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 4,375 580 14.9 13.4-16.7 3,795 85.1 83.3-86.6
Non-Hispanic White 2,734 364 15.3 13.5-17.4 2,370 84.7 82.6-86.5
GENDER
Male 1,296 166 14.2 11.8-17.0 1,130 85.8 83.0-88.2
Female 1,438 198 16.4 13.6-19.5 1,240 83.6 80.5-86.4
AGE
18-34 542 111 22.5 18.3-27.4 431 77.5 72.6-81.7
35-44 347 50 16.5 12.2-22.0 297 83.5 78.0-87.8
45-54 415 46 11.5 8.2-15.9 369 88.5 84.1-91.8
55-64 520 65 13.9 9.7-19.6 455 86.1 80.4-90.3
65-74 516 56 10.8 7.9-14.6 460 89.2 85.4-92.1
75+ 347 34 13.3 7.6-22.2 313 86.7 77.8-92.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 549 103 19.7 15.7-24.4 446 80.3 75.6-84.3
Some Post-H.S. 816 119 14.6 12.1-17.7 697 85.4 82.3-87.9
College Graduate 1,251 99 7.2 5.7- 9.0 1,152 92.8 91.0-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 164 40 24.3 17.2-33.2 124 75.7 66.8-82.8
$25,000- 34,999 236 48 22.8 16.4-30.7 188 77.2 69.3-83.6
$35,000- 49,999 282 41 15.9 10.6-23.2 241 84.1 76.8-89.4
$50,000- 74,999 363 39 12.4 7.7-19.4 324 87.6 80.6-92.3
$75,000+ 1,027 69 7.0 5.3- 9.1 958 93.0 90.9-94.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 867 364 44.3 39.8-48.9 503 55.7 51.1-60.2
No 1,843 *** *** *** 1,843 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 370 50 13.7 9.7-18.9 320 86.3 81.1-90.3
Non-Veteran 2,359 313 15.6 13.5-17.8 2,046 84.4 82.2-86.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 831 104 13.1 10.6-16.2 727 86.9 83.8-89.4
Regional City or Suburban County 784 102 15.9 12.4-20.3 682 84.1 79.7-87.6
Rural 1,119 158 16.5 13.5-20.0 961 83.5 80.0-86.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,503 151 10.7 9.0-12.8 1,352 89.3 87.2-91.0
Unemployed 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 816 77 11.2 8.0-15.4 739 88.8 84.6-92.0
Unable to Work 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 202 33 18.5 12.8-26.1 169 81.5 73.9-87.2
More than 200% 1,640 148 9.4 7.7-11.5 1,492 90.6 88.5-92.3
HOUSING
Own 1,999 190 11.7 9.6-14.1 1,809 88.3 85.9-90.4
Rent 557 126 26.7 22.4-31.5 431 73.3 68.5-77.6
Other arrangement 156 44 30.6 22.2-40.6 112 69.4 59.4-77.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 534 96 21.3 16.3-27.4 438 78.7 72.6-83.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 959 136 16.6 13.3-20.4 823 83.4 79.6-86.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,241 132 11.7 9.7-14.2 1,109 88.3 85.8-90.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,012 106 12.5 10.0-15.4 906 87.5 84.6-90.0
2nd Quartile 786 114 16.6 13.0-20.9 672 83.4 79.1-87.0
3rd Quartile 648 97 17.3 13.4-22.1 551 82.7 77.9-86.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 288 47 16.8 11.6-23.7 241 83.2 76.3-88.4

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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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