2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
Non-Hispanic White 2,718 875 35.2 32.8-37.7 1,843 64.8 62.3-67.2
GENDER
Male 1,289 397 32.4 29.2-35.8 892 67.6 64.2-70.8
Female 1,429 478 37.7 34.2-41.3 951 62.3 58.7-65.8
AGE
18-34 538 141 28.9 24.2-34.0 397 71.1 66.0-75.8
35-44 347 74 22.9 17.9-28.7 273 77.1 71.3-82.1
45-54 412 103 26.8 21.8-32.5 309 73.2 67.5-78.2
55-64 516 164 37.0 31.2-43.1 352 63.0 56.9-68.8
65-74 514 203 44.2 38.4-50.1 311 55.8 49.9-61.6
75+ 345 179 57.2 49.7-64.5 166 42.8 35.5-50.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 545 224 41.4 36.2-46.7 321 58.6 53.3-63.8
Some Post-H.S. 810 308 36.9 33.0-41.0 502 63.1 59.0-67.0
College Graduate 1,244 267 20.7 18.2-23.5 977 79.3 76.5-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 163 95 62.7 53.4-71.2 68 37.3 28.8-46.6
$25,000- 34,999 235 107 48.6 40.3-56.9 128 51.4 43.1-59.7
$35,000- 49,999 284 96 33.4 26.4-41.3 188 66.6 58.7-73.6
$50,000- 74,999 359 105 31.2 24.9-38.2 254 68.8 61.8-75.1
$75,000+ 1,024 193 19.6 16.8-22.8 831 80.4 77.2-83.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 875 875 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,843 *** *** *** 1,843 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 370 143 39.1 33.0-45.5 227 60.9 54.5-67.0
Non-Veteran 2,343 730 34.6 32.0-37.3 1,613 65.4 62.7-68.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 827 232 29.2 25.5-33.2 595 70.8 66.8-74.5
Regional City or Suburban County 780 240 34.0 29.6-38.7 540 66.0 61.3-70.4
Rural 1,111 403 40.6 36.6-44.7 708 59.4 55.3-63.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,496 301 20.9 18.5-23.6 1,195 79.1 76.4-81.5
Unemployed 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 810 341 47.4 42.8-52.2 469 52.6 47.8-57.2
Unable to Work 180 155 89.7 83.9-93.6 25 10.3 6.4-16.1
Other not in Labor Force 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 85 67.8 57.6-76.6 52 32.2 23.4-42.4
101% to 150% 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 199 87 49.7 41.0-58.5 112 50.3 41.5-59.0
More than 200% 1,634 400 24.8 22.2-27.6 1,234 75.2 72.4-77.8
HOUSING
Own 1,987 594 33.6 30.8-36.6 1,393 66.4 63.4-69.2
Rent 554 201 38.5 33.7-43.4 353 61.5 56.6-66.3
Other arrangement 155 72 45.8 36.3-55.6 83 54.2 44.4-63.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 531 218 47.7 41.5-54.1 313 52.3 45.9-58.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 950 327 36.9 32.9-41.1 623 63.1 58.9-67.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,237 330 28.2 25.2-31.5 907 71.8 68.5-74.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,007 280 29.5 26.0-33.2 727 70.5 66.8-74.0
2nd Quartile 783 246 32.7 28.5-37.2 537 67.3 62.8-71.5
3rd Quartile 641 228 42.9 37.5-48.4 413 57.1 51.6-62.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 287 121 46.9 38.8-55.2 166 53.1 44.8-61.2

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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