2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,487 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,310 96.6 95.9-97.1
MALES 2,116 74 2.6 2.0- 3.4 2,042 97.4 96.6-98.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,328 48 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,280 97.1 96.0-97.9
Non-Hispanic Black 308 14 3.3 1.7- 6.2 294 96.7 93.8-98.3
Other 424 12 1.3 0.6- 3.0 412 98.7 97.0-99.4
AGE
18-34 543 *** *** *** 542 99.8 98.3- 100
35-44 313 *** *** *** 304 98.1 95.6-99.2
45-54 339 *** *** *** 333 98.5 96.6-99.4
55-64 354 17 4.5 2.5- 7.8 337 95.5 92.2-97.5
65-74 344 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 321 94.5 91.0-96.7
75+ 178 17 6.8 3.8-11.9 161 93.2 88.1-96.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 13 4.0 2.0- 7.7 200 96.0 92.3-98.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 525 17 1.9 1.0- 3.3 508 98.1 96.7-99.0
Some Post-H.S. 570 18 2.8 1.6- 4.9 552 97.2 95.1-98.4
College Graduate 797 26 2.5 1.6- 3.9 771 97.5 96.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 *** *** *** 111 95.9 90.8-98.3
$15,000- 24,999 151 *** *** *** 148 98.4 95.0-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 179 11 4.2 2.0- 8.9 168 95.8 91.1-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 215 *** *** *** 207 96.5 92.3-98.5
$50,000- 74,999 268 *** *** *** 262 97.4 93.5-99.0
$75,000+ 745 22 1.9 1.2- 3.0 723 98.1 97.0-98.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 618 46 5.8 4.0- 8.3 572 94.2 91.7-96.0
No 1,415 27 1.3 0.8- 2.0 1,388 98.7 98.0-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 494 21 3.0 1.7- 5.2 473 97.0 94.8-98.3
Non-Veteran 1,600 53 2.5 1.8- 3.5 1,547 97.5 96.5-98.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 745 27 3.1 2.0- 4.7 718 96.9 95.3-98.0
Regional City or Suburban County 553 13 1.9 1.0- 3.3 540 98.1 96.7-99.0
Rural 818 34 2.7 1.7- 4.3 784 97.3 95.7-98.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,360 19 1.0 0.6- 1.8 1,341 99.0 98.2-99.4
Unemployed 76 *** *** *** 71 95.9 89.4-98.5
Retired 462 37 6.5 4.3- 9.5 425 93.5 90.5-95.7
Unable to Work 130 13 8.2 4.1-15.7 117 91.8 84.3-95.9
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** 53 100 . - .
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 147 *** *** *** 138 95.6 90.9-97.9
101% to 150% 117 *** *** *** 113 97.0 90.3-99.1
151% to 200% 149 *** *** *** 144 96.2 89.2-98.7
More than 200% 1,176 39 2.4 1.7- 3.5 1,137 97.6 96.5-98.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 510 22 2.8 1.6- 5.0 488 97.2 95.0-98.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 664 23 2.8 1.7- 4.6 641 97.2 95.4-98.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 942 29 2.4 1.6- 3.6 913 97.6 96.4-98.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 688 18 1.8 1.0- 3.0 670 98.2 97.0-99.0
2nd Quartile 580 22 3.2 2.0- 5.1 558 96.8 94.9-98.0
3rd Quartile 536 16 2.3 1.3- 4.0 520 97.7 96.0-98.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 312 18 3.9 1.9- 7.6 294 96.1 92.4-98.1

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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 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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