2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
GENDER
Male 2,039 621 30.3 27.8-33.1 1,418 69.7 66.9-72.2
Female 2,311 771 36.7 33.8-39.6 1,540 63.3 60.4-66.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,718 875 35.2 32.8-37.7 1,843 64.8 62.3-67.2
Non-Hispanic Black 771 260 31.8 27.9-36.1 511 68.2 63.9-72.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 438 130 31.4 25.6-37.8 308 68.6 62.2-74.4
AGE
18-34 987 244 26.9 23.4-30.7 743 73.1 69.3-76.6
35-44 653 155 25.6 21.2-30.5 498 74.4 69.5-78.8
45-54 693 185 26.9 22.9-31.3 508 73.1 68.7-77.1
55-64 775 266 36.4 31.8-41.3 509 63.6 58.7-68.2
65-74 722 297 44.3 39.4-49.3 425 55.7 50.7-60.6
75+ 433 225 57.6 50.8-64.1 208 42.4 35.9-49.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 173 56.1 48.8-63.2 178 43.9 36.8-51.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 966 354 35.0 31.1-39.0 612 65.0 61.0-68.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,248 468 36.3 32.8-39.9 780 63.7 60.1-67.2
College Graduate 1,769 391 20.9 18.8-23.3 1,378 79.1 76.7-81.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,392 1,392 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,958 *** *** *** 2,958 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 567 224 39.6 34.6-44.8 343 60.4 55.2-65.4
Non-Veteran 3,769 1,164 32.8 30.7-35.0 2,605 67.2 65.0-69.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,483 499 20.3 18.4-22.4 1,984 79.7 77.6-81.6
Unemployed 165 *** *** *** 90 59.4 49.0-69.1
Retired 1,083 464 47.6 43.3-51.9 619 52.4 48.1-56.7
Unable to Work 316 269 87.1 80.8-91.6 47 12.9 8.4-19.2
Other not in Labor Force 265 79 35.1 27.2-43.9 186 64.9 56.1-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 134 60.0 50.3-69.0 90 40.0 31.0-49.7
$15,000- 24,999 373 187 51.4 44.4-58.4 186 48.6 41.6-55.6
$25,000- 34,999 436 167 40.3 34.3-46.6 269 59.7 53.4-65.7
$35,000- 49,999 457 143 31.0 25.6-37.0 314 69.0 63.0-74.4
$50,000-74,999 536 152 30.7 25.5-36.3 384 69.3 63.7-74.5
$75,000-100,000 467 114 23.2 19.0-28.1 353 76.8 71.9-81.0
$100,000-150,000 441 82 16.2 12.4-20.9 359 83.8 79.1-87.6
$150,000+ 461 68 17.8 13.5-23.1 393 82.2 76.9-86.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 345 38.7 34.2-43.4 610 61.3 56.6-65.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 372 195 54.8 47.6-61.8 177 45.2 38.2-52.4
101% to 150% 285 104 36.7 29.3-44.8 181 63.3 55.2-70.7
151% to 200% 342 134 42.7 35.9-49.8 208 57.3 50.2-64.1
More than 200% 2,262 552 24.2 22.0-26.5 1,710 75.8 73.5-78.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 955 345 38.7 34.2-43.4 610 61.3 56.6-65.8
HOUSING
Own 2,814 848 32.5 30.1-35.1 1,966 67.5 64.9-69.9
Rent 1,194 399 33.5 30.2-37.0 795 66.5 63.0-69.8
Other arrangement 295 130 42.8 34.8-51.1 165 57.2 48.9-65.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,466 414 29.6 26.5-32.8 1,052 70.4 67.2-73.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,141 352 32.2 28.5-36.1 789 67.8 63.9-71.5
Rural 1,743 626 38.9 35.5-42.3 1,117 61.1 57.7-64.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,091 425 43.2 38.6-47.9 666 56.8 52.1-61.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,366 453 34.2 31.0-37.6 913 65.8 62.4-69.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,893 514 28.6 25.9-31.6 1,379 71.4 68.4-74.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,365 384 29.5 26.3-32.9 981 70.5 67.1-73.7
2nd Quartile 1,206 361 31.2 27.7-34.9 845 68.8 65.1-72.3
3rd Quartile 1,083 380 38.7 34.7-42.8 703 61.3 57.2-65.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 696 267 41.2 35.5-47.2 429 58.8 52.8-64.5

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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