** 76 85.1 72.0-92.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 436 80 20.1 15.7-25.3 356 79.9 74.7-84.3
Regional City or Suburban County 358 90 23.3 18.6-28.8 268 76.7 71.2-81.4
Rural 530 143 23.5 19.1-28.6 387 76.5 71.4-80.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 345 101 25.8 19.9-32.8 244 74.2 67.2-80.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 404 96 22.2 17.8-27.3 308 77.8 72.7-82.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 575 116 20.6 16.8-25.0 459 79.4 75.0-83.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 405 89 22.3 17.7-27.7 316 77.7 72.3-82.3
2nd Quartile 376 74 19.4 15.0-24.7 302 80.6 75.3-85.0
3rd Quartile 320 76 22.7 17.5-28.9 244 77.3 71.1-82.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 223 74 29.8 22.1-39.0 149 70.2 61.0-77.9

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Asked of respondents that tested positive for COVID-19 derived from the previous question.

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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