2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,494 205 4.9 3.9- 6.1 4,289 95.1 93.9-96.1
MALES 2,121 104 4.9 3.7- 6.5 2,017 95.1 93.5-96.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,328 74 6.0 4.2- 8.3 1,254 94.0 91.7-95.8
Non-Hispanic Black 310 16 5.1 2.6-10.0 294 94.9 90.0-97.4
Other 426 13 2.1 1.0- 4.0 413 97.9 96.0-99.0
AGE
18-34 543 *** *** *** 539 99.6 98.9-99.9
35-44 314 *** *** *** 311 99.4 97.4-99.8
45-54 340 12 4.4 2.2- 8.4 328 95.6 91.6-97.8
55-64 357 21 7.7 3.7-15.3 336 92.3 84.7-96.3
65-74 344 30 11.4 7.1-18.0 314 88.6 82.0-92.9
75+ 179 33 16.7 10.5-25.6 146 83.3 74.4-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 16 7.3 3.7-13.9 197 92.7 86.1-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 528 25 4.9 2.5- 9.3 503 95.1 90.7-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 569 31 5.5 3.6- 8.4 538 94.5 91.6-96.4
College Graduate 799 31 3.0 1.9- 4.7 768 97.0 95.3-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 121 11 5.9 3.0-11.3 110 94.1 88.7-97.0
$15,000- 24,999 152 15 12.6 5.7-25.4 137 87.4 74.6-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 180 13 8.3 4.3-15.4 167 91.7 84.6-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 216 18 10.7 5.4-20.3 198 89.3 79.7-94.6
$50,000- 74,999 268 *** *** *** 262 97.1 92.3-99.0
$75,000+ 745 14 1.3 0.7- 2.4 731 98.7 97.6-99.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 620 74 12.2 8.8-16.7 546 87.8 83.3-91.2
No 1,417 28 2.0 1.2- 3.4 1,389 98.0 96.6-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 496 45 8.7 5.7-13.2 451 91.3 86.8-94.3
Non-Veteran 1,603 59 4.0 2.7- 5.8 1,544 96.0 94.2-97.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 747 22 2.7 1.6- 4.5 725 97.3 95.5-98.4
Regional City or Suburban County 557 30 5.1 3.2- 7.9 527 94.9 92.1-96.8
Rural 817 52 7.1 4.5-11.0 765 92.9 89.0-95.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,362 22 1.3 0.8- 2.1 1,340 98.7 97.9-99.2
Unemployed 76 *** *** *** 74 98.6 94.3-99.7
Retired 463 55 13.9 9.8-19.4 408 86.1 80.6-90.2
Unable to Work 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 118 11 8.8 4.1-18.0 107 91.2 82.0-95.9
151% to 200% 148 *** *** *** 138 91.1 82.9-95.6
More than 200% 1,177 37 3.3 2.0- 5.3 1,140 96.7 94.7-98.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 510 33 8.7 4.9-15.0 477 91.3 85.0-95.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 664 40 4.6 3.1- 6.7 624 95.4 93.3-96.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 947 31 3.5 2.2- 5.4 916 96.5 94.6-97.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 691 30 4.1 2.6- 6.5 661 95.9 93.5-97.4
2nd Quartile 582 22 4.5 2.6- 7.9 560 95.5 92.1-97.4
3rd Quartile 536 32 6.6 3.8-11.1 504 93.4 88.9-96.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 312 20 4.7 2.7- 8.2 292 95.3 91.8-97.3

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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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