2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,482 402 9.2 8.0-10.5 4,080 90.8 89.5-92.0
Western 509 54 11.2 7.7-16.1 455 88.8 83.9-92.3
GENDER
Male 232 17 7.2 4.1-12.4 215 92.8 87.6-95.9
Female 277 37 15.0 9.3-23.2 240 85.0 76.8-90.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 437 44 11.8 7.8-17.4 393 88.2 82.6-92.2
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 153 22 11.8 7.2-18.9 131 88.2 81.1-92.8
College Graduate 216 17 6.2 3.5-10.9 199 93.8 89.1-96.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 34 19.8 12.2-30.6 142 80.2 69.4-87.8
No 318 20 6.6 3.8-11.1 298 93.4 88.9-96.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 444 52 12.6 8.6-18.1 392 87.4 81.9-91.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 261 21 7.0 4.1-11.6 240 93.0 88.4-95.9
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 282 24 7.2 4.5-11.2 258 92.8 88.8-95.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 382 38 11.5 7.3-17.7 344 88.5 82.3-92.7
Rent 102 15 13.0 7.7-20.9 87 87.0 79.1-92.3
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 323 41 13.4 8.6-20.1 282 86.6 79.9-91.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 173 23 13.0 8.2-19.8 150 87.0 80.2-91.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 296 25 8.4 5.1-13.6 271 91.6 86.4-94.9
2nd Quartile 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

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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