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 3,551 256 8.1 6.8- 9.5 3,295 91.9 90.5-93.2
GENDER
Male 1,636 86 6.5 4.9- 8.6 1,550 93.5 91.4-95.1
Female 1,915 170 9.5 7.8-11.6 1,745 90.5 88.4-92.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,232 103 5.4 4.2- 7.0 2,129 94.6 93.0-95.8
Non-Hispanic Black 645 91 15.0 11.8-18.9 554 85.0 81.1-88.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 138 14 12.9 6.0-25.7 124 87.1 74.3-94.0
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 *** *** *** 65 97.3 91.3-99.2
Hispanic 350 32 9.4 5.0-16.8 318 90.6 83.2-95.0
AGE
18-34 679 60 8.9 6.6-11.9 619 91.1 88.1-93.4
35-44 550 65 12.5 9.4-16.4 485 87.5 83.6-90.6
45-54 581 44 6.8 4.7- 9.8 537 93.2 90.2-95.3
55-64 680 45 7.9 5.1-12.1 635 92.1 87.9-94.9
65-74 619 34 6.2 3.8- 9.9 585 93.8 90.1-96.2
75+ 370 *** *** *** 364 95.1 85.0-98.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 290 41 17.8 11.7-26.1 249 82.2 73.9-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 789 77 9.1 6.9-12.0 712 90.9 88.0-93.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,043 89 8.3 6.5-10.6 954 91.7 89.4-93.5
College Graduate 1,416 48 3.1 2.1- 4.4 1,368 96.9 95.6-97.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,153 135 12.7 10.0-16.0 1,018 87.3 84.0-90.0
No 2,363 120 5.7 4.5- 7.1 2,243 94.3 92.9-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 16 5.4 2.8-10.0 420 94.6 90.0-97.2
Non-Veteran 3,106 239 8.4 7.1- 9.9 2,867 91.6 90.1-92.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,004 134 7.3 6.0- 8.9 1,870 92.7 91.1-94.0
Unemployed 127 30 22.3 14.1-33.3 97 77.7 66.7-85.9
Retired 941 30 4.0 2.4- 6.5 911 96.0 93.5-97.6
Unable to Work 259 46 21.0 13.3-31.6 213 79.0 68.4-86.7
Other not in Labor Force 193 14 5.4 2.8-10.1 179 94.6 89.9-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 179 32 21.9 13.5-33.5 147 78.1 66.5-86.5
$15,000- 24,999 304 57 18.7 13.5-25.4 247 81.3 74.6-86.5
$25,000- 34,999 359 54 15.3 11.2-20.6 305 84.7 79.4-88.8
$35,000- 49,999 354 41 13.0 9.0-18.5 313 87.0 81.5-91.0
$50,000-74,999 429 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9 418 97.5 95.1-98.7
$75,000-100,000 393 13 3.0 1.5- 6.1 380 97.0 93.9-98.5
$100,000-150,000 364 *** *** *** 358 97.1 93.3-98.8
$150,000+ 382 *** *** *** 377 98.1 94.0-99.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 787 37 5.9 3.6- 9.6 750 94.1 90.4-96.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 313 60 21.6 15.2-29.8 253 78.4 70.2-84.8
101% to 150% 227 44 20.0 14.3-27.3 183 80.0 72.7-85.7
151% to 200% 274 39 14.7 10.1-20.8 235 85.3 79.2-89.9
More than 200% 1,849 59 3.6 2.6- 4.9 1,790 96.4 95.1-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 787 37 5.9 3.6- 9.6 750 94.1 90.4-96.4
HOUSING
Own 2,446 108 5.3 4.1- 6.8 2,338 94.7 93.2-95.9
Rent 834 124 17.4 13.9-21.7 710 82.6 78.3-86.1
Other arrangement 236 22 10.7 6.4-17.4 214 89.3 82.6-93.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,129 83 8.4 6.5-10.7 1,046 91.6 89.3-93.5
Regional City or Suburban County 924 58 7.8 5.4-11.0 866 92.2 89.0-94.6
Rural 1,498 115 8.0 6.1-10.4 1,383 92.0 89.6-93.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 922 93 11.3 8.3-15.2 829 88.7 84.8-91.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,157 72 7.0 5.3- 9.2 1,085 93.0 90.8-94.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,472 91 7.3 5.5- 9.5 1,381 92.7 90.5-94.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,099 61 6.4 4.4- 9.1 1,038 93.6 90.9-95.6
2nd Quartile 932 56 6.6 4.9- 8.9 876 93.4 91.1-95.1
3rd Quartile 911 75 10.8 7.9-14.4 836 89.2 85.6-92.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 609 64 10.6 7.6-14.5 545 89.4 85.5-92.4

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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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