2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,527 241 7.2 6.0- 8.5 238 7.1 6.0- 8.4 824 23.1 21.3-25.0 809 22.6 20.8-24.4 1,415 40.1 37.9-42.3
GENDER
Male 1,624 93 6.6 5.0- 8.6 90 5.3 4.1- 6.8 329 20.3 17.9-23.0 349 20.7 18.3-23.3 763 47.1 43.9-50.3
Female 1,903 148 7.7 6.2- 9.6 148 8.7 7.0-10.8 495 25.6 23.0-28.4 460 24.2 21.8-26.8 652 33.7 30.8-36.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,214 142 6.8 5.5- 8.4 142 6.0 4.9- 7.3 513 23.0 20.9-25.3 547 24.4 22.2-26.7 870 39.8 37.2-42.5
Non-Hispanic Black 640 47 8.0 5.7-11.2 47 8.1 5.8-11.1 143 21.2 17.6-25.4 140 23.7 19.7-28.1 263 39.0 34.3-43.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 138 18 14.6 7.1-27.7 12 8.1 3.5-17.9 *** *** *** 25 11.5 6.5-19.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.2 7.7-24.7 *** *** ***
Hispanic 348 17 7.9 3.7-16.1 25 7.9 4.7-13.0 107 25.8 20.7-31.8 57 15.0 11.2-19.8 142 43.3 36.6-50.2
AGE
18-34 674 66 9.0 6.9-11.8 67 10.1 7.6-13.3 180 25.0 21.2-29.1 166 23.3 19.7-27.4 195 32.6 28.0-37.5
35-44 547 47 9.4 6.8-13.0 52 11.3 7.7-16.3 147 24.7 20.6-29.4 129 23.7 19.6-28.3 172 30.9 26.4-35.9
45-54 576 42 7.6 5.3-10.8 41 6.9 4.7-10.0 152 24.8 20.7-29.5 135 24.7 20.5-29.4 206 36.0 31.0-41.3
55-64 676 42 5.7 3.3- 9.7 50 6.3 4.4- 9.1 148 21.8 17.9-26.2 165 23.6 19.7-28.1 271 42.6 37.6-47.8
65-74 613 26 4.0 2.4- 6.7 18 2.9 1.6- 5.3 123 21.8 17.8-26.4 123 18.6 15.1-22.7 323 52.6 47.5-57.7
75+ 368 15 6.7 2.7-15.4 *** *** *** 54 12.2 8.6-17.1 78 21.4 16.0-28.0 212 58.0 50.3-65.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 288 29 12.9 7.5-21.3 27 11.6 6.8-19.1 80 22.0 16.6-28.7 45 17.1 12.1-23.7 107 36.3 29.0-44.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 783 54 5.8 4.1- 8.1 45 4.8 3.3- 6.9 194 23.6 20.0-27.6 167 21.7 18.3-25.6 323 44.1 39.4-48.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,037 93 9.2 7.2-11.6 85 8.8 6.8-11.3 250 24.6 21.1-28.5 213 20.7 17.8-24.0 396 36.7 33.0-40.5
College Graduate 1,406 63 4.0 3.0- 5.2 81 5.7 4.4- 7.3 297 21.3 18.8-24.1 379 27.2 24.5-30.1 586 41.9 38.7-45.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,146 142 13.9 11.1-17.3 123 11.0 8.6-14.1 331 29.0 25.3-33.0 212 17.5 14.8-20.6 338 28.5 25.0-32.4
No 2,347 97 3.7 2.9- 4.7 112 5.0 4.0- 6.3 485 20.1 18.1-22.2 590 25.3 23.1-27.6 1,063 45.9 43.3-48.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 434 23 6.7 4.1-10.6 34 8.2 5.4-12.2 84 20.0 15.7-25.2 79 17.8 13.7-22.9 214 47.3 41.4-53.3
Non-Veteran 3,083 215 7.2 6.0- 8.7 203 6.9 5.8- 8.3 740 23.6 21.6-25.7 728 23.2 21.3-25.2 1,197 39.1 36.8-41.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,991 119 6.1 4.9- 7.5 137 6.9 5.6- 8.4 487 23.3 21.0-25.6 497 24.8 22.5-27.2 751 39.0 36.3-41.7
Unemployed 126 25 19.7 12.4-29.9 11 8.1 3.4-17.8 37 21.9 14.6-31.4 24 16.6 10.1-26.1 *** *** ***
Retired 936 34 3.5 2.2- 5.5 31 2.4 1.6- 3.8 169 20.6 16.6-25.3 201 21.3 17.9-25.2 501 52.1 47.4-56.8
Unable to Work 256 50 21.1 13.3-31.6 39 19.0 12.0-28.8 68 25.6 18.9-33.9 37 11.5 7.3-17.5 62 22.8 16.2-31.0
Other not in Labor Force 191 11 6.5 3.1-13.0 20 12.0 7.0-19.7 53 27.4 20.0-36.4 45 23.9 17.2-32.1 62 30.2 23.0-38.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 177 33 20.1 12.1-31.5 24 14.5 9.2-22.1 53 27.1 19.3-36.5 19 11.1 6.2-19.1 48 27.2 18.7-37.8
$15,000- 24,999 302 28 8.6 5.3-13.7 27 12.4 6.8-21.4 76 22.2 17.0-28.4 58 21.4 15.6-28.6 113 35.5 28.4-43.2
$25,000- 34,999 358 38 9.1 6.2-13.2 29 9.5 5.9-15.1 87 25.1 19.7-31.4 72 19.3 14.6-25.1 132 37.0 30.3-44.2
$35,000- 49,999 353 31 9.2 6.0-14.0 29 7.0 4.5-10.8 78 22.9 17.5-29.5 85 25.6 20.1-32.0 130 35.2 28.8-42.1
$50,000-74,999 425 19 4.0 2.4- 6.5 26 6.7 3.9-11.2 91 22.6 17.6-28.4 110 25.7 21.0-31.1 179 41.1 35.4-47.0
$75,000-100,000 389 *** *** *** 23 5.8 3.5- 9.4 92 23.1 18.3-28.7 103 25.2 20.3-30.8 161 43.9 37.8-50.1
$100,000-150,000 361 17 4.9 2.9- 8.4 16 5.7 3.1-10.0 81 22.3 17.6-27.8 94 23.7 18.8-29.5 153 43.4 37.1-49.9
$150,000+ 379 18 4.9 2.8- 8.3 22 5.3 3.3- 8.4 76 18.8 14.5-24.2 103 29.7 24.3-35.7 160 41.4 35.6-47.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 783 47 7.8 5.2-11.6 42 5.0 3.4- 7.2 190 24.2 20.0-29.0 165 19.3 16.0-23.1 339 43.7 38.7-48.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 83 14 15.4 8.0-27.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 310 36 11.6 6.7-19.5 34 12.5 8.1-18.8 86 24.3 18.7-31.0 54 17.3 12.5-23.5 100 34.2 27.1-42.2
101% to 150% 226 24 11.5 7.1-18.1 21 10.2 6.2-16.4 52 22.9 17.0-30.1 46 23.5 16.9-31.5 83 31.9 24.8-39.9
151% to 200% 273 28 9.1 5.9-13.8 21 6.7 3.4-12.8 67 24.7 18.5-32.2 56 23.9 17.8-31.4 101 35.6 28.4-43.4
More than 200% 1,835 90 4.7 3.7- 6.0 103 5.7 4.5- 7.2 401 22.2 19.8-24.7 479 25.6 23.3-28.2 762 41.8 39.0-44.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 783 47 7.8 5.2-11.6 42 5.0 3.4- 7.2 190 24.2 20.0-29.0 165 19.3 16.0-23.1 339 43.7 38.7-48.9
HOUSING
Own 2,431 123 5.3 4.1- 6.7 129 5.6 4.4- 7.1 526 22.1 19.8-24.4 571 23.0 20.9-25.2 1,082 44.1 41.5-46.8
Rent 825 84 11.1 8.1-15.1 83 11.2 8.7-14.2 230 27.0 23.4-30.9 182 23.1 19.7-26.9 246 27.6 24.0-31.5
Other arrangement 235 32 15.6 10.5-22.7 24 10.6 6.0-18.0 59 22.1 16.3-29.4 45 17.3 11.7-24.8 75 34.4 25.4-44.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,118 67 6.2 4.7- 8.2 82 7.8 5.9-10.1 272 24.9 21.6-28.6 279 25.2 22.2-28.4 418 35.9 32.5-39.4
Regional City or Suburban County 921 66 8.1 5.8-11.2 73 7.9 6.0-10.4 209 21.0 17.9-24.5 211 21.4 18.3-24.9 362 41.6 37.3-46.0
Rural 1,488 108 7.3 5.6- 9.6 83 5.9 4.2- 8.1 343 23.1 20.2-26.2 319 21.1 18.5-24.0 635 42.6 39.1-46.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 919 76 10.2 7.3-14.1 53 5.9 3.6- 9.4 203 20.3 16.7-24.5 188 20.9 17.4-25.0 399 42.7 37.8-47.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,149 75 5.7 4.4- 7.3 79 6.8 5.2- 8.8 269 23.9 21.1-27.0 263 21.9 19.1-25.0 463 41.6 37.9-45.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,459 90 6.9 5.2- 9.0 106 8.0 6.3-10.0 352 23.9 21.0-27.0 358 23.9 21.3-26.7 553 37.4 34.4-40.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,086 64 7.0 4.9- 9.8 70 6.9 5.2- 9.0 271 24.7 21.7-28.1 268 23.7 20.8-27.0 413 37.7 34.2-41.3
2nd Quartile 925 57 5.3 4.0- 7.1 64 7.6 5.6-10.2 197 21.8 18.3-25.8 223 24.2 21.0-27.8 384 41.0 36.9-45.3
3rd Quartile 909 77 10.2 7.6-13.5 65 6.2 4.6- 8.3 218 23.2 19.9-26.9 199 20.1 17.1-23.4 350 40.3 36.2-44.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 607 43 6.1 3.9- 9.5 39 8.5 4.6-15.0 138 22.0 17.3-27.6 119 20.3 15.8-25.8 268 43.0 36.8-49.5

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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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