2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,545 447 13.0 11.5-14.6 3,098 87.0 85.4-88.5
GENDER
Male 1,632 148 10.0 8.0-12.4 1,484 90.0 87.6-92.0
Female 1,913 299 15.7 13.6-18.1 1,614 84.3 81.9-86.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,228 174 8.5 7.0-10.2 2,054 91.5 89.8-93.0
Non-Hispanic Black 644 132 20.7 17.0-25.0 512 79.3 75.0-83.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 *** *** *** 65 95.9 87.4-98.8
Hispanic 349 95 26.8 20.5-34.3 254 73.2 65.7-79.5
AGE
18-34 678 126 17.9 14.6-21.6 552 82.1 78.4-85.4
35-44 550 111 20.7 16.6-25.4 439 79.3 74.6-83.4
45-54 581 74 11.5 8.6-15.0 507 88.5 85.0-91.4
55-64 679 81 10.9 7.8-14.9 598 89.1 85.1-92.2
65-74 616 46 7.1 4.5-11.1 570 92.9 88.9-95.5
75+ 370 *** *** *** 362 95.1 85.1-98.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 82 27.8 20.8-36.1 209 72.2 63.9-79.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 786 127 15.2 12.2-18.6 659 84.8 81.4-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,042 158 13.8 11.4-16.4 884 86.2 83.6-88.6
College Graduate 1,413 79 4.5 3.5- 5.9 1,334 95.5 94.1-96.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,150 218 18.7 15.6-22.3 932 81.3 77.7-84.4
No 2,361 227 10.1 8.6-11.8 2,134 89.9 88.2-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 27 8.0 5.0-12.7 409 92.0 87.3-95.0
Non-Veteran 3,100 419 13.6 12.0-15.4 2,681 86.4 84.6-88.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,002 254 12.7 11.0-14.7 1,748 87.3 85.3-89.0
Unemployed 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 940 40 4.5 2.8- 7.2 900 95.5 92.8-97.2
Unable to Work 258 77 31.6 22.9-41.9 181 68.4 58.1-77.1
Other not in Labor Force 192 29 11.5 7.5-17.2 163 88.5 82.8-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 177 61 33.9 24.5-44.8 116 66.1 55.2-75.5
$15,000- 24,999 303 97 29.7 23.3-37.0 206 70.3 63.0-76.7
$25,000- 34,999 357 96 25.3 19.9-31.5 261 74.7 68.5-80.1
$35,000- 49,999 354 58 19.9 14.5-26.6 296 80.1 73.4-85.5
$50,000-74,999 428 36 8.1 5.7-11.4 392 91.9 88.6-94.3
$75,000-100,000 393 16 4.4 2.3- 8.3 377 95.6 91.7-97.7
$100,000-150,000 364 *** *** *** 359 98.4 95.8-99.4
$150,000+ 382 *** *** *** 378 98.1 93.3-99.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 787 74 10.1 7.2-13.9 713 89.9 86.1-92.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 311 116 37.4 29.9-45.5 195 62.6 54.5-70.1
101% to 150% 227 76 33.5 26.3-41.5 151 66.5 58.5-73.7
151% to 200% 273 55 20.4 14.8-27.6 218 79.6 72.4-85.2
More than 200% 1,847 97 5.5 4.3- 7.0 1,750 94.5 93.0-95.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 787 74 10.1 7.2-13.9 713 89.9 86.1-92.8
HOUSING
Own 2,444 172 8.0 6.5- 9.8 2,272 92.0 90.2-93.5
Rent 833 233 29.4 25.3-33.8 600 70.6 66.2-74.7
Other arrangement 234 41 19.5 13.4-27.4 193 80.5 72.6-86.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,127 127 12.3 10.0-15.0 1,000 87.7 85.0-90.0
Regional City or Suburban County 923 121 14.8 11.8-18.5 802 85.2 81.5-88.2
Rural 1,495 199 12.2 10.0-14.8 1,296 87.8 85.2-90.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 920 159 16.8 13.3-21.0 761 83.2 79.0-86.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,155 131 11.8 9.6-14.3 1,024 88.2 85.7-90.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,470 157 12.0 9.8-14.6 1,313 88.0 85.4-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,098 106 10.5 8.1-13.5 992 89.5 86.5-91.9
2nd Quartile 929 99 11.8 9.4-14.7 830 88.2 85.3-90.6
3rd Quartile 910 130 15.6 12.5-19.4 780 84.4 80.6-87.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 608 112 16.8 12.9-21.5 496 83.2 78.5-87.1

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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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