2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,553 488 13.1 11.7-14.7 3,065 86.9 85.3-88.3
GENDER
Male 1,639 139 7.4 6.0- 9.1 1,500 92.6 90.9-94.0
Female 1,914 349 18.4 16.1-20.9 1,565 81.6 79.1-83.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,231 190 8.9 7.5-10.5 2,041 91.1 89.5-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 646 162 21.7 18.0-25.8 484 78.3 74.2-82.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 *** *** *** 66 96.0 84.9-99.0
Hispanic 349 71 20.2 15.1-26.4 278 79.8 73.6-84.9
AGE
18-34 678 115 17.1 13.9-20.8 563 82.9 79.2-86.1
35-44 550 109 20.9 16.3-26.2 441 79.1 73.8-83.7
45-54 583 89 12.6 9.8-16.2 494 87.4 83.8-90.2
55-64 681 81 9.9 7.6-12.8 600 90.1 87.2-92.4
65-74 622 67 8.1 5.8-11.1 555 91.9 88.9-94.2
75+ 368 26 6.9 4.3-11.1 342 93.1 88.9-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 101 31.4 24.6-39.1 190 68.6 60.9-75.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 791 144 15.9 13.0-19.3 647 84.1 80.7-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,043 174 13.1 11.0-15.7 869 86.9 84.3-89.0
College Graduate 1,415 67 3.5 2.6- 4.7 1,348 96.5 95.3-97.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,154 270 21.6 18.5-25.0 884 78.4 75.0-81.5
No 2,364 213 8.7 7.4-10.3 2,151 91.3 89.7-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 35 7.3 4.9-10.8 401 92.7 89.2-95.1
Non-Veteran 3,108 452 13.8 12.3-15.5 2,656 86.2 84.5-87.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,005 190 9.2 7.7-11.0 1,815 90.8 89.0-92.3
Unemployed 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 940 68 6.2 4.6- 8.4 872 93.8 91.6-95.4
Unable to Work 261 133 43.9 34.9-53.2 128 56.1 46.8-65.1
Other not in Labor Force 192 45 20.5 14.5-28.1 147 79.5 71.9-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 179 97 49.2 39.1-59.5 82 50.8 40.5-60.9
$15,000- 24,999 305 116 36.0 28.7-44.1 189 64.0 55.9-71.3
$25,000- 34,999 359 86 24.0 18.6-30.4 273 76.0 69.6-81.4
$35,000- 49,999 353 31 7.8 5.0-12.1 322 92.2 87.9-95.0
$50,000-74,999 431 25 4.8 3.1- 7.4 406 95.2 92.6-96.9
$75,000-100,000 393 *** *** *** 383 98.0 95.7-99.1
$100,000-150,000 365 *** *** *** 363 99.2 95.3-99.9
$150,000+ 382 *** *** *** 378 99.2 97.7-99.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 786 117 14.4 11.5-17.9 669 85.6 82.1-88.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 313 164 49.7 42.0-57.5 149 50.3 42.5-58.0
101% to 150% 227 75 30.3 23.6-38.0 152 69.7 62.0-76.4
151% to 200% 275 43 13.4 9.3-18.9 232 86.6 81.1-90.7
More than 200% 1,851 57 2.4 1.7- 3.3 1,794 97.6 96.7-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 786 117 14.4 11.5-17.9 669 85.6 82.1-88.5
HOUSING
Own 2,448 191 7.9 6.5- 9.6 2,257 92.1 90.4-93.5
Rent 832 241 30.1 26.3-34.3 591 69.9 65.7-73.7
Other arrangement 236 50 17.6 12.3-24.7 186 82.4 75.3-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,130 115 10.5 8.4-13.0 1,015 89.5 87.0-91.6
Regional City or Suburban County 923 114 12.3 9.8-15.2 809 87.7 84.8-90.2
Rural 1,500 259 16.2 13.7-19.1 1,241 83.8 80.9-86.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 923 211 20.9 17.2-25.2 712 79.1 74.8-82.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,157 139 12.6 10.4-15.2 1,018 87.4 84.8-89.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,473 138 9.6 7.9-11.7 1,335 90.4 88.3-92.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,098 84 8.0 6.2-10.2 1,014 92.0 89.8-93.8
2nd Quartile 934 115 12.5 10.1-15.3 819 87.5 84.7-89.9
3rd Quartile 911 138 15.0 12.3-18.2 773 85.0 81.8-87.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 610 151 24.5 19.1-31.0 459 75.5 69.0-80.9

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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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