2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.
Do any of these situations apply to you?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,208 261 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,947 92.7 91.5-93.8
MALES 1,977 155 9.1 7.5-11.0 1,822 90.9 89.0-92.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,252 93 8.6 6.7-11.0 1,159 91.4 89.0-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 294 33 13.2 8.8-19.4 261 86.8 80.6-91.2
Other 384 26 6.3 3.9-10.0 358 93.7 90.0-96.1
AGE
18-34 514 87 17.2 13.5-21.8 427 82.8 78.2-86.5
35-44 283 28 12.4 8.2-18.4 255 87.6 81.6-91.8
45-54 313 16 6.5 3.2-12.8 297 93.5 87.2-96.8
55-64 343 15 3.8 2.1- 7.0 328 96.2 93.0-97.9
65-74 320 *** *** *** 313 98.9 97.4-99.5
75+ 169 *** *** *** 169 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 191 11 7.9 4.1-14.9 180 92.1 85.1-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 487 48 11.5 8.1-16.2 439 88.5 83.8-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 534 48 10.1 7.2-13.8 486 89.9 86.2-92.8
College Graduate 755 47 6.2 4.5- 8.5 708 93.8 91.5-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 *** *** *** 76 92.8 81.5-97.4
$15,000- 24,999 139 12 9.3 4.4-18.6 127 90.7 81.4-95.6
$25,000- 34,999 169 16 14.9 8.9-23.8 153 85.1 76.2-91.1
$35,000- 49,999 204 23 16.0 9.8-25.0 181 84.0 75.0-90.2
$50,000- 74,999 254 22 6.5 4.0-10.4 232 93.5 89.6-96.0
$75,000+ 724 46 6.8 4.7- 9.8 678 93.2 90.2-95.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 597 58 10.6 7.7-14.4 539 89.4 85.6-92.3
No 1,361 97 8.5 6.6-10.8 1,264 91.5 89.2-93.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 468 20 4.5 2.6- 7.8 448 95.5 92.2-97.4
Non-Veteran 1,499 135 10.4 8.5-12.7 1,364 89.6 87.3-91.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 697 71 10.5 7.9-13.8 626 89.5 86.2-92.1
Regional City or Suburban County 522 39 9.7 6.7-14.0 483 90.3 86.0-93.3
Rural 758 45 7.1 4.9-10.3 713 92.9 89.7-95.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,291 119 11.0 8.9-13.7 1,172 89.0 86.3-91.1
Unemployed 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 436 *** *** *** 430 98.8 96.3-99.6
Unable to Work 121 11 5.4 2.2-12.7 110 94.6 87.3-97.8
Other not in Labor Force 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 141 15 11.4 6.0-20.7 126 88.6 79.3-94.0
101% to 150% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 139 14 14.1 7.5-24.9 125 85.9 75.1-92.5
More than 200% 1,137 81 7.0 5.3- 9.2 1,056 93.0 90.8-94.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 471 33 8.6 5.5-13.3 438 91.4 86.7-94.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 623 36 6.2 4.2- 9.0 587 93.8 91.0-95.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 883 86 11.4 8.9-14.7 797 88.6 85.3-91.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 652 54 11.1 8.0-15.1 598 88.9 84.9-92.0
2nd Quartile 535 41 8.0 5.5-11.4 494 92.0 88.6-94.5
3rd Quartile 506 42 9.7 6.7-13.8 464 90.3 86.2-93.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 284 18 5.0 2.6- 9.6 266 95.0 90.4-97.4

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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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