2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,154 2,750 87.3 85.8-88.8 404 12.7 11.2-14.2
GENDER
Male 1,522 1,286 84.7 82.2-86.8 236 15.3 13.2-17.8
Female 1,632 1,464 89.9 87.9-91.6 168 10.1 8.4-12.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,844 1,730 92.6 90.8-94.0 114 7.4 6.0- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 564 523 92.9 89.4-95.3 41 7.1 4.7-10.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 63 58 91.5 77.7-97.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 84 78 90.9 78.5-96.5 *** *** ***
Hispanic 414 201 50.1 44.2-56.0 213 49.9 44.0-55.8
AGE
18-34 989 819 82.4 79.3-85.2 170 17.6 14.8-20.7
35-44 671 575 88.0 84.9-90.6 96 12.0 9.4-15.1
45-54 710 621 89.4 86.4-91.8 89 10.6 8.2-13.6
55-64 784 735 93.4 90.3-95.5 49 6.6 4.5- 9.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 267 126 56.7 48.7-64.4 141 43.3 35.6-51.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 701 567 83.0 79.4-86.1 134 17.0 13.9-20.6
Some Post-H.S. 898 822 92.7 90.4-94.4 76 7.3 5.6- 9.6
College Graduate 1,276 1,227 97.1 96.0-98.0 49 2.9 2.0- 4.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 830 706 85.4 82.0-88.2 124 14.6 11.8-18.0
No 2,225 1,963 88.2 86.3-89.8 262 11.8 10.2-13.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 320 95.8 92.8-97.6 17 4.2 2.4- 7.2
Non-Veteran 2,796 2,411 86.4 84.7-87.9 385 13.6 12.1-15.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,289 2,025 87.9 86.0-89.5 264 12.1 10.5-14.0
Unemployed 157 108 72.8 62.5-81.1 49 27.2 18.9-37.5
Retired 179 173 97.9 95.3-99.1 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 241 220 92.4 87.2-95.6 21 7.6 4.4-12.8
Other not in Labor Force 245 191 83.0 77.3-87.5 54 17.0 12.5-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 201 151 77.0 68.3-83.9 50 23.0 16.1-31.7
$15,000- 24,999 245 167 71.0 63.2-77.7 78 29.0 22.3-36.8
$25,000- 34,999 307 240 79.3 73.1-84.4 67 20.7 15.6-26.9
$35,000- 49,999 309 272 86.2 80.4-90.5 37 13.8 9.5-19.6
$50,000-74,999 404 379 93.9 90.2-96.3 25 6.1 3.7- 9.8
$75,000-100,000 355 339 94.9 90.9-97.2 16 5.1 2.8- 9.1
$100,000-150,000 358 346 96.6 93.1-98.3 12 3.4 1.7- 6.9
$150,000+ 394 383 97.1 94.3-98.5 11 2.9 1.5- 5.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 581 473 83.7 79.6-87.1 108 16.3 12.9-20.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 284 204 75.5 68.9-81.0 80 24.5 19.0-31.1
101% to 150% 211 162 79.2 72.1-84.8 49 20.8 15.2-27.9
151% to 200% 231 192 83.1 75.8-88.6 39 16.9 11.4-24.2
More than 200% 1,698 1,615 94.4 92.7-95.7 83 5.6 4.3- 7.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 581 473 83.7 79.6-87.1 108 16.3 12.9-20.4
HOUSING
Own 1,823 1,681 91.3 89.4-92.9 142 8.7 7.1-10.6
Rent 1,053 836 80.0 77.0-82.7 217 20.0 17.3-23.0
Other arrangement 249 208 82.7 75.4-88.2 41 17.3 11.8-24.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,151 1,004 87.4 85.0-89.5 147 12.6 10.5-15.0
Regional City or Suburban County 838 734 88.1 85.1-90.5 104 11.9 9.5-14.9
Rural 1,165 1,012 86.6 83.6-89.2 153 13.4 10.8-16.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 761 653 85.6 81.2-89.2 108 14.4 10.8-18.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 950 833 87.7 85.0-90.1 117 12.3 9.9-15.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,443 1,264 87.8 85.7-89.6 179 12.2 10.4-14.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 972 872 89.2 86.6-91.4 100 10.8 8.6-13.4
2nd Quartile 907 799 88.9 86.4-91.0 108 11.1 9.0-13.6
3rd Quartile 798 684 84.5 80.9-87.6 114 15.5 12.4-19.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 477 395 83.5 77.0-88.5 82 16.5 11.5-23.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 are included.

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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