2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,380 662 15.7 14.1-17.4 3,718 84.3 82.6-85.9
GENDER
Male 2,053 263 12.3 10.5-14.3 1,790 87.7 85.7-89.5
Female 2,327 399 18.8 16.3-21.5 1,928 81.2 78.5-83.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,736 400 15.8 13.9-18.0 2,336 84.2 82.0-86.1
Non-Hispanic Black 776 148 17.7 14.6-21.3 628 82.3 78.7-85.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 164 37 24.0 15.2-35.6 127 76.0 64.4-84.8
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 96 *** *** *** 94 97.0 88.1-99.3
Hispanic 441 51 13.8 9.1-20.3 390 86.2 79.7-90.9
AGE
18-34 998 34 3.6 2.4- 5.3 964 96.4 94.7-97.6
35-44 657 51 9.9 6.6-14.5 606 90.1 85.5-93.4
45-54 697 98 14.8 11.8-18.5 599 85.2 81.5-88.2
55-64 776 171 22.9 19.0-27.4 605 77.1 72.6-81.0
65-74 729 163 24.0 19.6-29.0 566 76.0 71.0-80.4
75+ 434 133 38.1 31.0-45.8 301 61.9 54.2-69.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 353 103 35.4 28.0-43.6 250 64.6 56.4-72.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 974 174 15.5 12.9-18.6 800 84.5 81.4-87.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,254 220 15.7 13.0-18.8 1,034 84.3 81.2-87.0
College Graduate 1,783 161 8.1 6.7- 9.8 1,622 91.9 90.2-93.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,381 662 47.1 43.3-51.0 719 52.9 49.0-56.7
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 571 103 17.3 13.7-21.6 468 82.7 78.4-86.3
Non-Veteran 3,795 556 15.5 13.7-17.4 3,239 84.5 82.6-86.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,501 149 5.4 4.4- 6.6 2,352 94.6 93.4-95.6
Unemployed 165 27 12.7 8.2-19.2 138 87.3 80.8-91.8
Retired 1,091 254 27.5 23.4-32.1 837 72.5 67.9-76.6
Unable to Work 316 212 69.3 61.2-76.4 104 30.7 23.6-38.8
Other not in Labor Force 268 17 5.3 3.0- 9.2 251 94.7 90.8-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 223 81 35.2 25.9-45.8 142 64.8 54.2-74.1
$15,000- 24,999 375 114 30.8 24.4-38.0 261 69.2 62.0-75.6
$25,000- 34,999 443 64 15.7 11.3-21.3 379 84.3 78.7-88.7
$35,000- 49,999 459 69 14.4 10.7-19.3 390 85.6 80.7-89.3
$50,000-74,999 539 66 11.0 8.2-14.6 473 89.0 85.4-91.8
$75,000-100,000 468 44 9.1 6.4-12.6 424 90.9 87.4-93.6
$100,000-150,000 445 26 4.0 2.6- 6.2 419 96.0 93.8-97.4
$150,000+ 464 22 6.3 3.6-10.9 442 93.7 89.1-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 964 176 19.8 15.9-24.4 788 80.2 75.6-84.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 372 111 28.1 21.9-35.2 261 71.9 64.8-78.1
101% to 150% 289 57 19.2 14.0-25.7 232 80.8 74.3-86.0
151% to 200% 345 68 20.7 15.4-27.2 277 79.3 72.8-84.6
More than 200% 2,275 215 8.8 7.5-10.4 2,060 91.2 89.6-92.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 964 176 19.8 15.9-24.4 788 80.2 75.6-84.1
HOUSING
Own 2,832 415 16.4 14.4-18.7 2,417 83.6 81.3-85.6
Rent 1,201 183 14.1 11.6-17.0 1,018 85.9 83.0-88.4
Other arrangement 299 57 14.1 10.0-19.6 242 85.9 80.4-90.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,485 172 12.5 10.0-15.4 1,313 87.5 84.6-90.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,144 158 14.5 11.7-17.8 986 85.5 82.2-88.3
Rural 1,751 332 19.9 17.1-23.0 1,419 80.1 77.0-82.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,095 227 22.7 18.7-27.2 868 77.3 72.8-81.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,376 219 15.8 13.3-18.5 1,157 84.2 81.5-86.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,909 216 12.3 10.1-14.8 1,693 87.7 85.2-89.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,372 157 12.0 9.7-14.7 1,215 88.0 85.3-90.3
2nd Quartile 1,214 167 13.8 11.1-17.0 1,047 86.2 83.0-88.9
3rd Quartile 1,095 193 19.4 16.0-23.2 902 80.6 76.8-84.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 699 145 23.3 18.3-29.2 554 76.7 70.8-81.7

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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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