2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.
Do any of these situations apply to you?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,208 261 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,947 92.7 91.5-93.8
GENDER
Male 1,977 155 9.1 7.5-11.0 1,822 90.9 89.0-92.5
Female 2,231 106 5.6 4.3- 7.4 2,125 94.4 92.6-95.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,644 142 6.2 5.0- 7.5 2,502 93.8 92.5-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 738 61 9.6 7.1-13.0 677 90.4 87.0-92.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 155 13 5.7 2.9-11.1 142 94.3 88.9-97.1
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 90 *** *** *** 86 92.1 77.4-97.5
Hispanic 423 25 5.6 3.7- 8.5 398 94.4 91.5-96.3
AGE
18-34 957 134 14.7 11.9-18.0 823 85.3 82.0-88.1
35-44 624 51 9.5 6.8-13.0 573 90.5 87.0-93.2
45-54 664 36 5.6 3.5- 8.8 628 94.4 91.2-96.5
55-64 764 25 3.4 2.0- 5.7 739 96.6 94.3-98.0
65-74 704 *** *** *** 694 98.8 97.0-99.6
75+ 416 *** *** *** 415 99.9 99.6- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 332 19 6.8 4.0-11.1 313 93.2 88.9-96.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 940 70 8.4 6.2-11.2 870 91.6 88.8-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,204 81 8.5 6.3-11.2 1,123 91.5 88.8-93.7
College Graduate 1,717 90 5.4 4.2- 6.8 1,627 94.6 93.2-95.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,327 92 8.3 6.2-11.0 1,235 91.7 89.0-93.8
No 2,841 168 6.8 5.6- 8.2 2,673 93.2 91.8-94.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 545 23 4.5 2.7- 7.4 522 95.5 92.6-97.3
Non-Veteran 3,650 238 7.7 6.5- 9.1 3,412 92.3 90.9-93.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,412 192 9.3 7.8-11.1 2,220 90.7 88.9-92.2
Unemployed 154 21 15.2 9.0-24.4 133 84.8 75.6-91.0
Retired 1,054 *** *** *** 1,044 99.3 98.4-99.7
Unable to Work 302 17 4.0 2.0- 7.8 285 96.0 92.2-98.0
Other not in Labor Force 252 18 9.9 4.9-19.2 234 90.1 80.8-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 208 17 9.9 4.1-21.8 191 90.1 78.2-95.9
$15,000- 24,999 356 19 5.1 2.8- 9.2 337 94.9 90.8-97.2
$25,000- 34,999 424 34 10.9 7.5-15.7 390 89.1 84.3-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 441 38 10.7 7.1-15.7 403 89.3 84.3-92.9
$50,000-74,999 521 32 5.8 3.6- 9.3 489 94.2 90.7-96.4
$75,000-100,000 459 33 7.9 5.0-12.3 426 92.1 87.7-95.0
$100,000-150,000 432 20 4.4 2.7- 7.2 412 95.6 92.8-97.3
$150,000+ 453 27 6.3 3.9-10.0 426 93.7 90.0-96.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 914 41 6.3 4.4- 9.0 873 93.7 91.0-95.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 98 *** *** *** 94 96.1 87.1-98.9
50% to 100% 355 24 9.4 4.9-17.4 331 90.6 82.6-95.1
101% to 150% 271 23 10.9 6.6-17.3 248 89.1 82.7-93.4
151% to 200% 329 25 10.4 6.3-16.6 304 89.6 83.4-93.7
More than 200% 2,216 138 6.2 5.0- 7.6 2,078 93.8 92.4-95.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 914 41 6.3 4.4- 9.0 873 93.7 91.0-95.6
HOUSING
Own 2,743 100 4.3 3.4- 5.6 2,643 95.7 94.4-96.6
Rent 1,135 116 11.3 9.2-13.9 1,019 88.7 86.1-90.8
Other arrangement 284 42 21.4 14.5-30.4 242 78.6 69.6-85.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,423 111 8.6 6.8-10.7 1,312 91.4 89.3-93.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,111 70 7.8 5.8-10.3 1,041 92.2 89.7-94.2
Rural 1,674 80 5.6 4.0- 7.9 1,594 94.4 92.1-96.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,045 57 5.4 3.7- 7.9 988 94.6 92.1-96.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,329 64 5.9 4.4- 7.9 1,265 94.1 92.1-95.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,834 140 9.2 7.4-11.4 1,694 90.8 88.6-92.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,324 89 8.8 6.7-11.6 1,235 91.2 88.4-93.3
2nd Quartile 1,167 74 7.5 5.7- 9.8 1,093 92.5 90.2-94.3
3rd Quartile 1,057 61 6.6 4.9- 8.9 996 93.4 91.1-95.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 660 37 3.9 2.3- 6.5 623 96.1 93.5-97.7

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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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