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 4,382 182 4.2 3.4- 5.1 4,200 95.8 94.9-96.6
MALES 2,055 73 3.1 2.3- 4.1 1,982 96.9 95.9-97.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,296 36 2.7 1.8- 3.9 1,260 97.3 96.1-98.2
Non-Hispanic Black 302 17 4.5 2.5- 7.8 285 95.5 92.2-97.5
Other 405 18 3.2 1.8- 5.8 387 96.8 94.2-98.2
AGE
18-34 530 *** *** *** 522 99.0 97.7-99.5
35-44 299 11 4.2 2.2- 8.1 288 95.8 91.9-97.8
45-54 326 12 4.0 2.1- 7.6 314 96.0 92.4-97.9
55-64 349 16 3.8 1.9- 7.5 333 96.2 92.5-98.1
65-74 335 18 5.1 3.0- 8.5 317 94.9 91.5-97.0
75+ 175 *** *** *** 168 97.0 92.2-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 18 7.3 4.2-12.4 188 92.7 87.6-95.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 508 18 2.5 1.5- 4.3 490 97.5 95.7-98.5
Some Post-H.S. 552 21 3.3 2.0- 5.7 531 96.7 94.3-98.0
College Graduate 778 16 1.5 0.9- 2.5 762 98.5 97.5-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 11 12.1 5.8-23.4 78 87.9 76.6-94.2
$15,000- 24,999 151 *** *** *** 142 94.8 88.4-97.7
$25,000- 34,999 179 *** *** *** 171 93.2 86.0-96.8
$35,000- 49,999 212 *** *** *** 208 98.4 95.3-99.5
$50,000- 74,999 262 *** *** *** 253 97.0 93.8-98.6
$75,000+ 736 11 1.3 0.7- 2.5 725 98.7 97.5-99.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 615 73 10.4 7.8-13.6 542 89.6 86.4-92.2
No 1,418 *** *** *** 1,418 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 485 28 5.2 3.3- 8.2 457 94.8 91.8-96.7
Non-Veteran 1,559 45 2.5 1.8- 3.6 1,514 97.5 96.4-98.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 725 17 2.2 1.3- 3.8 708 97.8 96.2-98.7
Regional City or Suburban County 537 28 4.3 2.8- 6.5 509 95.7 93.5-97.2
Rural 793 28 3.0 1.8- 5.0 765 97.0 95.0-98.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,334 23 1.5 0.9- 2.3 1,311 98.5 97.7-99.1
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** 69 96.4 89.7-98.8
Retired 455 21 3.8 2.2- 6.3 434 96.2 93.7-97.8
Unable to Work 126 23 19.2 11.6-30.1 103 80.8 69.9-88.4
Other not in Labor Force 52 *** *** *** 51 99.4 95.8-99.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 147 12 7.6 3.9-14.3 135 92.4 85.7-96.1
101% to 150% 117 *** *** *** 110 94.7 86.5-98.0
151% to 200% 147 *** *** *** 143 96.3 88.9-98.8
More than 200% 1,160 22 1.6 1.0- 2.6 1,138 98.4 97.4-99.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 496 27 4.2 2.5- 6.9 469 95.8 93.1-97.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 643 22 3.4 2.1- 5.5 621 96.6 94.5-97.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 916 24 2.4 1.5- 3.8 892 97.6 96.2-98.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 670 20 2.7 1.5- 4.7 650 97.3 95.3-98.5
2nd Quartile 560 18 2.5 1.5- 4.1 542 97.5 95.9-98.5
3rd Quartile 521 20 4.4 2.7- 7.2 501 95.6 92.8-97.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 304 15 3.1 1.5- 6.4 289 96.9 93.6-98.5

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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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