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 4,402 425 10.2 8.9-11.6 3,977 89.8 88.4-91.1
Non-Hispanic White 2,753 314 12.1 10.4-13.9 2,439 87.9 86.1-89.6
GENDER
Male 1,306 180 14.5 12.2-17.3 1,126 85.5 82.7-87.8
Female 1,447 134 9.8 7.6-12.4 1,313 90.2 87.6-92.4
AGE
18-34 547 21 4.2 2.6- 6.7 526 95.8 93.3-97.4
35-44 350 19 5.9 3.4-10.0 331 94.1 90.0-96.6
45-54 418 21 5.5 3.3- 9.1 397 94.5 90.9-96.7
55-64 521 47 12.2 8.2-17.8 474 87.8 82.2-91.8
65-74 521 107 22.7 18.3-27.8 414 77.3 72.2-81.7
75+ 350 95 29.2 22.3-37.4 255 70.8 62.6-77.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 553 74 11.4 8.5-15.2 479 88.6 84.8-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 819 113 13.8 11.1-16.9 706 86.2 83.1-88.9
College Graduate 1,263 100 7.2 5.7- 8.9 1,163 92.8 91.1-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 164 20 12.7 7.5-20.5 144 87.3 79.5-92.5
$25,000- 34,999 240 40 19.0 12.9-27.2 200 81.0 72.8-87.1
$35,000- 49,999 287 34 8.4 5.4-12.7 253 91.6 87.3-94.6
$50,000- 74,999 367 40 11.5 7.8-16.6 327 88.5 83.4-92.2
$75,000+ 1,032 88 9.3 7.2-11.8 944 90.7 88.2-92.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 872 314 34.9 30.6-39.4 558 65.1 60.6-69.4
No 1,843 *** *** *** 1,843 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 76 20.6 15.7-26.5 298 79.4 73.5-84.3
Non-Veteran 2,374 238 10.9 9.2-12.9 2,136 89.1 87.1-90.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 840 67 6.8 5.1- 9.1 773 93.2 90.9-94.9
Regional City or Suburban County 790 90 12.5 9.5-16.2 700 87.5 83.8-90.5
Rural 1,123 157 15.7 12.8-19.1 966 84.3 80.9-87.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,514 92 6.7 5.3- 8.5 1,422 93.3 91.5-94.7
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 821 177 24.2 20.1-28.8 644 75.8 71.2-79.9
Unable to Work 181 32 18.1 10.6-29.1 149 81.9 70.9-89.4
Other not in Labor Force 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 140 17 10.0 5.5-17.6 123 90.0 82.4-94.5
151% to 200% 204 25 13.5 8.4-21.1 179 86.5 78.9-91.6
More than 200% 1,653 171 10.7 8.9-12.9 1,482 89.3 87.1-91.1
HOUSING
Own 2,011 257 13.4 11.4-15.6 1,754 86.6 84.4-88.6
Rent 561 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 524 92.6 89.2-95.0
Other arrangement 158 19 9.3 5.4-15.4 139 90.7 84.6-94.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 539 82 18.1 13.5-23.9 457 81.9 76.1-86.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 963 121 12.5 9.9-15.7 842 87.5 84.3-90.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,251 111 9.1 7.2-11.4 1,140 90.9 88.6-92.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,015 110 11.4 9.1-14.2 905 88.6 85.8-90.9
2nd Quartile 793 80 9.9 7.3-13.3 713 90.1 86.7-92.7
3rd Quartile 656 79 13.3 9.8-17.7 577 86.7 82.3-90.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 289 45 20.0 13.7-28.3 244 80.0 71.7-86.3

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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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