2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,549 371 11.9 10.4-13.6 3,178 88.1 86.4-89.6
Females 1,913 202 11.8 10.0-13.8 1,711 88.2 86.2-90.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,184 85 8.3 6.5-10.6 1,099 91.7 89.4-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 397 59 16.5 12.5-21.6 338 83.5 78.4-87.5
Other 296 55 19.9 14.0-27.4 241 80.1 72.6-86.0
AGE
18-34 328 74 23.1 18.1-29.0 254 76.9 71.0-81.9
35-44 299 50 15.6 11.0-21.6 249 84.4 78.4-89.0
45-54 307 33 12.5 8.4-18.2 274 87.5 81.8-91.6
55-64 379 32 7.8 5.2-11.5 347 92.2 88.5-94.8
65-74 337 *** *** *** 329 97.3 93.4-99.0
75+ 221 *** *** *** 217 99.1 96.8-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 21 15.1 8.6-25.3 101 84.9 74.7-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 387 57 15.6 11.6-20.7 330 84.4 79.3-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 593 68 12.4 9.5-16.1 525 87.6 83.9-90.5
College Graduate 808 56 7.2 5.3- 9.8 752 92.8 90.2-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 23 21.5 13.7-32.0 89 78.5 68.0-86.3
$15,000- 24,999 192 33 15.9 10.7-23.0 159 84.1 77.0-89.3
$25,000- 34,999 222 44 23.5 16.5-32.2 178 76.5 67.8-83.5
$35,000- 49,999 196 21 12.7 7.8-19.9 175 87.3 80.1-92.2
$50,000- 74,999 217 19 10.7 6.4-17.6 198 89.3 82.4-93.6
$75,000+ 524 24 5.6 3.4- 8.9 500 94.4 91.1-96.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 640 66 11.6 8.6-15.5 574 88.4 84.5-91.4
No 1,256 136 12.1 10.0-14.6 1,120 87.9 85.4-90.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,848 197 11.9 10.1-14.0 1,651 88.1 86.0-89.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 584 63 11.2 8.3-14.9 521 88.8 85.1-91.7
Regional City or Suburban County 504 58 13.0 9.7-17.3 446 87.0 82.7-90.3
Rural 825 81 11.4 8.7-14.7 744 88.6 85.3-91.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 942 124 14.1 11.6-17.2 818 85.9 82.8-88.4
Unemployed 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 559 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1 548 98.5 96.9-99.3
Unable to Work 160 11 10.7 4.8-21.9 149 89.3 78.1-95.2
Other not in Labor Force 160 11 6.9 3.7-12.6 149 93.1 87.4-96.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 193 42 24.6 17.1-34.1 151 75.4 65.9-82.9
101% to 150% 139 30 24.5 16.7-34.4 109 75.5 65.6-83.3
151% to 200% 165 21 9.9 5.9-16.3 144 90.1 83.7-94.1
More than 200% 903 58 7.9 5.8-10.6 845 92.1 89.4-94.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 506 56 12.1 8.6-16.7 450 87.9 83.3-91.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 630 69 12.9 9.9-16.7 561 87.1 83.3-90.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 777 77 10.7 8.2-13.9 700 89.3 86.1-91.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 573 51 9.7 7.2-13.1 522 90.3 86.9-92.8
2nd Quartile 517 62 15.0 11.4-19.7 455 85.0 80.3-88.6
3rd Quartile 479 53 9.7 7.0-13.3 426 90.3 86.7-93.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 344 36 12.7 8.3-19.0 308 87.3 81.0-91.7

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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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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