2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,402 425 10.2 8.9-11.6 3,977 89.8 88.4-91.1
MALES 2,067 238 11.8 10.1-13.8 1,829 88.2 86.2-89.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,306 180 14.5 12.2-17.3 1,126 85.5 82.7-87.8
Non-Hispanic Black 303 18 7.6 4.3-13.0 285 92.4 87.0-95.7
Other 405 35 7.6 5.0-11.5 370 92.4 88.5-95.0
AGE
18-34 533 29 6.7 4.4-10.0 504 93.3 90.0-95.6
35-44 301 19 7.5 4.3-12.7 282 92.5 87.3-95.7
45-54 328 17 5.7 3.0-10.4 311 94.3 89.6-97.0
55-64 350 33 8.3 5.1-13.1 317 91.7 86.9-94.9
65-74 337 78 26.4 20.6-33.3 259 73.6 66.7-79.4
75+ 177 *** *** *** 120 63.9 53.0-73.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 30 19.3 13.0-27.8 175 80.7 72.2-87.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 514 61 10.0 7.1-14.0 453 90.0 86.0-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 555 76 13.8 10.6-17.8 479 86.2 82.2-89.4
College Graduate 782 70 8.1 6.2-10.5 712 91.9 89.5-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 12 14.2 7.4-25.3 77 85.8 74.7-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 152 18 8.7 4.7-15.8 134 91.3 84.2-95.3
$25,000- 34,999 180 28 19.6 12.4-29.6 152 80.4 70.4-87.6
$35,000- 49,999 215 31 9.8 6.2-15.1 184 90.2 84.9-93.8
$50,000- 74,999 265 34 15.7 10.6-22.8 231 84.3 77.2-89.4
$75,000+ 740 66 8.8 6.5-11.7 674 91.2 88.3-93.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 618 238 39.4 34.4-44.7 380 60.6 55.3-65.6
No 1,418 *** *** *** 1,418 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 489 92 18.7 14.6-23.6 397 81.3 76.4-85.4
Non-Veteran 1,567 145 9.8 8.0-11.9 1,422 90.2 88.1-92.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 728 53 7.1 5.2- 9.8 675 92.9 90.2-94.8
Regional City or Suburban County 539 66 11.9 8.8-15.7 473 88.1 84.3-91.2
Rural 800 119 16.4 13.0-20.5 681 83.6 79.5-87.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,339 90 7.6 5.9- 9.7 1,249 92.4 90.3-94.1
Unemployed 74 *** *** *** 68 91.6 80.1-96.8
Retired 459 115 27.4 22.2-33.4 344 72.6 66.6-77.8
Unable to Work 127 22 14.5 7.8-25.4 105 85.5 74.6-92.2
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** 49 92.8 79.9-97.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 147 17 10.4 5.7-18.1 130 89.6 81.9-94.3
101% to 150% 117 15 9.7 5.1-17.7 102 90.3 82.3-94.9
151% to 200% 149 23 16.7 10.0-26.6 126 83.3 73.4-90.0
More than 200% 1,169 126 11.2 9.0-13.8 1,043 88.8 86.2-91.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 500 73 16.4 11.9-22.1 427 83.6 77.9-88.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 648 86 13.2 10.3-16.8 562 86.8 83.2-89.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 919 79 8.6 6.6-11.2 840 91.4 88.8-93.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 672 72 11.0 8.3-14.4 600 89.0 85.6-91.7
2nd Quartile 563 53 9.1 6.5-12.6 510 90.9 87.4-93.5
3rd Quartile 527 70 14.3 10.7-18.7 457 85.7 81.3-89.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 305 43 17.2 11.1-25.7 262 82.8 74.3-88.9

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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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