2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,370 320 8.6 7.3-10.1 4,050 91.4 89.9-92.7
GENDER
Male 2,052 115 6.2 4.8- 8.1 1,937 93.8 91.9-95.2
Female 2,318 205 10.8 8.8-13.2 2,113 89.2 86.8-91.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,731 197 8.9 7.3-10.9 2,534 91.1 89.1-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 772 59 7.0 5.1- 9.6 713 93.0 90.4-94.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 95 *** *** *** 94 98.8 92.1-99.8
Hispanic 441 25 9.6 5.4-16.7 416 90.4 83.3-94.6
AGE
18-34 994 53 7.0 4.8-10.1 941 93.0 89.9-95.2
35-44 652 33 7.4 4.8-11.2 619 92.6 88.8-95.2
45-54 692 54 8.2 6.0-11.1 638 91.8 88.9-94.0
55-64 781 58 9.1 6.0-13.5 723 90.9 86.5-94.0
65-74 727 62 7.0 5.2- 9.2 665 93.0 90.8-94.8
75+ 436 58 19.2 12.7-27.9 378 80.8 72.1-87.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 352 58 23.4 16.7-31.8 294 76.6 68.2-83.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 973 85 8.8 6.7-11.6 888 91.2 88.4-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,251 107 8.1 6.2-10.5 1,144 91.9 89.5-93.8
College Graduate 1,778 70 3.3 2.4- 4.4 1,708 96.7 95.6-97.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,376 320 26.0 22.4-29.8 1,056 74.0 70.2-77.6
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 570 45 8.5 5.9-12.1 525 91.5 87.9-94.1
Non-Veteran 3,786 275 8.7 7.2-10.3 3,511 91.3 89.7-92.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,500 69 2.9 2.2- 3.9 2,431 97.1 96.1-97.8
Unemployed 163 15 12.0 6.6-20.7 148 88.0 79.3-93.4
Retired 1,090 96 9.3 6.7-12.6 994 90.7 87.4-93.3
Unable to Work 312 125 45.4 36.7-54.4 187 54.6 45.6-63.3
Other not in Labor Force 267 14 10.0 4.6-20.4 253 90.0 79.6-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 42 23.3 14.7-34.8 182 76.7 65.2-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 376 56 15.6 10.9-21.8 320 84.4 78.2-89.1
$25,000- 34,999 439 41 12.9 8.6-18.8 398 87.1 81.2-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 456 31 6.6 4.2-10.0 425 93.4 90.0-95.8
$50,000-74,999 540 18 3.8 1.5- 9.2 522 96.2 90.8-98.5
$75,000-100,000 470 23 3.7 2.3- 5.8 447 96.3 94.2-97.7
$100,000-150,000 446 12 1.6 0.8- 3.0 434 98.4 97.0-99.2
$150,000+ 461 *** *** *** 453 97.0 93.1-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 958 89 11.3 8.3-15.2 869 88.7 84.8-91.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 107 17 14.8 8.4-24.7 90 85.2 75.3-91.6
50% to 100% 373 58 21.3 14.4-30.4 315 78.7 69.6-85.6
101% to 150% 287 30 12.3 7.1-20.3 257 87.7 79.7-92.9
151% to 200% 344 31 12.1 7.8-18.3 313 87.9 81.7-92.2
More than 200% 2,273 93 3.5 2.7- 4.6 2,180 96.5 95.4-97.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 958 89 11.3 8.3-15.2 869 88.7 84.8-91.7
HOUSING
Own 2,832 186 8.1 6.6- 9.9 2,646 91.9 90.1-93.4
Rent 1,193 96 8.5 6.3-11.4 1,097 91.5 88.6-93.7
Other arrangement 298 37 13.9 8.4-22.2 261 86.1 77.8-91.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,474 72 5.5 4.0- 7.4 1,402 94.5 92.6-96.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,142 93 10.9 8.1-14.5 1,049 89.1 85.5-91.9
Rural 1,754 155 9.8 7.6-12.5 1,599 90.2 87.5-92.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,098 113 10.7 7.9-14.2 985 89.3 85.8-92.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,373 109 10.2 7.8-13.1 1,264 89.8 86.9-92.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,899 98 6.5 4.8- 8.6 1,801 93.5 91.4-95.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,366 78 7.2 5.1-10.2 1,288 92.8 89.8-94.9
2nd Quartile 1,208 86 8.2 6.1-10.9 1,122 91.8 89.1-93.9
3rd Quartile 1,097 87 10.0 7.4-13.4 1,010 90.0 86.6-92.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 699 69 10.5 7.3-14.8 630 89.5 85.2-92.7

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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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