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 3,549 371 11.9 10.4-13.6 3,178 88.1 86.4-89.6
GENDER
Male 1,636 169 12.0 9.7-14.9 1,467 88.0 85.1-90.3
Female 1,913 202 11.8 10.0-13.8 1,711 88.2 86.2-90.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,226 161 8.0 6.6- 9.6 2,065 92.0 90.4-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 646 95 17.5 13.8-21.9 551 82.5 78.1-86.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 69 *** *** *** 67 98.0 90.9-99.6
Hispanic 348 83 22.9 17.7-29.1 265 77.1 70.9-82.3
AGE
18-34 680 138 23.3 19.1-28.2 542 76.7 71.8-80.9
35-44 550 83 13.4 10.3-17.2 467 86.6 82.8-89.7
45-54 580 63 10.9 8.0-14.6 517 89.1 85.4-92.0
55-64 676 62 9.1 6.6-12.3 614 90.9 87.7-93.4
65-74 622 16 3.4 1.6- 7.1 606 96.6 92.9-98.4
75+ 370 *** *** *** 364 99.0 97.5-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 290 56 17.7 12.6-24.3 234 82.3 75.7-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 789 111 16.2 12.6-20.7 678 83.8 79.3-87.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,041 111 11.7 9.4-14.5 930 88.3 85.5-90.6
College Graduate 1,417 91 6.1 4.8- 7.7 1,326 93.9 92.3-95.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,154 127 11.0 8.8-13.6 1,027 89.0 86.4-91.2
No 2,361 242 12.5 10.6-14.7 2,119 87.5 85.3-89.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 29 7.5 4.5-12.2 407 92.5 87.8-95.5
Non-Veteran 3,105 342 12.5 10.9-14.3 2,763 87.5 85.7-89.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,003 249 12.9 11.1-14.9 1,754 87.1 85.1-88.9
Unemployed 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 940 17 2.5 1.2- 5.2 923 97.5 94.8-98.8
Unable to Work 260 20 8.7 4.7-15.5 240 91.3 84.5-95.3
Other not in Labor Force 191 14 8.4 4.7-14.6 177 91.6 85.4-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 179 36 21.2 14.0-30.8 143 78.8 69.2-86.0
$15,000- 24,999 304 51 16.8 12.2-22.6 253 83.2 77.4-87.8
$25,000- 34,999 358 66 20.5 15.4-26.6 292 79.5 73.4-84.6
$35,000- 49,999 351 41 15.6 10.7-22.1 310 84.4 77.9-89.3
$50,000-74,999 430 41 10.5 7.0-15.3 389 89.5 84.7-93.0
$75,000-100,000 393 31 8.4 5.6-12.7 362 91.6 87.3-94.4
$100,000-150,000 365 16 5.6 2.9-10.5 349 94.4 89.5-97.1
$150,000+ 381 17 5.6 3.0-10.1 364 94.4 89.9-97.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 788 72 10.5 7.3-15.0 716 89.5 85.0-92.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 312 63 22.9 16.9-30.2 249 77.1 69.8-83.1
101% to 150% 228 49 24.8 18.3-32.7 179 75.2 67.3-81.7
151% to 200% 274 37 12.2 8.0-18.2 237 87.8 81.8-92.0
More than 200% 1,846 126 8.1 6.5-10.1 1,720 91.9 89.9-93.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 788 72 10.5 7.3-15.0 716 89.5 85.0-92.7
HOUSING
Own 2,443 170 8.3 6.9-10.0 2,273 91.7 90.0-93.1
Rent 834 166 21.8 18.4-25.7 668 78.2 74.3-81.6
Other arrangement 236 33 21.4 13.1-32.9 203 78.6 67.1-86.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,128 131 12.3 10.1-14.9 997 87.7 85.1-89.9
Regional City or Suburban County 925 101 12.5 9.4-16.4 824 87.5 83.6-90.6
Rural 1,496 139 11.2 8.9-13.9 1,357 88.8 86.1-91.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 920 102 13.8 10.4-18.0 818 86.2 82.0-89.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,160 114 11.8 9.2-15.1 1,046 88.2 84.9-90.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,469 155 11.1 9.2-13.3 1,314 88.9 86.7-90.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,097 106 10.3 8.2-12.7 991 89.7 87.3-91.8
2nd Quartile 936 93 12.2 9.3-15.8 843 87.8 84.2-90.7
3rd Quartile 908 107 13.4 10.6-17.0 801 86.6 83.0-89.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 608 65 12.2 8.4-17.2 543 87.8 82.8-91.6

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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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