2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
MALES 2,039 621 30.3 27.8-33.1 1,418 69.7 66.9-72.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,289 397 32.4 29.2-35.8 892 67.6 64.2-70.8
Non-Hispanic Black 299 102 31.0 24.9-37.9 197 69.0 62.1-75.1
Other 400 114 25.2 19.4-32.1 286 74.8 67.9-80.6
AGE
18-34 525 117 21.4 17.6-25.9 408 78.6 74.1-82.4
35-44 298 71 24.9 19.3-31.4 227 75.1 68.6-80.7
45-54 324 81 25.0 19.4-31.7 243 75.0 68.3-80.6
55-64 345 115 35.8 29.0-43.3 230 64.2 56.7-71.0
65-74 332 137 42.9 36.2-50.0 195 57.1 50.0-63.8
75+ 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 93 49.5 40.5-58.4 112 50.5 41.6-59.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 503 168 29.4 24.5-35.0 335 70.6 65.0-75.5
Some Post-H.S. 549 189 32.8 28.2-37.7 360 67.2 62.3-71.8
College Graduate 771 168 19.8 16.8-23.3 603 80.2 76.7-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 175 64 40.1 31.0-50.0 111 59.9 50.0-69.0
$35,000- 49,999 213 69 25.6 18.7-33.8 144 74.4 66.2-81.3
$50,000- 74,999 259 74 31.1 24.3-38.8 185 68.9 61.2-75.7
$75,000+ 730 147 19.5 16.1-23.4 583 80.5 76.6-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 621 621 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,418 *** *** *** 1,418 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 482 194 39.9 34.5-45.6 288 60.1 54.4-65.5
Non-Veteran 1,546 425 27.7 24.8-30.8 1,121 72.3 69.2-75.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 718 180 25.0 21.5-28.9 538 75.0 71.1-78.5
Regional City or Suburban County 533 165 29.9 24.9-35.4 368 70.1 64.6-75.1
Rural 788 276 36.0 31.4-40.9 512 64.0 59.1-68.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,317 273 20.3 17.8-23.1 1,044 79.7 76.9-82.2
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 454 197 46.0 39.9-52.2 257 54.0 47.8-60.1
Unable to Work 127 104 87.9 80.6-92.7 23 12.1 7.3-19.4
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 144 52 35.7 26.3-46.3 92 64.3 53.7-73.7
More than 200% 1,151 280 23.9 20.9-27.3 871 76.1 72.7-79.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 490 195 42.1 35.6-48.8 295 57.9 51.2-64.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 638 199 30.2 26.0-34.7 439 69.8 65.3-74.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 911 227 25.0 21.6-28.8 684 75.0 71.2-78.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 668 173 26.5 22.3-31.3 495 73.5 68.7-77.7
2nd Quartile 556 158 27.4 23.1-32.2 398 72.6 67.8-76.9
3rd Quartile 514 167 34.2 29.1-39.8 347 65.8 60.2-70.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 301 123 42.4 34.0-51.3 178 57.6 48.7-66.0

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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