2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because you could not afford it?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,490 508 11.9 10.6-13.3 3,982 88.1 86.7-89.4
GENDER
Male 2,121 209 9.8 8.4-11.5 1,912 90.2 88.5-91.6
Female 2,369 299 13.7 11.8-16.0 2,070 86.3 84.0-88.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,790 254 10.5 8.9-12.3 2,536 89.5 87.7-91.1
Non-Hispanic Black 795 101 12.0 9.5-15.0 694 88.0 85.0-90.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 169 18 12.4 6.5-22.4 151 87.6 77.6-93.5
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 103 *** *** *** 97 92.3 81.2-97.1
Hispanic 457 109 22.0 17.6-27.1 348 78.0 72.9-82.4
AGE
18-34 1,017 164 15.4 12.9-18.2 853 84.6 81.8-87.1
35-44 675 110 16.7 13.2-20.9 565 83.3 79.1-86.8
45-54 717 91 12.0 9.3-15.4 626 88.0 84.6-90.7
55-64 793 87 11.7 8.7-15.6 706 88.3 84.4-91.3
65-74 742 39 6.2 3.3-11.2 703 93.8 88.8-96.7
75+ 446 14 3.7 1.8- 7.3 432 96.3 92.7-98.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 94 26.0 19.9-33.3 271 74.0 66.7-80.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 129 11.2 9.0-13.8 873 88.8 86.2-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,281 159 12.6 10.5-15.1 1,122 87.4 84.9-89.5
College Graduate 1,823 124 6.3 5.1- 7.8 1,699 93.7 92.2-94.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,385 247 18.9 16.0-22.1 1,138 81.1 77.9-84.0
No 2,950 246 8.7 7.5-10.1 2,704 91.3 89.9-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 30 3.9 2.5- 6.0 552 96.1 94.0-97.5
Non-Veteran 3,873 475 13.0 11.6-14.6 3,398 87.0 85.4-88.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,548 298 11.5 10.0-13.2 2,250 88.5 86.8-90.0
Unemployed 170 54 30.0 21.9-39.7 116 70.0 60.3-78.1
Retired 1,106 40 4.1 2.7- 6.2 1,066 95.9 93.8-97.3
Unable to Work 321 74 27.9 20.1-37.3 247 72.1 62.7-79.9
Other not in Labor Force 271 33 10.9 7.3-15.9 238 89.1 84.1-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 275 72 27.5 19.8-36.8 203 72.5 63.2-80.2
$15,000- 24,999 379 80 21.2 15.8-27.9 299 78.8 72.1-84.2
$25,000- 34,999 441 104 23.8 19.1-29.3 337 76.2 70.7-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 465 59 14.8 11.0-19.7 406 85.2 80.3-89.0
$50,000-74,999 548 45 7.4 5.2-10.4 503 92.6 89.6-94.8
$75,000-100,000 472 24 3.9 2.4- 6.0 448 96.1 94.0-97.6
$100,000-150,000 449 19 4.5 2.6- 7.5 430 95.5 92.5-97.4
$150,000+ 467 13 2.3 1.3- 4.2 454 97.7 95.8-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 994 92 10.3 8.0-13.2 902 89.7 86.8-92.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 375 97 26.3 20.2-33.3 278 73.7 66.7-79.8
101% to 150% 289 65 23.9 17.7-31.5 224 76.1 68.5-82.3
151% to 200% 348 68 18.5 13.8-24.3 280 81.5 75.7-86.2
More than 200% 2,299 147 6.3 5.2- 7.5 2,152 93.7 92.5-94.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 994 92 10.3 8.0-13.2 902 89.7 86.8-92.0
HOUSING
Own 2,893 199 8.6 7.1-10.3 2,694 91.4 89.7-92.9
Rent 1,227 252 19.6 17.1-22.3 975 80.4 77.7-82.9
Other arrangement 313 51 17.6 12.7-23.8 262 82.4 76.2-87.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,519 181 11.2 9.5-13.2 1,338 88.8 86.8-90.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,178 131 12.4 10.0-15.3 1,047 87.6 84.7-90.0
Rural 1,793 196 12.1 9.8-14.7 1,597 87.9 85.3-90.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,124 142 14.9 11.5-19.0 982 85.1 81.0-88.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,399 150 10.5 8.6-12.7 1,249 89.5 87.3-91.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,967 216 11.5 9.8-13.4 1,751 88.5 86.6-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,408 135 10.2 8.4-12.5 1,273 89.8 87.5-91.6
2nd Quartile 1,246 141 11.6 9.5-14.0 1,105 88.4 86.0-90.5
3rd Quartile 1,122 138 13.5 10.6-17.0 984 86.5 83.0-89.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 714 94 13.6 10.3-17.9 620 86.4 82.1-89.7

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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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