2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reactions to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Once a year Once a month Once a week Once a day/once an hour/constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,232 1,760 55.1 52.8-57.4 230 7.0 6.0- 8.2 332 10.2 8.9-11.6 300 8.1 7.0- 9.3 610 19.6 17.7-21.6
MALES 1,496 816 55.5 52.1-58.8 119 7.7 6.1- 9.7 149 10.0 8.2-12.2 133 8.0 6.4- 9.8 279 18.8 16.2-21.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 970 611 64.7 60.8-68.4 79 8.0 6.0-10.7 101 10.4 8.2-13.3 92 8.8 6.8-11.2 87 8.0 6.3-10.1
Non-Hispanic Black 216 84 34.3 26.9-42.6 *** *** *** 15 6.3 3.5-11.0 16 7.3 3.9-13.3 93 48.6 40.2-57.0
Other 280 101 42.2 32.9-52.2 29 11.1 7.0-17.2 31 12.5 7.8-19.3 24 5.7 3.4- 9.4 95 28.5 20.8-37.5
AGE
18-34 334 146 48.5 41.5-55.6 31 7.7 5.1-11.5 50 14.3 10.3-19.7 42 11.1 7.7-15.7 65 18.4 13.7-24.1
35-44 233 105 45.6 38.1-53.4 17 9.4 5.2-16.3 22 10.1 6.4-15.6 21 8.6 5.1-14.3 68 26.3 20.1-33.6
45-54 248 126 55.5 47.6-63.2 19 7.3 4.2-12.4 27 10.0 6.4-15.3 23 7.9 5.0-12.3 53 19.3 14.1-25.9
55-64 269 160 59.8 51.6-67.5 20 6.2 3.6-10.6 27 11.0 6.2-18.5 19 7.2 3.8-13.2 43 15.9 11.2-22.0
65-74 254 169 67.1 58.7-74.5 21 8.5 4.7-14.9 16 5.8 3.2-10.1 20 5.5 3.3- 9.1 28 13.1 7.7-21.5
75+ 136 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 *** *** *** 13 7.7 3.9-14.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 378 241 64.0 57.1-70.3 19 5.5 2.9-10.1 29 9.2 5.8-14.4 23 5.1 3.1- 8.4 66 16.2 12.0-21.6
Some Post-H.S. 407 230 53.3 47.4-59.2 36 9.3 6.2-13.5 38 10.3 7.2-14.4 41 11.3 7.8-16.1 62 15.8 12.0-20.6
College Graduate 549 261 48.0 43.0-53.0 50 8.6 6.2-11.9 76 13.8 10.7-17.6 64 10.8 8.3-14.1 98 18.8 15.1-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 19.6 11.7-30.9
$25,000- 34,999 124 *** *** *** 11 12.3 5.4-25.8 11 9.9 5.1-18.5 *** *** *** 26 14.8 8.8-23.6
$35,000- 49,999 146 *** *** *** 16 10.1 5.7-17.2 15 13.2 6.8-24.2 *** *** *** 36 23.5 15.9-33.4
$50,000- 74,999 191 104 53.9 45.0-62.6 16 6.7 3.5-12.4 18 8.2 4.7-13.9 17 9.2 4.8-17.1 36 22.0 15.4-30.3
$75,000+ 567 303 53.9 48.9-58.9 40 7.9 5.4-11.4 70 11.5 8.8-14.9 68 11.4 8.6-15.1 86 15.2 11.9-19.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 469 274 58.0 51.7-64.0 30 7.2 4.4-11.7 35 7.3 4.5-11.6 42 7.5 5.2-10.7 88 20.0 15.2-25.8
No 1,013 536 54.4 50.3-58.3 87 8.0 6.2-10.3 113 11.3 9.1-14.0 88 8.1 6.2-10.5 189 18.3 15.4-21.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 210 61.8 54.7-68.4 28 8.7 5.3-13.9 24 5.2 3.3- 8.3 19 5.7 3.1-10.2 56 18.6 13.5-25.1
Non-Veteran 1,155 603 53.9 50.0-57.7 91 7.5 5.8- 9.8 124 11.0 8.9-13.7 114 8.6 6.8-10.7 223 18.9 16.0-22.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 493 228 47.3 42.2-52.6 39 7.6 5.3-10.6 66 12.8 9.8-16.6 56 10.0 7.4-13.3 104 22.3 18.2-27.0
Regional City or Suburban County 398 211 56.6 49.8-63.2 27 5.7 3.5- 9.0 43 10.1 7.0-14.3 32 7.8 4.9-12.3 85 19.8 14.8-25.9
Rural 605 377 61.6 55.9-67.0 53 9.6 6.5-13.9 40 7.5 4.8-11.6 45 6.3 4.4- 9.1 90 14.9 11.2-19.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 970 490 53.4 49.5-57.3 77 7.8 5.9-10.2 112 11.2 9.0-13.9 98 8.9 7.0-11.1 193 18.7 16.0-21.8
Unemployed 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 340 235 68.3 60.8-74.9 24 7.9 4.3-13.9 21 4.9 2.9- 8.1 18 5.6 2.8-10.9 42 13.4 8.9-19.6
Unable to Work 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 15.1 8.9-24.4
More than 200% 864 463 53.3 49.1-57.5 69 8.7 6.4-11.6 99 11.4 8.9-14.4 88 9.7 7.5-12.5 145 17.0 14.1-20.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 374 219 57.1 49.2-64.6 36 10.5 6.4-16.9 13 4.0 1.4-10.9 26 5.7 3.4- 9.4 80 22.7 16.7-30.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 486 284 59.8 54.1-65.2 40 8.2 5.6-11.8 51 10.5 7.6-14.3 37 7.2 4.8-10.8 74 14.3 11.0-18.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 636 313 51.2 46.3-56.1 43 6.0 4.3- 8.5 85 12.6 9.8-16.1 70 9.7 7.3-12.7 125 20.5 16.6-25.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 475 243 50.7 45.0-56.5 36 7.1 4.8-10.3 66 13.0 9.7-17.2 58 10.8 8.1-14.4 72 18.3 13.7-24.1
2nd Quartile 396 229 59.3 53.1-65.3 27 6.4 4.0-10.2 48 12.9 9.2-17.9 26 6.4 3.9-10.1 66 14.9 11.3-19.4
3rd Quartile 384 198 53.8 47.4-60.0 33 9.2 5.9-14.1 27 6.0 3.8- 9.2 34 7.6 4.9-11.7 92 23.4 18.6-29.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 241 146 61.2 50.6-70.9 23 10.2 5.4-18.7 *** *** *** 15 5.6 2.6-11.5 49 21.2 13.3-32.0

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*Other includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, mixed race, or some other group

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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