2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,402 425 10.2 8.9-11.6 3,977 89.8 88.4-91.1
GENDER
Male 2,067 238 11.8 10.1-13.8 1,829 88.2 86.2-89.9
Female 2,335 187 8.7 6.9-10.9 2,148 91.3 89.1-93.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,753 314 12.1 10.4-13.9 2,439 87.9 86.1-89.6
Non-Hispanic Black 776 47 6.4 4.5- 9.2 729 93.6 90.8-95.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 166 16 7.2 3.5-14.2 150 92.8 85.8-96.5
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 71 *** *** *** 66 96.7 91.0-98.8
Non-Hispanic Other 96 *** *** *** 88 90.3 80.9-95.3
Hispanic 442 25 5.9 3.7- 9.1 417 94.1 90.9-96.3
AGE
18-34 1,002 40 4.7 3.3- 6.6 962 95.3 93.4-96.7
35-44 660 32 5.7 3.7- 8.6 628 94.3 91.4-96.3
45-54 699 33 5.3 3.5- 8.1 666 94.7 91.9-96.5
55-64 782 63 9.4 6.5-13.3 719 90.6 86.7-93.5
65-74 732 140 21.0 17.3-25.2 592 79.0 74.8-82.7
75+ 438 109 26.4 20.4-33.4 329 73.6 66.6-79.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 353 49 17.8 12.4-24.9 304 82.2 75.1-87.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 979 96 8.4 6.5-10.8 883 91.6 89.2-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,262 152 12.3 9.8-15.4 1,110 87.7 84.6-90.2
College Graduate 1,792 126 6.6 5.4- 8.1 1,666 93.4 91.9-94.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,383 425 30.9 27.4-34.6 958 69.1 65.4-72.6
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 574 99 16.7 13.2-21.0 475 83.3 79.0-86.8
Non-Veteran 3,814 325 9.2 7.9-10.8 3,489 90.8 89.2-92.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,514 130 5.9 4.8- 7.3 2,384 94.1 92.7-95.2
Unemployed 167 15 8.3 4.5-14.7 152 91.7 85.3-95.5
Retired 1,095 215 22.6 18.6-27.1 880 77.4 72.9-81.4
Unable to Work 316 48 13.9 8.8-21.2 268 86.1 78.8-91.2
Other not in Labor Force 271 14 4.8 2.7- 8.5 257 95.2 91.5-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 223 30 14.5 8.5-23.7 193 85.5 76.3-91.5
$15,000- 24,999 377 41 9.3 6.3-13.5 336 90.7 86.5-93.7
$25,000- 34,999 441 52 12.3 8.6-17.4 389 87.7 82.6-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 464 46 7.7 5.4-11.1 418 92.3 88.9-94.6
$50,000-74,999 545 50 10.2 7.3-14.2 495 89.8 85.8-92.7
$75,000-100,000 471 38 8.6 6.0-12.3 433 91.4 87.7-94.0
$100,000-150,000 448 39 8.8 5.8-13.0 409 91.2 87.0-94.2
$150,000+ 464 24 6.2 3.8-10.0 440 93.8 90.0-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 969 105 12.5 9.2-16.8 864 87.5 83.2-90.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** 98 93.3 86.4-96.8
50% to 100% 371 39 11.9 7.5-18.4 332 88.1 81.6-92.5
101% to 150% 288 28 7.4 4.6-11.7 260 92.6 88.3-95.4
151% to 200% 347 36 10.1 6.6-15.2 311 89.9 84.8-93.4
More than 200% 2,290 203 9.3 7.8-11.0 2,087 90.7 89.0-92.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 969 105 12.5 9.2-16.8 864 87.5 83.2-90.8
HOUSING
Own 2,846 321 11.9 10.2-13.9 2,525 88.1 86.1-89.8
Rent 1,204 68 5.7 4.3- 7.5 1,136 94.3 92.5-95.7
Other arrangement 303 32 9.2 5.7-14.5 271 90.8 85.5-94.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,488 105 7.1 5.2- 9.7 1,383 92.9 90.3-94.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,152 114 10.5 8.2-13.3 1,038 89.5 86.7-91.8
Rural 1,762 206 13.0 10.8-15.6 1,556 87.0 84.4-89.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,108 122 12.4 9.5-16.0 986 87.6 84.0-90.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,379 155 11.4 9.3-13.9 1,224 88.6 86.1-90.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,915 148 8.2 6.4-10.5 1,767 91.8 89.5-93.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,376 134 10.0 8.1-12.2 1,242 90.0 87.8-91.9
2nd Quartile 1,219 104 9.3 6.9-12.5 1,115 90.7 87.5-93.1
3rd Quartile 1,103 117 11.2 8.8-14.2 986 88.8 85.8-91.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 704 70 11.0 7.8-15.4 634 89.0 84.6-92.2

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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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