2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,491 352 7.6 6.5- 8.9 4,139 92.4 91.1-93.5
GENDER
Male 2,115 141 6.4 5.1- 7.9 1,974 93.6 92.1-94.9
Female 2,376 211 8.8 7.1-10.8 2,165 91.2 89.2-92.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,788 250 9.4 7.9-11.2 2,538 90.6 88.8-92.1
Non-Hispanic Black 796 51 6.0 4.2- 8.6 745 94.0 91.4-95.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 169 23 11.0 6.2-18.6 146 89.0 81.4-93.8
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** 102 99.0 93.1-99.9
Hispanic 456 13 3.2 1.8- 5.6 443 96.8 94.4-98.2
AGE
18-34 1,020 15 1.3 0.7- 2.2 1,005 98.7 97.8-99.3
35-44 676 23 4.7 2.6- 8.3 653 95.3 91.7-97.4
45-54 718 37 5.5 3.7- 8.1 681 94.5 91.9-96.3
55-64 791 85 10.7 7.8-14.6 706 89.3 85.4-92.2
65-74 741 106 16.1 12.2-21.0 635 83.9 79.0-87.8
75+ 446 82 19.4 14.2-25.9 364 80.6 74.1-85.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 363 56 17.0 11.3-24.7 307 83.0 75.3-88.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,003 96 8.0 6.2-10.4 907 92.0 89.6-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,283 128 8.1 6.5-10.1 1,155 91.9 89.9-93.5
College Graduate 1,824 71 3.1 2.3- 4.1 1,753 96.9 95.9-97.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,384 232 16.2 13.4-19.4 1,152 83.8 80.6-86.6
No 2,955 112 3.6 2.7- 4.6 2,843 96.4 95.4-97.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 580 53 7.7 5.4-10.9 527 92.3 89.1-94.6
Non-Veteran 3,878 297 7.6 6.5- 9.0 3,581 92.4 91.0-93.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,548 70 2.5 1.9- 3.4 2,478 97.5 96.6-98.1
Unemployed 172 13 5.2 2.8- 9.5 159 94.8 90.5-97.2
Retired 1,105 161 15.0 12.1-18.5 944 85.0 81.5-87.9
Unable to Work 317 90 28.7 21.0-37.8 227 71.3 62.2-79.0
Other not in Labor Force 276 14 4.6 2.5- 8.4 262 95.4 91.6-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 274 56 20.9 13.7-30.4 218 79.1 69.6-86.3
$15,000- 24,999 380 61 14.9 10.4-21.1 319 85.1 78.9-89.6
$25,000- 34,999 440 43 10.4 7.0-15.2 397 89.6 84.8-93.0
$35,000- 49,999 466 37 7.0 4.6-10.4 429 93.0 89.6-95.4
$50,000-74,999 548 28 4.1 2.7- 6.4 520 95.9 93.6-97.3
$75,000-100,000 473 22 4.4 2.4- 7.9 451 95.6 92.1-97.6
$100,000-150,000 450 14 2.5 1.3- 4.9 436 97.5 95.1-98.7
$150,000+ 467 *** *** *** 463 99.1 97.5-99.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 993 87 8.2 6.0-11.2 906 91.8 88.8-94.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 373 68 16.4 11.5-22.9 305 83.6 77.1-88.5
101% to 150% 289 37 13.1 8.2-20.3 252 86.9 79.7-91.8
151% to 200% 349 35 8.1 5.4-12.1 314 91.9 87.9-94.6
More than 200% 2,300 112 4.7 3.6- 6.0 2,188 95.3 94.0-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 993 87 8.2 6.0-11.2 906 91.8 88.8-94.0
HOUSING
Own 2,894 226 8.2 6.7- 9.9 2,668 91.8 90.1-93.3
Rent 1,229 99 7.0 5.5- 8.9 1,130 93.0 91.1-94.5
Other arrangement 311 22 4.2 2.3- 7.4 289 95.8 92.6-97.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,520 66 3.9 3.0- 5.2 1,454 96.1 94.8-97.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,180 90 8.6 6.4-11.5 1,090 91.4 88.5-93.6
Rural 1,791 196 10.5 8.4-13.1 1,595 89.5 86.9-91.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,124 119 11.0 8.0-14.9 1,005 89.0 85.1-92.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,402 127 8.8 6.9-11.2 1,275 91.2 88.8-93.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,965 106 5.2 4.1- 6.6 1,859 94.8 93.4-95.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,406 88 5.8 4.4- 7.4 1,318 94.2 92.6-95.6
2nd Quartile 1,250 88 7.3 5.4- 9.7 1,162 92.7 90.3-94.6
3rd Quartile 1,120 97 9.7 7.1-13.1 1,023 90.3 86.9-92.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 715 79 9.1 6.5-12.6 636 90.9 87.4-93.5

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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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