2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,483 826 18.8 17.4-20.4 1,496 32.2 30.4-34.1 1,355 30.4 28.7-32.2 591 13.1 11.7-14.5 215 5.5 4.4- 6.8
GENDER
Male 2,109 420 20.5 18.4-22.8 689 31.4 28.9-34.1 625 30.8 28.3-33.4 276 13.0 11.1-15.2 99 4.2 3.3- 5.4
Female 2,374 406 17.2 15.3-19.4 807 33.0 30.4-35.7 730 30.1 27.7-32.6 315 13.1 11.3-15.2 116 6.6 4.9- 8.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,788 508 18.4 16.7-20.4 1,061 36.2 33.9-38.6 771 28.3 26.2-30.6 314 11.3 9.8-13.0 134 5.8 4.5- 7.3
Non-Hispanic Black 789 125 17.9 14.6-21.7 219 27.3 23.5-31.4 290 35.5 31.4-39.7 124 15.5 12.5-19.0 31 3.9 2.4- 6.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 169 *** *** *** 36 15.7 9.9-24.0 58 28.6 20.3-38.8 25 12.8 7.3-21.5 20 15.3 8.2-26.7
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 11 12.9 6.0-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 102 *** *** *** 26 25.0 16.6-36.0 33 30.5 21.3-41.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 457 95 19.2 15.2-23.8 98 21.3 17.0-26.4 152 35.5 30.1-41.3 91 19.3 14.6-25.2 21 4.7 2.4- 8.8
AGE
18-34 1,018 257 26.0 22.8-29.6 366 34.1 30.4-38.0 289 30.8 27.4-34.4 89 7.8 6.0-10.1 17 1.3 0.8- 2.2
35-44 676 140 22.4 18.7-26.6 232 31.6 27.5-36.1 197 27.0 23.2-31.1 84 13.0 9.7-17.3 23 5.9 3.5-10.0
45-54 717 136 17.3 14.2-20.9 246 37.4 32.2-43.0 203 28.6 24.3-33.2 103 12.7 10.0-15.9 29 4.0 2.5- 6.3
55-64 788 128 15.7 12.7-19.2 243 29.3 25.4-33.5 247 30.3 26.2-34.7 122 19.2 15.3-23.8 48 5.5 3.8- 7.9
65-74 740 101 11.1 8.7-14.0 241 33.2 29.0-37.8 234 31.0 26.8-35.5 108 15.5 12.2-19.6 56 9.2 5.9-14.0
75+ 444 47 9.0 6.2-12.9 125 22.7 18.3-27.8 157 38.5 32.0-45.5 76 17.6 12.4-24.3 39 12.2 7.9-18.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 362 32 7.9 5.1-11.9 48 15.0 10.4-21.2 142 37.3 30.8-44.3 89 24.5 18.3-31.9 51 15.3 10.1-22.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 995 160 17.9 15.1-21.2 255 27.3 23.6-31.2 353 34.1 30.4-38.0 162 15.2 12.5-18.4 65 5.5 4.0- 7.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,284 212 17.5 14.9-20.5 408 32.8 29.4-36.4 414 31.7 28.5-35.0 188 12.7 10.7-15.1 62 5.2 3.4- 8.1
College Graduate 1,824 421 25.5 23.0-28.1 780 42.7 40.0-45.5 437 22.8 20.6-25.3 149 7.0 5.8- 8.4 37 2.0 1.3- 3.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,380 128 9.6 7.7-11.9 283 19.8 17.0-22.9 439 31.8 28.5-35.3 346 24.2 21.0-27.7 184 14.7 11.7-18.1
No 2,950 668 23.6 21.7-25.6 1,170 38.5 36.3-40.8 859 29.4 27.3-31.5 223 7.5 6.3- 8.8 30 1.1 0.6- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 577 116 20.9 17.0-25.4 186 32.7 28.1-37.7 162 27.0 22.7-31.7 82 14.8 11.3-19.1 31 4.6 2.9- 7.3
Non-Veteran 3,871 707 18.7 17.1-20.3 1,298 32.2 30.3-34.3 1,181 30.7 28.8-32.7 501 12.7 11.3-14.3 184 5.7 4.5- 7.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,543 579 24.2 22.1-26.4 968 36.9 34.5-39.3 718 28.8 26.6-31.1 243 8.9 7.6-10.3 35 1.3 0.9- 1.9
Unemployed 172 27 17.3 11.1-26.1 *** *** *** 63 31.7 23.6-41.1 35 18.2 11.5-27.5 *** *** ***
Retired 1,103 140 10.8 8.7-13.3 362 31.5 27.9-35.2 363 34.0 30.2-38.1 170 15.8 13.0-19.1 68 7.9 5.1-12.0
Unable to Work 317 *** *** *** 24 5.4 3.3- 8.8 85 22.5 17.1-29.1 102 36.4 28.1-45.7 98 34.0 26.0-43.1
Other not in Labor Force 274 56 20.2 14.7-27.1 81 31.2 23.9-39.7 102 38.6 31.4-46.4 30 8.2 5.3-12.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 37 14.4 9.3-21.5 50 20.1 13.6-28.7 77 26.2 20.0-33.5 62 22.8 15.9-31.5 45 16.5 10.4-25.2
$15,000- 24,999 376 39 9.5 6.5-13.7 73 20.7 16.0-26.3 133 32.2 26.4-38.6 98 27.9 21.3-35.5 33 9.7 5.8-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 442 57 13.2 9.7-17.7 127 27.0 22.1-32.5 163 38.9 33.0-45.1 74 14.4 10.8-19.0 21 6.5 3.7-11.1
$35,000- 49,999 465 70 17.8 13.3-23.4 161 30.9 25.8-36.5 138 30.1 24.9-35.8 76 17.0 13.0-21.8 20 4.2 2.3- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 548 105 20.3 16.3-25.1 185 33.1 28.1-38.6 170 31.6 26.9-36.7 72 11.7 8.9-15.4 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7
$75,000-100,000 472 115 28.0 23.0-33.6 175 32.9 27.9-38.3 131 28.3 23.5-33.7 42 9.3 6.3-13.4 *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 451 103 20.6 16.6-25.2 210 47.5 41.8-53.2 109 25.4 20.6-30.8 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 467 127 27.2 22.6-32.3 219 46.8 41.4-52.3 92 19.8 15.7-24.6 25 5.5 3.4- 9.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 991 173 17.4 14.5-20.8 296 29.8 25.6-34.4 342 34.1 30.1-38.3 119 11.3 8.7-14.5 61 7.5 4.8-11.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 17 15.8 8.4-27.7 22 17.4 10.4-27.8 29 19.6 12.3-29.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 369 47 12.6 8.9-17.5 74 23.3 17.1-30.9 117 29.8 24.0-36.4 82 21.0 15.2-28.2 49 13.3 9.1-19.0
101% to 150% 287 38 13.6 9.3-19.4 68 26.2 19.4-34.3 100 33.8 27.2-41.1 63 20.1 14.9-26.5 18 6.3 2.8-13.4
151% to 200% 349 47 15.6 10.7-22.3 112 30.1 24.6-36.3 111 30.7 24.8-37.3 65 18.1 13.2-24.4 14 5.4 3.0- 9.7
More than 200% 2,300 487 22.1 20.1-24.3 905 37.5 35.1-40.0 627 28.3 26.0-30.7 225 9.7 8.3-11.3 56 2.4 1.7- 3.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 991 173 17.4 14.5-20.8 296 29.8 25.6-34.4 342 34.1 30.1-38.3 119 11.3 8.7-14.5 61 7.5 4.8-11.5
HOUSING
Own 2,890 560 19.2 17.4-21.1 1,039 34.2 31.9-36.6 844 28.8 26.7-31.1 331 12.2 10.6-14.1 116 5.5 4.1- 7.4
Rent 1,224 195 16.9 14.4-19.7 354 27.5 24.6-30.6 394 34.5 31.3-38.0 210 15.6 13.1-18.5 71 5.4 4.0- 7.2
Other arrangement 310 60 21.2 15.5-28.3 86 29.9 22.2-39.0 96 30.3 23.9-37.5 42 12.9 8.5-19.0 26 5.7 3.5- 9.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,518 307 21.4 18.9-24.1 557 33.4 30.6-36.3 434 30.2 27.4-33.1 183 11.4 9.6-13.5 37 3.7 2.1- 6.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,178 226 18.7 16.0-21.7 391 34.1 30.3-38.2 359 29.1 25.9-32.6 146 12.5 10.1-15.5 56 5.5 3.8- 7.9
Rural 1,787 293 16.4 14.1-18.9 548 29.5 26.7-32.5 562 31.7 28.7-34.8 262 15.2 12.7-18.0 122 7.3 5.5- 9.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,119 187 16.3 13.5-19.6 309 25.6 22.2-29.4 369 32.9 28.9-37.2 171 17.5 13.9-21.8 83 7.7 5.3-11.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,399 240 18.3 15.8-21.1 450 32.1 28.7-35.7 452 32.8 29.7-36.1 189 11.4 9.7-13.5 68 5.3 3.8- 7.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,965 399 20.4 18.2-22.7 737 35.4 32.8-38.1 534 27.4 25.1-29.9 231 12.2 10.3-14.4 64 4.6 3.1- 6.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,408 276 19.1 16.7-21.8 535 36.0 32.9-39.2 388 28.8 25.9-31.9 162 12.0 9.7-14.6 47 4.1 2.9- 5.8
2nd Quartile 1,249 245 20.6 17.9-23.6 422 33.7 30.3-37.2 374 29.3 26.2-32.6 151 10.7 8.8-12.8 57 5.8 3.8- 8.8
3rd Quartile 1,117 200 18.7 15.9-22.0 358 29.6 25.9-33.5 331 30.5 27.0-34.3 170 15.2 12.4-18.6 58 6.0 3.9- 9.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 709 105 12.6 9.7-16.2 181 23.2 19.0-28.0 262 38.2 32.8-43.9 108 18.7 13.8-24.8 53 7.3 4.8-11.1

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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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