2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,487 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,310 96.6 95.9-97.1
Non-Hispanic White 2,791 115 3.9 3.1- 4.8 2,676 96.1 95.2-96.9
GENDER
Male 1,328 48 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,280 97.1 96.0-97.9
Female 1,463 67 4.8 3.6- 6.3 1,396 95.2 93.7-96.4
AGE
18-34 554 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 355 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 429 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 524 24 5.3 3.3- 8.6 500 94.7 91.4-96.7
65-74 525 35 6.1 4.1- 8.8 490 93.9 91.2-95.9
75+ 355 32 8.9 5.8-13.4 323 91.1 86.6-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 564 23 3.6 2.2- 5.9 541 96.4 94.1-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 829 34 3.9 2.7- 5.8 795 96.1 94.2-97.3
College Graduate 1,276 46 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,230 96.5 95.2-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 288 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 369 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 1,036 28 2.3 1.5- 3.5 1,008 97.7 96.5-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 871 69 7.2 5.4- 9.6 802 92.8 90.4-94.6
No 1,842 45 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,797 97.8 96.9-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 378 17 3.2 1.9- 5.4 361 96.8 94.6-98.1
Non-Veteran 2,401 98 4.0 3.1- 5.0 2,303 96.0 95.0-96.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 852 29 3.0 1.9- 4.5 823 97.0 95.5-98.1
Regional City or Suburban County 799 37 4.0 2.7- 5.7 762 96.0 94.3-97.3
Rural 1,140 49 4.5 3.2- 6.3 1,091 95.5 93.7-96.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,529 23 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,506 98.6 97.8-99.1
Unemployed 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 828 62 7.1 5.3- 9.5 766 92.9 90.5-94.7
Unable to Work 181 27 14.4 9.1-22.0 154 85.6 78.0-90.9
Other not in Labor Force 142 *** *** *** 142 100 . - .
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,659 55 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,604 97.1 96.0-97.9
HOUSING
Own 2,042 87 4.0 3.1- 5.1 1,955 96.0 94.9-96.9
Rent 568 21 3.3 2.0- 5.4 547 96.7 94.6-98.0
Other arrangement 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 542 24 4.6 2.8- 7.5 518 95.4 92.5-97.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 973 48 4.8 3.5- 6.7 925 95.2 93.3-96.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,276 43 2.7 1.9- 3.9 1,233 97.3 96.1-98.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,035 33 2.7 1.8- 4.1 1,002 97.3 95.9-98.2
2nd Quartile 802 44 5.2 3.7- 7.2 758 94.8 92.8-96.3
3rd Quartile 662 22 2.9 1.8- 4.8 640 97.1 95.2-98.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 292 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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